The Hawick Sock Company - Making Kilt Hose

**Monkey@Arms** · 14th January 08, 12:36 PM

Wow, I've never seen those ones with large lion pattern before!

Great pics.

Best regards,

Jake

**Cawdorian** · 14th January 08, 12:48 PM

Very interesting, I never cease to be amazed at what I learn on this forum. I now know where my two pair of Hawick Hose were manufactured. They really have some nice looking kilt hose there.

**GMan** · 14th January 08, 01:19 PM

What a great tour, that was wonderful

**gilmore** · 14th January 08, 03:25 PM

How very interesting! Another great series of photos. Thanks for posting them.

The down side is that the more you post, the less need I feel to go to Scotland. Your pix make one feel as if they are already there.

**Retro Red** · 14th January 08, 03:35 PM

Well, I can see my bank account is going to be "hosed!"

.

**thescot** · 14th January 08, 03:51 PM

OK, I'm sold. Where can I find a very large (read that as a size 14 US shoe) pair of those tartan hose with the read and white stripes? They would look really good with my Robertson kilt.

**McMurdo** · 14th January 08, 04:00 PM

Originally Posted by thescot

OK, I'm sold. Where can I find a very large (read that as a size 14 US shoe) pair of those tartan hose with the read and white stripes? They would look really good with my Robertson kilt.

I think Matt was talking about carrying them soon you might want to check with him.

**walkerk** · 14th January 08, 08:03 PM

Thanks for taking us along. Surprised to see the machines work on the flat and not circular. It appears very noisy there - was it?

**Riverkilt** · 14th January 08, 09:36 PM

How cool Alex. Thanks for documenting your tour. Very meaningful to me since I already have TWENTY pair of their Lewis hose in ten colors and three of their traditional garter tie dealies.

I've been VERY impressed with the quality and feel of their Lewis hose. I know I don't have to hand wash them, but I choose to. Respect.

Ron

**SteveB** · 14th January 08, 10:01 PM

Alex, Thank you for the tour.
I can see where some of my bank balance will be depleted. They have a fleet of Shima Seiki machines. Very precision and usually a lot quieter than their U.S. competitors. Top shelf machines for top shelf products!
---- Steve