Quote Originally Posted by Barb T. View Post
True, and that's why I added the caveat that a hem does change the part of the sett at the bottom of the kilt. But, if you're not in a military regiment and can live with a different part of the sett at the bottom of the kilt, the hem itself won't show if it's done properly.
Quite right, and remiss of me for not including the non-military perspective saying as such.

And as you mentioned, the bigger question in this instance is "what a 4-5" hem does to the swing of the kilt."

However, ;) with regard to hemming a military wt kilt... Having put many a traditional cavalry cut hem in military wt trews I can understand a (smaller) hem being a viable option for a knife pleat, but the military box pleat I'm a bit skeptical about...

And curious now, from your perspective would a mil. box pleat be a more expensive endeavour to hem than a knife pleat?

Then of course, there's the previous 20-22oz wt wool to be considered... ;) Having hemmed a few of these trews I would tend to be a bit skeptical it would even be a viable option for a kilt w/ knife pleats..?