Here's the deal...

Marton Mills was the only mill to offer to add our designs to their "Stock Range" of kilting tartans. We struck a deal with them for them to be able to sell the material to ANYONE, however there would be a royalty paid (to us) on each meter sold. It's the same kind of setup that the creator of the Isle of Skye tartan has or anyone with a "private tartan"...

Since the Gold Brothers are using MM fabric for their "SPECIAL OFFER! Men's Kilt, 100% Wool Best value 8 yard kilt in 241 tartans", they have included the American Heritage tartan (AND German Heritage tartan).

In THEORY, if anyone buys a kilt from them, I should get a royalty from MM.

The only thing I was a little miffed about is that they took the pictures for both tartans directly off of our website. If you're going to offer products online, the least you can do is take your own frickin' pictures. Stealing pics without permission is just cheesy.

Also... the prices are a bit low (they love to undercut everyone by having things made overseas) and they also offer PV tartans in that same model, but claim that it's wool (the Buccleuch tartan is in the dropdown). A bit shady at best.

Am I upset? Not really. I wish it was a more REPUTABLE company offering our tartans on their site, but it's good to see the tartans getting out there... the more people see / buy them, the more popular it becomes!

One thing I'd like to clarify however...

USAKilts has NOTHING to do with the Gold Brothers or their business practices. We buy fabric from the same mill and that is the ONLY thing we have in common.