What to buy?

[Heath]

okay, i've gotten about $130 bucks for my birthday....i'm currently having a kilt made by a friends mother who is an accomplished seamstress, but hey, you can never have too many kilts right? what i want, are your opinions on what would be the best kilt to get for that $130. i know i'm not going to be able to get a tank or anything close probably, and i'm okay with that. what do you guys think is the best kilt i could buy for that kind of money?

[Colin]

You could see what USAkilts has in stock for Casuals, or get a Stillwater standard or two, or one heavyweight, or some accesories (here's the closeout list too http://www.stillwaterkilts.com/closeouts.html) or how about a Canadian Casual kilt, or an Irish American kilt from Tartanweb http://www.tartanweb.com/specialoffe...wool_kilt.html the posibilities are endless...

or you could save it and buy something later on? what fun is that though.

[switchblade5984]

ha! you can get close to a tank!

the stillwater Heavy Weight

or the ebay tank!

[cavscout]

Don't forget about the value of a leather sporran strap and / or kilt belt

You could put a deposit down on a Freedom kilt and pay the balance off in a month or so.

Or for the immediate gratification get on the phone with Rocky and give him your measurements for a new casual kilt.

[Bob C]

Get a Stillwater standard. You'll have enough money left over for a sporran and a sgian dubh, assuming you don't already have those.

[Panache]

Another vote for Stillwater

$80 Stillwater Standard Kilt

$12 Kilt Hose

$5 Flashes

$25 Belt

$32 For the premium tassled sporran

Total= $154 (not including shipping and tax)

You get a complete kilt outfit and all accessories you need for your other kilt when it's completed.

Can't go wrong with Stillwater

Cheers

[O'Neille]

If that was my bank roll I'd be looking at the closeouts in a Stillwater Heavyweight wool. That's the closest to a traditional kilt you can find for that kind of dough. And the closeouts aren't that much more than a standard. O'Neille

[turpin]

Can't go wrong with Stillwater

Cheers

That's assuming he comes close to fitting the Stillwater body ideal. Are you at least a 23-25-inch length, Heath? Give Jerry a call at Stillwater and talk to him about sizing.

Also, don't forget Rocky at USA kilts recently posted that he has a lot of stock in his off-the-rack casuals in most waist sizes right now and will ship immediately if ordered by Thursday. After that he's packing it all up for a big festival.

[phil h]

look at the utilikilts
I own one, and am very happy with it.

[efer]

Heath,

Utilikilts is having a 50% off their scratch and dent kilts.
Maybe get 2 for your money.

check out:
http://www.utilikilts.com/news/2006/09/scratch.php

http://www.utilikilts.com/files/scratch/sndKilts.pdf

I will also add I have an USA Kilt and think it's a great deal.

Choices...it's good to have choices