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Full Description: Standard Kilt Package

Have you asked yourself how some companies can sell kilts at bargain prices? The answer is simple - some go to the far east and order a huge stock of very poor quality pre-made kilts, or some companies cut corners in the production of their kilts. Alex Scott (kiltmakers.co.uk) have a quality approach. We use the best materials, and our kilts will last you a lifetime. So - we wont rush you, or push you, we're not interested in making a "quick sale". We know you will love your purchase and will wear it with pride.

Our team have a combined total of over 90 years experience between them;

• Margot will hand-make your kilt using the finest tartan cloth woven in Scotland.

• Stewart and his team will ensure your outfit will fit perfectly.

• Anne will double check every product before dispatch or collection.

• Finally Lloyd will package your outfit with care ready for delivery.

Buying a Highland Outfit should be an enjoyable experience. We have listed below all the information you will require for your purchase.

	Kilt Your HAND-MADE kilt will be produced by Margot our in-house kiltmaker. This package includes a Medium Weight Kilt - you can upgrade to a Heavy Weight kilt - see the UPGRADE package below. Scroll down for a more details on our tartans and top-quality kilst.
	Crail Jacket & Waistcoat The package includes our Crail Jacket - a versatile jacket suitable for both formal and informal functions. All buttons are silver plated. To compliment your jacket, we recommend a 5 button waistcoat.
	Prince Charlie Jacket & Waistcoat An upgrade to the more formal Prince Charlie Jacket (with waistcoat) is also available - see the UPGRADE package below.
	Shirt & Bow Tie The white shirt is available with either standard or a wing collar.  Sizes 14.5 to 18. To compliment your shirt we have a ready tied black bow tie.  It is designed for easy dressing with a size adjustment.
	Sporran / Dress Sporran The included Scottish made sporran is our best selling semi-dress sporran - also suitable for both formal and informal occasions. Made from the highest quality leather, the edge stiching provides the long life you will not find on cheaper versions. A standard chain strap is included - an oversize version is also available. You can also UPGRADE to a Dress Sporran.
	Kilt Pin The Claymore design is one our most popular kilt pins - another item that is made here in Scotland.
	Kilt Hose The machine washable socks are a classic design. We are confident you'll not find more comfortable kilt hose! Available in UK sizes from 4 - 13.
	Sgian Dubh Typically worn inside the right hand kilt hose, a traditional pewter ball top sgian dubh (sometimes called Skean Dhu) is a thistle design. The blade is made from Stainless Steel with a resin handle.
	Flashes Your flashes will be made from the same tartan as your kilt and are attached to fully adjustable garters. The flashes are to hold your kilt hose up and add a decorative finish to them.
	Ghillie Brogues Finally your ghillie brogues are among the most comfortable available thanks to the cushioned inner sole. The leather upper and metal heel guard combine to ensure the durability. Available in UK sizes 6 - 12

Choosing the right Tartan

You can choose to wear any of the 4000+ tartans that are available - but if you have a Scottish surname there is a good chance that there is a tartan for your clan. Stewart is an expert on helping find your clan/sept and the right tartan - his contact details are shown below. In the meantime - here are a selection of tartans:

Buyers Guides

We've put the first part of our Buyers Guides to Kilts below - but we've a lot more guides

• Buyers Guide to Jackets
• Buyers Guide to Sporrans
• Buyers Guide to Belts and Buckles
• Buyers Guide to Jackets
• Buyers Guide to Scotland Forever (the tartan worn by Gavin in the pictures)

Package Options/Upgrades

We are offering 3 options or upgrades to this one-off special offer package price.

• Option A: You can upgrade your Medium Weight Kilt to a Heavy Weight Kilt.
  
  The Medium Weight Kilt : The Medium Weight kilt is made from 100% pure new wool woven to 13oz/ per yard (430g/ per metre) which makes a kilt with very sharp pleats.
   
  The Heavy Weight Kilt : The Heavy Weight kilt is also made from 100% pure new wool woven to 16oz/ per yard (515g/ per metre) The extra weight makes the kilt hang better and  the pleats swing more. The heavy weight cloth is also more resistant to creasing.
   
• Option B: You can substitute the Crail Jacket to the more formal Prince Charlie Jacket with Waistcoat. If your choice is the Prince Charlie jacket we would suggest that you upgrade to a formal Dress Sporran.
   
• Option C: Upgrade your Prince Charlie Jacket/Waistcoat and Dress Sporran with a Heavy Weight kilt. Ie. Option A AND Option B.

Remember that we stock a huge range of further upgrades and alternative products - for more details Speak To Stewart.

* Please note that there may be a surcharge for over-size items.

Your Sale Savings

Here is a full breakdown of the saving you are making:

As your kilt is hand made we aim for a typically delivery time of 4 weeks although this time maybe be either shorter or longer depending on your choice of tartan.

Further Questions? Customise The Package? ... Speak to Stewart

We’ve appointed Stewart Wallace to personally handle all of your questions and outfit orders.

Stewart is one of our experienced sales staff and has been instrumental in assisting our customers worldwide. His expertise and direction with your Highland Wear purchase will ensure your complete satisfaction. Stewart is available (during office hours) on 01224 674874 – or you can email him at the normal address - sales@kiltmakers.co.uk.

This is a limited special offer.

Ready to place an order?

Simply place your order by clicking add to basket:

You’ll receive a call back from Stewart (see above) within a few hours.

