I realized I have a new pet peeve while at the Celtic festival in Dayton.

I hate the sellers of generic kilts.

Don't get me wrong, my first one was generic, and I saw the vendor of it, and talked for a few sec with them, and I even almost bought a new sporran strap, but my kid was getting grouchy. I am not 100% happy with that kilt, part of it is the way the owner talked and misinformation he gave.

What really bothered me a booth with a big Utilikilt banner. I saw some interesting tartan in that booth, which was a surprise, I didn't think there were such things as tartan UK, let alone sub $100 ones. I asked, and they told me they were not UKs, they were imported. I asked about the maker, and finally got 'Pakistan' out of them. They even had knock-off UKs from Pakistan.

Don't get me wrong, I know Jerry gets his from there as well. And he puts his label in them. (Well, he probably pays them to do it, but if I have a problem, or a friend that wants one, it's easy to hunt Jerry down.) I don't mind store brands, if the vendor would have said 'private label for us' I could have accepted it, but they didn't want to answer such a question.

I did have one other kilt shop there that slightly bothered me, a local place with a real presence, I saw a Buzz K kilt there, and the way it felt when I touched it.... anyways, it was under $150 (I forgot the price) and I was tempted. When I went past later, I mentioned that there wasn't anywhere really to try them on, and the statement that just worried me was "If it fits on top of the one you are already wearing, it is the right size."

Now, I am no expert, but I would think that putting a second kilt on over a first one would not go so well if they were the same size. If the second fit, I would think it would just fall off when I put it on. Granted, I know that is what belts are for, but still... I wouldn't think that would be reliable. I may well be wrong though. But it did put me off buying from that shop.