Reality Check

[Highlander31]

Ron, One of the reasons this forum is so successful is the sharing of information (good or bad) on vendors/suppliers of kilts and accessories. I believe we should first try to support the advertisers here on XMTS. But that shouldn't preclude members from sharing information on vendors who are not advertisers. As far as I'm concerned, keep on sharing with the forum.

[Ian.MacAllan]

Ron,

All you are doing in your Kathy Lare posts is giving credit where it is due. That is commendable behavior because it is just and because it promotes the general welfare by helping to divert resources from less productive people to one who is more productive. Anyone who finds offense in your posts should learn to scroll down past them.

Please keep on doing what you're doing; your posts are one of the main reasons I keep coming back to this forum even after letting myself be distracted for weeks.

Thanks and best wishes!

.

[Bugbear]

All I can come up with, Ron, is that a few times I have had to reread your Kathy Lare posts because on first reading them I had an uneasy feeling that you were saying that she, and she alone in the U.S., knows how to make a proper kilt; implying that Barb T., Matt Newsome et al were making substandard kilts. That is not what you were saying, but it had that feel to it.

Understand, I am saying that is the first impression of these post I had, a kind of feeling, and it was not what you were actually saying. You cleared it up a while back for me by acknowleging that there is more than one way to make a high quality or traditional kilt.

[SFCRick]

I used the info you provided, if I had not read your post I might never have known of her.
Thanks

[Jock Scot]

"Speak as you find", has always been fair dinkum with me Ron.

[robthehiker]

How kind of him to advise you on what's appropriate to post.

If it were me I'd probably have pasted the PM into the thread so everyone could benefit from his wisdom.

Oh and Ron? I pay attention to your posts.

[SteveB]

As a kilt addict, I certainly consider Kathy Lare to be among the top people to go to for a kilt. The forum rules are silent on the mention of kiltmakers that sare not here. If there was such a prohibition the many posts on Utilikilts, Amerikilts, Kinloch, Burnett & Struth, and of course until recently our favourite - the Gold Bros. would have been called out. We have many talented members on this forum in the Scottish Arts. Bladesmiths, Sporran makers, kilt makers, accessory makers of all kinds. Celtic musicians and a love of Celtic music that transcends the musicians on this forum. This is what makes this forum tick. I have created very few threads, and the only ones that I have started that show significant views and posts have been the review of Highland kit. Those comments and criticisms of the Highland kit are very popular... or is it the scenery you use to showcase the kilts??

Cheers,
SteveB

[cessna152towser]

I've never had a problem with you, Ron, or anyone else here singing the praises of Kathy Lare, or for that matter others who praise Barb Tewkesbury or Matt Newsome. From the number of recommendations I have read on this forum I would be confident of receiving a top quality item if I was to make a purchase from any of these kiltmakers, none of whom I would have heard of if I had not been a member of this forum. Geography is a factor, carriage can be an expensive addition to the cost of a kilt, so although I do not own a Lare or a Tewkesbury or a Newsome I have not ruled out the possibility that I may one day buy a kilt from one of those makers. For now, the majority of my kilts have been sourced from Scotland and I would hope that nobody would have a problem when they see me posting a good word for one or other of the Scottish kiltmakers who have supplied me.

[caig]

My view is that it is for any of us to recommend, or not, as the case may be, any kiltmaker or other supplier, whilst posting on this forum. It is a personal decision for each member. It is not for other members to suggest that such a recommendation or mention should not be made. It would be up to that objecting member to post a view in a new (or existing) thread rather than send a PM. It appears that that member has chosen not to do so and that suggests some moral cowardice.

Had I received such a PM I would have told the sender to go and ( you can imagine the rest).

[Chas]

Ron,

Carry on, carrying on. You are a respected member of this community, when you speak, people listen. Not everybody will agree - that is how life is. I see no problem.

Regards

Chas