Quote Originally Posted by Ryan Ross View Post
Aye, I've heard the school girl skirt comment (mainly from Scots) before. Truth is, if I were you, I'd just have the thing made in the states and end up with what you actually want: four yards (I'd reccomend heavy weight, but 13 oz. will certainly get you by), non-overlapping box pleats. Matt Newsome, of the Scottish Tartans Museum and Newhouse Highland, makes the very finest, but there are several suppliers that can make a fine four yard kilt for you.



Noted, good sir. Bare in mind, though, that for that specific period, unless you want to give a millitary impression, you'll probably want to have them pleat the kilt randomly, rather than to a stripe.
I have seen the Newsome kilts and they look great but i have just been told a re-enactor friend is putting me onto someone over here that does the four yards. Most Scots are pretty open to all kinds of kilts and garb. Medieval,jacobite or later. Its the kilt makes who want to make sure there making £ 500 per kilt that are the problem.

I seen a couple of guys wearing the brown watch tartan! its the first time i have seen it in the flesh and i think its better than the black watch. Wouldnt mind getting it at some point. Would'nt wer it at the Culloden battlefield visitor center tho.