Checkered Kilt Hose Etiquette?

[McMurdo]

While it is true that argyle hose is usually often expensive, Hawick Sock Company makes a fairly large range of it that go with many tartans, and at reasonable prices, often retailing at less that US$60. The problem is finding retailers who carry them. Or how to buy them directly from the manufacturer.

Gilmore

Matt carries Hawick hose, so they really are not that hard to find, you just have to know where to look.

I recently reviewed some Hawick hose that I purchased from Redshanks Scotland, here is the link, so rest assured you can find Hawick hose if you look for them

[gilmore]

Gilmore

Matt carries Hawick hose, so they really are not that hard to find, you just have to know where to look.

I recently reviewed some Hawick hose that I purchased from Redshanks Scotland, here is the link, so rest assured you can find Hawick hose if you look for them

Matt carries Hawick hose, but not their argyle, according to the museum's website. I went to Redshanks' website but found no merchandise listed other than Inverary tweed.

Perhaps it was a one off thing, but a vendor at the last Stone Mountain games had a bin full of Hawick's argyle hose, and was selling them at $50 a pair.

[fluter]

Perhaps it was a one off thing, but a vendor at the last Stone Mountain games had a bin full of Hawick's argyle hose, and was selling them at $50 a pair.

Whoo-eee, that would epitomize "being in the right place at the right time!" I hope you bought some... Serves me right for not making SMHG.

[gilmore]

Whoo-eee, that would epitomize "being in the right place at the right time!" I hope you bought some... Serves me right for not making SMHG.

I didn't buy any. They were wonderfully thick, but there were none that had colors matching any of my kilts, or even coming close.

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Perhaps it was a one off thing, but a vendor at the last Stone Mountain games had a bin full of Hawick's argyle hose, and was selling them at $50 a pair.

They must have been getting rid of some inventory and didn't mind selling them off well below wholesale.

I'd be curious who it was. House of Cheviot (Hawick Sock Company) sales in the US are all handled through one distributor, and as far as I know we are pretty much the only other retailer they have set up -- and both the distributor and ourselves had booths at Stone Mountain, neither of which had a bin full of $50 Argyle hose!