Hamilton Dry Goods link to Kilts

[cavscout]

Browsing around for vests (thanks Ron) and noticed a link at the bottom of one of Hamilton Dry Goods pages to a kilt maker in TN, USA

http://www.hamiltondrygoods.com/gerald/index.html

I'm not sure but I think this is pretty new since I've never noticed it before.

[mbhandy]

I really like their over the knees wool socks for the kilt. I bought 3 pair and a bunch of their cotton and I would like to try the Linsey Woolsey sock.
http://www.hamiltondrygoods.com/sock.html


MrBill

[Martin S]

I had a kilt from there some time ago via e-bay; not first quality, but fine for knocking around in. It has been used a lot and has kept its shape. Wool I think, certainly nicer than synthetic.
Undoubtedly made in Pakistan, and properly made at that, except that it has a hem rather than selvage.
At £50 with sporran & belt, you can't complain.

Martin

[Martin S]

After writing, I checked the URL quoted above.
It sent me to an American firm, though the kilt I had ordered a year or two ago seemed to come from a Scottish firm.
Same name 2 firms?
Emigration?
No sign of kilts at the American firm.

Martin

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Here's some free advice for anyone designing a web page. NO MUSIC! Gee whiz.... what if I actually want to spend some time on your web site, but don't want to listen to your load midi-bagpipes over and over and over again? I know I can turn the volume down, but I shouldn't have to. I have yet to talk to a single person who liked going to a web site only to be assaulted by bad midi-bagpipes.

Anyway, now you all know one of my pet peeves.... :-)

About the kilts themselves, it would be nice to know some more information, such as how much the kilts are, and some nicer pics than the ones provided. In the pics you can see, it seems that he does use box pleats, but it appears he only sews them down at the waist.

He calls them "ancient" box pleats, which sends up some red flags. Yes, the box pleat style is older than the knife pleat style. Box pleats were used c. 1790 - 1850, roughly. So you could call them old, or traditional, but I wouldn't really consider nineteenth century as "ancient." He talks about making an "ancient" shirt, too. It all just makes me wonder how much he actually knows about the garments he is making/selling.

M

[cavscout]

I have a pair of the socks as well and they are awesome for guys with large calves. For clarity I just want to say I believe Hamilton Dry Goods is a separate entity from the kilt maker in the link above.


I think you are on the money Matt. I didn't notice it last night but he says he'll make a kilt in tartan of my choice if I supply it. So he may only have a couple of tartans at most to choose from.

Maybe he's just catering to the less-serious reenactor who is less concerned about accuracy and more into the fun and romance of the idea. Fo rcuriosity's sake I may give him a call in the next day or so jsut to see what the details are.

[RockyR]

You guys don't KNOW how long I have been searching for this product:

http://www.hamiltondrygoods.com/WagonCovers.html

My trips up the Oregon Trail have been HELL without it! Little Susie has caught Typhoid and 2 oxen died while trying to ford the river!

If the oxen died trying to ford the river, why couldn't you use them for food?





Let's see who was in 2nd and 3rd grade in the mid 80's...

[chasem]

my trips up the trail were never complete without at least one case of dysentery and death.

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Rocky,

You are going to love this t-shirt:
http://www.bustedtees.com/shirt/dysentery

My wife and I cracked up when we saw it.
M

[Schultz]

Let's see who was in 2nd and 3rd grade in the mid 80's...

Relive the past

http://www.virtualapple.org/oregontraildisk.html