Tax Refund?

[knotty]

Well my wife signed me up for a sewing course and bought me a copy of The Art of Kilt Making for my birthday. If the family accountant(my wife) approves the cost I'm going to make myself a kilt, vest, and jacket out of this fabric http://trimfabric.com/uu-30.html

Great stuff.

[Andy Proffitt]

Refund? What is this thing of which you speak?

[ForresterModern]

Isnt a tank a 8 yard 16 ounce?

Yes, wool, ideally handsewn, traditional 8 yd 16oz.

[OC Richard]

Yes, wool, ideally handsewn, traditional 8 yd 16oz.

I'd never heard the term "tank" until I joined here.

To me, since I started wearing kilts in the mid 1970s, a 13-22oz wool handsewn traditional kilt was simply called a "kilt". Anything other than a handsewn traditional wool kilt didn't exist then (at least I'd never seen or heard of such), and when they came along they were called things other than simply a "kilt" such as "casual kilt" "utilikilt" etc.

It's still the way I use the word "kilt".

[Thomas H]

Ok , I have to ask , Because I do not know all ready .

Does other countries (Scottland , Ireland ) do tax refunds ?

[creagdhubh]

I'd never heard the term "tank" until I joined here.

To me, since I started wearing kilts in the mid 1970s, a 13-22oz wool handsewn traditional kilt was simply called a "kilt". Anything other than a handsewn traditional wool kilt didn't exist then (at least I'd never seen or heard of such), and when they came along they were called things other than simply a "kilt" such as "casual kilt" "utilikilt" etc.

It's still the way I use the word "kilt".

Agreed.

[creagdhubh]

Ok , I have to ask , Because I do not know all ready .

Does other countries (Scottland , Ireland ) do tax refunds ?

Scotland.

[ForresterModern]

I'd never heard the term "tank" until I joined here.

To me, since I started wearing kilts in the mid 1970s, a 13-22oz wool handsewn traditional kilt was simply called a "kilt". Anything other than a handsewn traditional wool kilt didn't exist then (at least I'd never seen or heard of such), and when they came along they were called things other than simply a "kilt" such as "casual kilt" "utilikilt" etc.

It's still the way I use the word "kilt".

"Tank" I think became an xmarks coloquialism several years ago by an early member here named Jimmy Carbomb who I believed described his newly sewn 8yd 16oz wool tartan kilt as being "built like a tank", i.e., nearly indestructible. Pretty much an xmarks thing, although I have seen it used by current and former xmarkers on other kilt forums, where it has not caught on as fervently for whatever reasons. As there has been a proliferation of other versions of kilts from the casual, lesser yardage, machine sewn, non-wool, modern, utility and non-traditional schools, and all are still called "kilt" here in general, the term tank has come to be one of endearment for one's traditional heavyweight wol tartan knife pleated 8 yarder, again preferably handsewn but has also been used for machine sewns on occasion.

I would assume the term "kilt" in Scotland (or even elsewhere in the UK) would be expected to mean what we call a "tank", as all the other variations, save maybe the tartan low yardage or box-pleated varieties, would almost never be seen or if seen certainly not graced with the designation of their beloved kilt.