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    From a traditionalist's standpoint... all of the finger wagging I've done at cheap kilts can apply to that one. It's not traditional.
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    Wow.

    It's impressive...the price that is. Even if I had that sort of cash to burn I could come up with a bit better way to make it vanish.

    On the other hand, I'm sure someone will buy it and I hope they really enjoy it.
    I have always tempered my killing with respect for the game pursued. I see the animal not only as a target but as a living creature with more freedom than I will ever have. I take that life if I can, with regret as well as joy, and with the sure knowledge that nature's ways of fang and claw or exposure and starvation are a far crueler fate than I bestow. - Fred Bear

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    I'd rather have this one!
    Proudly Duncan [maternal], MacDonald and MacDaniel [paternal].

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    Quote Originally Posted by sydnie7 View Post
    I'd rather have this one!
    I kinda like the Shrek tartan

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    I have a somewhat serious question.

    I go to India from time to time and can buy cashmere at very, very low prices there. It's so soft. I don't understand how it can be made into a fabric that is hard enough to hold pleats to the degree required for a kilt. Is there something about Mongolian "cashmere" that we don't know about?

    Anyone care to make informed speculation?

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    hahahaha he wrote "must have."

    Are some people not aware of the Scot's reputation for thriftiness?

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    Mongolian cashmere? = Made in China?
    It would be soft but will it hold a pleat?
    $400 per meter = $1,600 for fabric so the other $8,400 is for labor?
    (hey Barb here's your chance to make a fortune)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark Keeney View Post
    Mongolian cashmere? = Made in China?
    It would be soft but will it hold a pleat?
    $400 per meter = $1,600 for fabric so the other $8,400 is for labor?
    (hey Barb here's your chance to make a fortune)
    Things just don't add up.
    Yeah exactly. Absolutely ridiculous.

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    Hamish--Get your check book out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by David Dalglish View Post
    Hamish--Get your check book out.

    Not this time David! I'll use my 'plastic' - just think of the AirMiles I'll collect on a single purchase like that (and I'll get double AirMiles if they take Amex!!!).

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