These are pics of My Locharron, Ancient Macneil Tartaned "Tank", which was "kiltnapped" by my daughter and carried with her to her class at Argosy University on Friday. The Other kilt in the pics is a Casual Macneil tartaned kilt from Scottish Kilts, shown for comparison. I will post more pics later today, wearing the new kilt.
Next, number of Pleats on the "tank" and pleat depth. I cound 29 or 30 plearts. The depth shows at just over 3 inches, but is actually closer th 3 and 1/2 inches. Turning the ruler sideways show it can be read more easily loses some depth.
Last pic is the Modern tartaned casual. I count 17 pleats and the depth appears to be about 1 and 3/4 inches. Yes there is a heck of a lot of difference in a full 8 or 9 yard kilt and a 5 yard casual. This newone is a full 9 yards of 16 oz Pure Scottish wool from Locharron mills as opposed to 5 yards of 13 OZ wool from Scottish kilts.
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