Quote Originally Posted by Chas View Post
I am currently having a kilt made for me. It is hand stitched in 'regimental' weight RAF tartan and with a fly plaid and shipping comes to £350 ($546).

I see no advantage in paying a penny more than that.

I am getting a personal service and regular updates as to progress. I was even sent 2 swatches of the cloth so I could match accessories.

Regards

Chas
Chas, I fully agree. If you are paying for a regularly-woven tartan and it's being hard-sewn, you'll know that the price is right. My most expensive kilt was £350, and that's the most I'd pay - unless I had to get a special run of tartan woven. In this case I paid slightly more for the tartan, but it's an amazing quality kilt and I've seen plenty of other hand-sewn kilts that equal it, but I don't think paying an extra £200-250 would serve any purpose quality-wise.

I requested a swatch of tartan to have tartan hose made, that was no problem - they gave me a fair bit. I was on the last 8-9yards of the piece of tartan so they gave me the excess cut-off as a tartan sash for my girlfriend for free
Now that's what I call service!