On Sun, 30 Sep 2012, Ryan Kavanagh wrote: > On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 04:53:47PM +0100, Wolodja Wentland wrote: > > I went to their store and asked and they quoted additional costs of > > £700 for a *single* made-to-order kilt.
> Ouch! From what I remember when I got my kilt, 700£ is really really > pricey. I know that North-America is probably on the wrong side of the > world for most of the people interested in ordering, but I recommend > Burnett & Struth's[0] as a kilt maker. They're located just north of > Toronto, Canada. They made my personal kilt (combination of machine and > hand sewing) out of a very uncommon tartan (I think it had to be custom > woven since nobody kept it in stock) for about 650–700 CAD (~410–440£), > tax included. The fabric was heavy weight (16oz I think) at that. On a > side note, they also made my band kilt, which is 25 years old and still > looks great apart from wear on the leather buckle straps (easily worn > 10-15 times a year). Given that next debconf is in Montreal, may be it would be sensible to see placing an order for a few quilts with Burnett & Struth's ? -- Yaroslav O. Halchenko Center for Open Neuroscience http://centerforopenneuroscience.org Dartmouth College, 419 Moore Hall, Hinman Box 6207, Hanover, NH 03755 Phone: +1 (603) 646-9834 Fax: +1 (603) 646-1419 WWW: http://www.linkedin.com/in/yarik
