North of St Andrews

[Moosehead]

WEll, my hose arrived yesterday. Can't complain about the quality. Typical medium-weight, wool blend. My only complaint about the hose is that they aren't long enough on my legs (I'm 6'2"), with only enough for one turnover. Considering they were only $10 each includinh shipping, they're fine for out and about.

The company's communications still suck!! Sent 5 emails, both through ebay and through their site and none were answered. Oh, and they took 5 weeks to get here.

[cavscout]

The ones I got are probably very similar. I only get the one turn over and because my calves are so large it is stretched very thin that it lloks like single ply.

I've actually started to prefer the hose from Hamilton Dry Goods. The kilt hose are cotton but they are very thick ribbed and reac over the knee and give me a good thick cuff. I don't need garters to hold them up either. They make wool socks but I've not tried them. He also carries many socks and colors not listed on the site so it's good to call him and ask if he has or can get what you want.

I'll hopefully have some pics after the weekend of these socks in action.

[Moosehead]

I've been eyeballing those cotton ones, just wasn't sure how long they were. Do you get a better turnover than with the NoStA ones?

[cavscout]

OOoooooh Yeah. Once I've rolled them, I have a cuff 3 layers thick (1/4") about 4 fingers wide reaching about 3 fingers below the knee. My lower leg is about 17-1/2" round and about the same tall.

The only thing about them, and this is probably due to them being cotton, is I have to wear a thin ankle sock under them to keep them from wearing on my foot. But it only comes to the top of my shoe so it doesn't give me "cankles". And the fact that I use nylon or polyester running socks for this keeps my feet dry! So I get good looking socks, dry feet at a great price!

[mbhandy]

I've actually started to prefer the hose from Hamilton Dry Goods. The kilt hose are cotton but they are very thick ribbed and reac over the knee and give me a good thick cuff. I don't need garters to hold them up either. They make wool socks but I've not tried them.

I have a couple of his wool socks and they are a little thin but quite warm and have plenty of turn down and I have thick calves and don't need flashes to keep them up but I do wear a poly liner sock.


MrBill