While the tailors can produce a tank, they can also produce kilts from lighter weight materials as well, so hand made does NOT necessarally mean tank, nor unfortuneately does it mean well made.

If you guys wish to set the definition of tank at 16oz or greater wool that is just fine with me but hand sewn is inferior to machine stiching and has been for 150 years.

I for one am quite unwilling to pay the labor for hand stiching when machines can do it better and faster thus less expensively.

Yes on my list of things to buy "someday" is a 19+oz, box pleated, 4 yard kilt by Matt so that I can snear down my nose at those who only wear 16oz tanks, but really... Are we not being silly?