Scotweb versus USAK

[OC Richard]

USA Kilts does have a hand-sewn model with pleats sewn from the reverse, but it's only available on their 8-yard premier kilts. All others, I believe, are top-stitched.

Thanks good to know!

The sewn on the reverse, then flipped pleats look very much like the hand-sewn pleats on a traditionally made kilt.

You have to get really close to tell the difference.

The topstitched pleats not so much, you can see the "beads" of cloth. But of course if you're out wearing your kilt somewhere nobody is going to get close enough to notice.

The main thing to me is that a kilt that doesn't have the pleats cut out is bulky around the back, and of course heavier overall.