I have two kilt in Lochcarron 16oz, 3 in Marton Mills 16oz, one in 13oz HoE, one in 13oz Strathmore, as well as fabric in 16oz Dalgleish and 15oz Strathmore, and a kilt in the original movie Braveheart 16oz tartan (well, fabric at least) I think from Islay weavers. Never felt a tartan from Batley, but have compared their tartan colors to comparable tartans from other weavers and never liked the color palate they tend to use. Lochcarron is tight with an almost coarse feel and a clean selvedge, Marton Mills is equally if not even more coarse also with a decent selvedge (at least on the fabrics I have), HoE is firm and smooth with an imperceptable selvedge, Strathmore is luxurient and smooth with an imperceptible selvedge in both fabric weights, Dalgleish is even more soft at hand but tightly woven with a nice selvedge. The Braveheart from Islay is very thick, loosely woven, fuzzy and has a hemmed edge, so probably does not come with a kilting selvedge of any kind. Barb T currently has some of the 16oz Fraser & Kirkbright Maple Leaf tartan waiting on queue to be sewn up for me----it being predominantly merino I would expect it to be even a bit softer than the Dalgleish or Strathmore, but I have not personally felt it myself.

Glen Affric is a specialty weaver that does most of the custom work on rare/registered but otherwise not woven tartans for Scotweb. When I did a google search for glen affric weavers there were only a handful of hits, all from either scotweb, xmarks, or some foreign language sites. I have never seen their fabric even mentioned on any kiltmakers website other than Scotweb. Glen Affric, I believe, is a place in the Inverness region of Scotland, but the only info I could find on weavers in that area were for James Pringle Weavers.