Tartan and Diced Kilt Hose

[cavscout]

These are probably the best deal if you are willing to pay a bit more. A few members here have them and swear by them.

http://www.almostunwearoutable.com/system/index.html

[macwilkin]

These are probably the best deal if you are willing to pay a bit more. A few members here have them and swear by them.

http://www.almostunwearoutable.com/system/index.html

...except I do not believe Victoria is offering tartan or "diced" hose...they offer hose with dicing, but not the red and white, red and green, etc. checked hose that are worn as dress hose. Almost Unwearoutble does make the BEST kilt hose I have ever own, bar none! Their hose is better suited for day wear, INHMO.

I haven't had good luck with J. Higgins recently; their customer service seems to be "off" at times, and the custom tartan hose I ordered from them one time "grew beards", even after I followed the "care and feeding" instructions. I would recomend instead:

http://www.tartanthistle.com/Argyll_...tan_socks.html

I have a pair of their tartan hose, and they are grand!

You get what you pay for.

Cheers,

Todd

[sirdaniel1975]

Possible Alternative!

I don't know if these will work, but some might make a decent contratsing look or even match some tartans... possibly Wallace or something..

Over The Calf Argyle Socks

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Play around with the different color combinations... It all depends on how high over the calf they actually are. If you're short like me (5ft 5 1/2 inces), they might work...

as stated: I don't know if they'll work, or their quality... just an idea.. I've seen a kilt aficiando wear 18th century leggings as kilt hoes before and it looked pretty decent.. so maybe if someone wanted to be the Ginny pig (not me )?!.

Daniel S. Williamson

[sirdaniel1975]

Or you can make your own "cadhadh" (I hope I spelled that right).. I've seen Bob Martin wear them with one of his box pleat kilts and everthing else(accessories) were modern. You can make them out of wool, pv, or cotton (for comfort).

Mine are Wallace Hunting, 11oz cotton from Wally World (AKA wal-mart). I've recently seen Campbell/Black Watch, Royal Stewart, & dress Stewart at Wally World..



Daniel S. Williamson

[Andrew Green]

I totally want some red/white diced war hose!
I'm book marking a couple of the sites... as they might come in handy.

[McClef]

Thanks for the info supplied so far folks, have bookmarked them for reference purposes.

I expect I will have a good reconnoitre around the Edinburgh shops next month for comparison before making any buying decisions

[switchblade5984]

very expensive! didnt quite find what i was looking for!

[WolfmanJack]

Or you can make your own "cadhadh" (I hope I spelled that right).. I've seen Bob Martin wear them with one of his box pleat kilts and everthing else(accessories) were modern. You can make them out of wool, pv, or cotton (for comfort).

Mine are Wallace Hunting, 11oz cotton from Wally World (AKA wal-mart). I've recently seen Campbell/Black Watch, Royal Stewart, & dress Stewart at Wally World..



Daniel S. Williamson

Tell us more, Daniel. Are these "bag socks" sewn up from tartan fabric?

Incidentally, I don't think "cadhadh" is the correct spelling; at least Google has never heard of it.

[Chas]

Possible Alternative!

I don't know if these will work, but some might make a decent contratsing look or even match some tartans... possibly Wallace or something..

Over The Calf Argyle Socks

fixed link*

Play around with the different color combinations... It all depends on how high over the calf they actually are. If you're short like me (5ft 5 1/2 inces), they might work...

as stated: I don't know if they'll work, or their quality... just an idea.. I've seen a kilt aficiando wear 18th century leggings as kilt hoes before and it looked pretty decent.. so maybe if someone wanted to be the Ginny pig (not me )?!.

Daniel S. Williamson

Has anybody followed this up? I have emailed them about better postal costs, because at the minute they are charging over twice as much as the goods for shipping. No reply yet.

Regards

Chas

[fluter]

Has anybody followed this up? I have emailed them about better postal costs, because at the minute they are charging over twice as much as the goods for shipping. No reply yet.

Chas,

Check this thread from last January: Argyle kilt hose...

They were not rated favorably. I suspect it's akin to the difference between this experiment from sockdreams.com



... and the custom made Xmarks tartan hose from Skye