Just wondering what the Kilt to Member ratio is on Xmarks?

[Hamish]

Hamish,

I hope you will share with us what you have learned during these months. I hope to get one soon and would like to be able to profit from your experieinces. Who do you recommend as the best jacket maker over all? Who is the best bargain? Who should one avoid?

Thanks

Oh dear, Gil! I am afraid I do not 'shop around' when it comes to jackets. Apart from my formal Prince Charlie and two Doublets, I have a black barathea Crail jacket and seven tweed Argyll day jackets. Three of the latter I have acquired since November. With one exception, my first Argyll, all of them came from Geoffrey (Tailor) in Edinburgh. Additionally, I have three kilt suits (kilt and jacket matching) from TFCK.***

By way of an explanation: I really do not think you will find a quality kiltmaker who also makes the jackets. Invariably, orders for bespoke jackets are passed out to specialist jacket tailors, so you are unlikely to know precisely who made your jacket - and I have never asked. I have faith in my regular kiltmaker to provide me with the best quality jacket, which he has always done.

I am sorry I am unable to answer your points about the best bargain and who should be avoided. Personally, I would avoid like the plague any jacket that I suspected had been made in Pakistan but was being passed-off as being made in Scotland!!

*** Later (2nd March): My apologies to one and all - these details are quite inaccurate! I was rushing to send this post before hurrying off to attend a meeting yesterday and I did not check it. I was working from memory rather than consulting my inventory! For an accurate listing, please see my later post in the Kilt Jacket thread. Again, my apologies.