Read this article in the Guardian (a major Sassenach newspaper, for those who don't know):

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004...an.jamesastill

This article, from five years ago, is about Golden Pipes. This business was only founded in 1980, but the great-grandfather of one of the owners founded the Peterson Pipe Co, founded around 1900, but which went bust in 1958.

Apparently, Golden Pipes exported 10,000 kilts a year about five years ago.

Cajunscot wanted proof that the Pakistani kilt makers go back generations (see the latest 'Irish Kilts' thread). This was so far off topic that I thought it should be another thread.