Would You Buy This Kilt?.....A Review

[O'Neille]

i have one just like the firs in Irish Natl!

Does it have wonky twill lines as well?

[switchblade5984]

Does it have wonky twill lines as well?

lol i dont know! but i will check!

[Sir Robert]

I just would not pay top dollar for it.

[gilmore]

I have recently tried a couple kilts from unknown and never to be known again vendors on E-Bay. I'm going to review them here for the sake of others who may be tempted. The first is the best of the two and was ordered from Australia. It was the Welsh Patriot Tartan. It is an acrylic tartan fabric with selvedge and measures out to a little over five yards. Machine sewn including the fell. It has a double fringe and 3 fair quality leather straps and stamped buckles. It is lined and has hanging loops. The pleating lines up nicely but the belt loops, waist band and buckle chaps or whatever they're called don't match well at all. The biggie with this kilt is the twill lines go up to the right and not properly to the left. So it is made with the wrong side out. I wore it for a day and out to dinner and it is a passable kilt. I wrote the seller and politely told him about the inside out construction and have not received a reply in 5 days. I guess some people don't care. Here are some quick pics of the kilt including the tag so you can be on the look out.

Thecloth tag is too small to read well, but it looks similar in shape, layout and lettering to the paper tag attached to a kilt I recently bought. I think the border is the same or similar, green with a graphic that looks based on a celtic knot. The background is pale yellow, and it reads:

Scottish

Highland

Kilt

Authentic

Woven Tartan

Designed in Scotland

[name of tartan] SIZE: [in inches]


Is the above also a description of the tag in the photo?

[O'Neille]

Scottish

Highland

Kilt

Authentic

Woven Tartan

Designed in Scotland

[name of tartan] SIZE: [in inches]


Is the above also a description of the tag in the photo?

Close, pale bluish green w/ blue border with knotwork

34 (handwritten)
Scottish
Highland
Kilt
Authentic
Woven
Tartan
Designed in
Scotland

[Blu (Ontario)]

There may very well be some real "deals" on Ebay but..... caveat emptor... always!