New? kilt seller on eBay: AllScottish.CA

**tulloch** · 12th May 09, 06:54 PM

As promised here is some information on the kilt I bought from allscottish. It is light fabric. It was advertised as 100% wool, 13oz. I did a little burn test and when exposed to flame the threads ignite and burn with little bubbling balls on the end. Extinguished they can be squeezed flat. Does not smell like burning hair. A comparable burn of wool did not ignite and burn and did not make little hot balls. It was shipped with the pleats tacked together. I ironed it on wool setting using a press cloth and it looks pretty good. For the price I am satisfied. This assures that my tailor-made all-wool will last longer.

**Dan R Porter** · 12th May 09, 06:58 PM

Thats one heck of a test you worked there. Thanks for your sacrafice.

**CDNSushi** · 13th May 09, 12:43 AM

Originally Posted by tulloch

It is light fabric. It was advertised as 100% wool, 13oz. I did a little burn test and when exposed to flame the threads ignite and burn with little bubbling balls on the end. Extinguished they can be squeezed flat. Does not smell like burning hair.

It's good that you are satisfied, but your burn test means it is definitely, 100% beyond any reasonable doubt NOT wool!

**Morris at Heathfield** · 13th May 09, 03:01 AM

Hey, Tulloch, could you post a close-up of the tartan? Or, alternatively, could you tell me what color the stripe on the green check is and how many black stripes there are on the blue check?

**george7** · 14th May 09, 05:57 AM

Originally Posted by CDNSushi

It's good that you are satisfied, but your burn test means it is definitely, 100% beyond any reasonable doubt NOT wool!

Curious... his website says that the kilts are made of 100% wool.

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**CDNSushi** · 14th May 09, 06:41 AM

I know. That's why I posted what I did. If his site says wool and a burn test show that it's not, then Houston (or in this case, Ottawa), we have a problem!

Note, I'm not calling Seamus a liar, because he also DOES also sell PV kilts. It COULD be that tulloch, whether by his own mistake or Seamus's, somehow ended up with one of the PV kilts instead of a wool one. I'm not in the position to say. Whatever it is, I would say that an explanation is in order lest people start coming to quick conclusions.

All's I know is that the burn test as described above does NOT describe how wool behaves when exposed to open flame. (Maybe it's those dang imported Pakistani acrylic sheep)!!!

**slohairt** · 14th May 09, 09:20 PM

Originally Posted by CDNSushi

I know. That's why I posted what I did. If his site says wool and a burn test show that it's not, then Houston (or in this case, Ottawa), we have a problem!

Note, I'm not calling Seamus a liar, because he also DOES also sell PV kilts. It COULD be that tulloch, whether by his own mistake or Seamus's, somehow ended up with one of the PV kilts instead of a wool one. I'm not in the position to say. Whatever it is, I would say that an explanation is in order lest people start coming to quick conclusions.

All's I know is that the burn test as described above does NOT describe how wool behaves when exposed to open flame. (Maybe it's those dang imported Pakistani acrylic sheep)!!!

I'm thinking we're just talking Acrylic and not Polyester-Viscose.

**10buckstew** · 13th May 09, 08:35 PM

Thank you Tulloch, you saved me a few bones there. My next investigating will be MYTARTAN. I know they charge more, and list the names of the mills, but I will wait and see what some of the brethren here have, or will say first!
Geesh- it seems like a royalstewart would be on a discount rack somwhere!

**tulloch** · 14th May 09, 05:53 AM

Ok Morris - here is close-up of the cloth both seen from front-light and back-light source. Natural sunlight. This morning. Kind of light fabric. Does not hang like a heavy-weight but, as I said, looks pretty good. If tears or burns through will not be great loss.

**Morris at Heathfield** · 14th May 09, 10:19 AM

Originally Posted by tulloch

Ok Morris - here is close-up of the cloth both seen from front-light and back-light source. Natural sunlight. This morning. Kind of light fabric. Does not hang like a heavy-weight but, as I said, looks pretty good. If tears or burns through will not be great loss.
http://s663.photobucket.com/albums/u...ckwatch001.jpg
http://s663.photobucket.com/albums/u...ckwatch002.jpg

Thanks, Tulloch. The reason I asked is that, having taken a look at some of this fellow's other auctions, I was concerned you might have ended up with one of those "Gold Watch" tartan kilts—the ones with the blue stripe on the green check and two black stripes in the center of every blue check. Your tartan looks all right, though, whatever material it may be made out of.