(To assist in processing your order you may be
asked to download our self-measurement form)

Customer Reviews

Average Customer Rating of the Standard Kilt Package:
(Average rating of 5 is based on 3 customer ratings and 3 reviews)
Share your opinion - add your review

Date Added: Wednesday 04 February, 2009

Customer rating:

Submitted by D Short

A Fantastic, personal service. Thank-you very much

Date Added: Wednesday 04 February, 2009

Customer rating:

Submitted by W Tolson

The kilt has been much admired and having visited Edinburgh yesterday and seen the cheaper versions I can definitely see the difference

Date Added: Wednesday 04 February, 2009

Customer rating:

Submitted by L Wilds

"We have received the kilt and it is just
beautiful! It fits so well and looks
marvelous on! Thank you so very much
for all your help in making this a
wonderful gift that my partner will
enjoy for many, many years."

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Buyer's Guide - Kilts

Part One Tartan

• Tartan Cloth

• Different Weights of cloth

• Choice of tartans

• Choosing your tartan

• Special Weave Cloth

Tartan Cloth

Tartan cloth is made with bands of pre-dyed wool woven as warp and weft at right angles to each other. The warp is the spun thread held taught from one end of the loom to the other. The weft is the tread that is woven through the warp at right angles. The weft is woven two over - two under and advances one thread on each new row. This produces narrow diagonal lines that form a block pattern made of vertical and horizontal lines that repeat to create the tartan.

Different Weights of Cloth

The weaving principle is simple but todays weavers can produce all kinds of cloth. Kilt fabric is woven with pure wool and is made in different weights, two of which are ideal for making kilts, medium and heavy weight.

• Medium Weight Cloth: Medium weight cloth is woven to 13oz/yard (430g/M), which is an excellent durable weight to make a kilt.

• Heavy Weight Cloth: Heavy weight cloth is woven to 16oz/yard (515g/M), which again makes an excellent kilt.

Medium weight kilts are simply kilts made with medium weight cloth. The medium weight kilt has certain advantages despite the fact it is the lighter of the two kilts. The pleats are usually very sharp and maintain their appearance. It is also a better weight of kilt for small kilts and kilts that will be worn for more vigorous activities such as Highland dancing.

Heavy weight kilts are kilts made with heavy weight cloth. The extra weight of the 16oz cloth makes the heavy weight widely regarded as the superior kilt. The extra weight makes all the difference in the way the kilt hangs and how the pleats swing. The heavy weight cloth is also more resistant to creasing which means as long as the kilt is kept hanging, very little, if any pressing is required.

Choice of tartans

Tartans are woven into different clan tartans, district tartans and more generic tartans such as 'Scotland Forever.' In turn, many of these groups are sub-divided into different colour schemes.

Ancient Colours

Modern Colours

Weathered Colours

Muted Colours

Ancient colours are dyed very pale to reproduce an era when no chemical dyes existed and cloth was dyed using natural dyes.

Modern colours produce a kilt with the same tartan but bright strong colours made possible by the invention of chemical dye. For example, where ancient red appears orange, modern red appears scarlet and ancient blue that is sky blue is navy blue in modern colours.

Additional colours available are weathered, where the colours are tinted with brown shades to emulate an old well-worn kilt stained by years of exposure to the harsh Scottish weather on the Highland glens. Muted colours are also designed to emulate an old kilt but they are not as earth-like as the weathered colours.

Although the amount of tartans woven as stock is immense, there are many tartans that are not available in certain colours, if any. These tartans can be specially woven.

Choosing your tartan

If you have a Scottish surname there is a good chance that there is a tartan for your clan and one or more weavers weave it in quantity. If you like the tartan and are happy that you are wearing the family tartan this narrows the search down to different versions of that particular clan tartan. However, despite the large quantity of tartans now available, you may have a Scottish name that does not have a tartan. In this case it may be classed as a 'sept' of a clan. A sept of a clan is a family name that is related to a bigger clan for various reasons. The main reason was marriage. Female offspring of chiefs would lose the clan name in marriage but would still wish to retain her clan connection. Other clan names were simply small clans that sought the protection of a bigger clan. So, the sept clans then and now have the right to wear the badges, crests and tartans of another, bigger clan.

If your surname does not link to any tartan, the next step is to look back at each maiden name on the maternal side beginning with your mother.  This can often throw up new possibilities for family tartans.

If you have by this stage found no related tartan to your name or have a dislike to your family tartan, then you can choose any tartan!  There are many generic tartans such as 'Scotland Forever' that are designed to be a tartan for all, although in truth anyone can wear a clan tartan that they like the look of.

The Tartan Authority is the official body that all tartans must be registered with. You can learn more about clans, tartan and view for yourself hundreds of tartans on the Tartan Authority website.

Special Weave Cloth

Another scenario may be that the Clan tartan exists but is not commercially woven.  If this is the case, it may be available in our 'Old and Rare' collection. This range covers more unusual tartans but there is a surcharge. We can also have the cloth specially woven.

Part 2 of this guide is available here.

Testimonials

A random selection of recent comments from customers to this website...

"Very happy." - DD 06-08-2010

"Thank you so much for providing such an excellent service. My new husband will be delighted with his gift and I am grateful for your rapid turnaround on the order as I had been planning to sort out his present but somehow never gotten round to it." - CL 16-08-2010

"Absolutely great service! I ordered on Monday night and received item on Wednesday morning. Top quality item too - couldn't be happier" - SEL 24-07-2010

"I was absolutely delighted with the quaich as was my friend who received it as a gift, although I had to explain what it was as she is English and hadn't heard of one before. I was also extremely pleased to receive it two days after my order. Thank you very much." - SE 02-08-2010

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