Who actually OWNS a Scottish hand-sewn?

[ardchoille]

I own an eight yard, single-width strome 16oz MacGregor Hunting. I bought it from Celtic Craft Centre.

I was still living in San Jose, CA, so I went to their San Francisco store to get fitted. My kilt arrived 6 months later. Hand sewn by one of their contractors in Scotland. I am considering purchasing another in the MacGregor Deeside tartan.

I like the Glengyle/Deeside tartan, blue is on of my favorite colors.

[Highlander31]

I like the Glengyle/Deeside tartan, blue is on of my favorite colors.

I agree the blue in the Glengyle/Deeside tartan is a nice color and contrasts well with the red. I would like to know more of the history on the tartan. Unfortunately, according to Sir Malcolm MacGregor,the Chief of Clan Gregor, there isn't any information available on the tartan.

[ThistleDown]

From school onwards, so that's about 60 years now! Today I wear 10 or 12 16-oz Stromes and 3 woven by Kenny Dalgleish (my avatar is one of these). All were hand-made in Scotland, but by different individual kilt-makers. The one in the photo below (taken a month ago) was woven for me over 20 years ago by the late Jamie Scarlett and made by a wonderful kilt-maker in Vancouver now, sadly, retired.

Of course, I can't wear any of the ones I wore when I was younger -- did you know that kilts shrink as you get older? -- but I ca now wear two of my grandfather's. I've no idea who wove or made them, but one is heavier than my Stromes. My brother has been wearing a couple of my dad's heavy kilts for years.

Actually, I only bought my first non-wool a couple of years ago (a UK workmans for the garden). Since then I've bought two standard UKs (to me these are the shorts of the kilt world), one FK and have another on order. Although these are fine for wearing the half-year I spend in Vancouver, I don't wear anything but traditional wool during the other half-year I spend in Scotland.

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