On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 04:27:11PM -0400, Yaroslav Halchenko 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 ?
Could do, maybe. I was also up in Edinburgh a couple of weekends back with Andy, and we spoke to one of the companies up there too. He's got the details and I'll let him post more info... :-) -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com "Since phone messaging became popular, the young generation has lost the ability to read or write anything that is longer than one hundred and sixty characters." -- Ignatios Souvatzis
