Cheap kilt brands?

[12stones]

Here’s a nice cheap day sporran that still has a lot of life left.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/39497786691...mis&media=COPY

[BobF]

Oh, and you can be creative with your kilt pin! I have a friend who is a fused glass artist who made me a gorgeous iridescent glass lapel pin that I decided to use as a kilt pin. Being in art school you no doubt know jewelry makers, or are one yourself. Another of my kilt pins was found for $8 in a vendor booth at a local outdoor antiques show. It’s an old “Miracle” brand pin, not rare but not an everyday kilt pin. I was trying to avoid the very common sword-shaped pins, wanted something with a bit of flash and color.

[kilted2000]

If you are willing to wait until something comes up, this thread might help you find good sporrans for less. https://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/...10#post1405610

[Itsivxx]

So I plan to wear mostly 5-yard universal tartans for everyday wear so I don't have the concern of anything proper for formal events. But like we all know kilts can really get up there in price and the last budget kilt I got was $50 which, for a college student, isn't exactly "budget-friendly". So now I'm browsin' eBay for cheaper ones and basically just wanted to see if anyone else has purchased from these brands before and could possibly warn me from buying actual garbage lmao.

So far I'm thinking of buying from: All Safe Trading Co. ( https://www.ebay.com/itm/272851281245?var=574460103728 ) or ARR Prodics INC. https://www.ebay.com/itm/291957238435?var=593578829521

Also looking for cheap day sporrans because I'm dying for pockets, that was the one thing that led to me never wearing skirts growing up and is killing me while wearing my kilt now haha

My 2nd, 3rd and 4th Kilt I bought from
https://heritageofscotland.com/collections/kilts
16oz heavy weight Viscose Rayon/35% Acetate which I'm wearing now. Not my go to but a change up is needed once in awhile. Good price for what they are and arrives in about 4 to 6 days

[Steve Ashton]

My 2nd, 3rd and 4th Kilt I bought from
https://heritageofscotland.com/collections/kilts
16oz heavy weight Viscose Rayon/35% Acetate which I'm wearing now. Not my go to but a change up is needed once in awhile. Good price for what they are and arrives in about 4 to 6 days

May I suggest that you do a small experiment. Measure the length of fabric used in your kilts with a tape measure along the bottom or selvedge edge. Write this length down in inches.
Then measure the height from the Selvege edge up to the top of the top band.

Length X height will give you the total square inches of fabric in your kilt.

Divide the total square inches by 2,160. This will give you the number of fabric yards in your kilt.


If the kilt is made from 16oz fabric each fabric yard will weigh 16oz or 1 pound.
If the kilt is made from 13oz fabric each fabric yard will weigh 13oz.


For example - a full 8 yard kilt with a total height of 24 inches will have 6912 Square inches of fabric, and will weigh 51.2 ounces if made from 16oz fabric. (4pounds = 64 ounces)

[Itsivxx]

May I suggest that you do a small experiment. Measure the length of fabric used in your kilts with a tape measure along the bottom or selvedge edge. Write this length down in inches.
Then measure the height from the Selvege edge up to the top of the top band.

Length X height will give you the total square inches of fabric in your kilt.

Divide the total square inches by 2,160. This will give you the number of fabric yards in your kilt.


If the kilt is made from 16oz fabric each fabric yard will weigh 16oz or 1 pound.
If the kilt is made from 13oz fabric each fabric yard will weigh 13oz.


For example - a full 8 yard kilt with a total height of 24 inches will have 6912 Square inches of fabric, and will weigh 51.2 ounces if made from 16oz fabric. (4pounds = 64 ounces)

lol,
I'm not even close
208" long x 24" is 4,992. I came up with about 3.851852 yard using online calculations.
Using a human digital scale I'm 1.8 pounds heavier while holding the Kilt. These are rough numbers knowing the scales I have to use. I have a set of beams that goes to 610 grams and the kilt almost knocks it over.
Keep in mind I'm 4 months into Kilts and Cilts, 100% newbie

[Steve Ashton]

OK, some basic kiltmaking.

A fabric yard that kilt fabric is measured at is 60 inches wide and one yard or 36 inches long.
When making a kilt we cut the fabric in half lengthwise and join the two halves.

So, a kilt length is just the length of the piece used to make the kilt. If that length were 30 inches wide - 2 kilt yards would equal 1 fabric yard.

But kilts are almost never 30 inches in length from Selvedge up to the top of the top band. So we have to calculate how much fabric is in a kilt in square inches and compare that the the square inches in a fabric yard.

60X36=2160

Your kilt is 208X24=4992

4992/2160=2.31 fabric yards

If your kilt actually weighs 1.8 pounds then it is probably made from a 10 oz synthetic fabric
1.8/2.31=10.38

[Clubbingclown]

Making a general post thanking everyone for being so helpful with the suggestions!
I've ditched the cheap ones from my first post and am now waiting on a pre-owned one made by the "English Shop West Hartford". I have never seen the brand before and It doesn't seem to exist anymore but 100% wool for $20 why not see how legit it is?
I also have a sporran now but the chain is way too long so I'm gonna have to make that this weekend's little DIY project. But also expect to see me in the pit (eBay bidding wars) for more of them haha

Will edit this post later when I can get to my computer since it won't let me link the picture from my phone but I'll send the tags on the new kilt to see if anyone can ID the company.Edit 2: Idk whats going on it wont let me don't he computer either so here's a direct image link to the company logo on the kilt https://media.discordapp.net/attachm...68fed21f8a8d&=

Also do kilt sizes vary by company? The one Ihave now is a 48" waist which I thought I was until I re-mesured myself using different instructions and I'm a leap away at 28" inches. But the 48" one fits perfectly (i think that's my hip measurements) so I'm not sure what I did wrong but I'm feeling that it's just company variations.

[Itsivxx]

OK, some basic kiltmaking.

A fabric yard that kilt fabric is measured at is 60 inches wide and one yard or 36 inches long.
When making a kilt we cut the fabric in half lengthwise and join the two halves.

So, a kilt length is just the length of the piece used to make the kilt. If that length were 30 inches wide - 2 kilt yards would equal 1 fabric yard.

But kilts are almost never 30 inches in length from Selvedge up to the top of the top band. So we have to calculate how much fabric is in a kilt in square inches and compare that the the square inches in a fabric yard.

60X36=2160

Your kilt is 208X24=4992

4992/2160=2.31 fabric yards

If your kilt actually weighs 1.8 pounds then it is probably made from a 10 oz synthetic fabric
1.8/2.31=10.38

Yup..that it is. He was just looking for a low dollar Kilt and gave him a direction to follow. The Kilt is 65% Viscose Rayon, 35% Acetate Fiber one of my first, after getting my Phillips of Wales Cilt I rarely wear them now. They was just a good beginner Kilt

[Steve Ashton]

Ah, you did say in post 14 to this thread "16oz heavy weight Viscose Rayon/35% Acetate".