Kilts

**corndog-44** · 01-07-2008, 05:40 PM

Rick you didn't have to remove the photo on my account. I think you just had second thoughts about it

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**Ole WV Coot** · 01-07-2008, 06:42 PM

Does one bend over or squat to tie their shoes???

To keep informed ,curious people would like to know.

**FVR** · 01-07-2008, 07:45 PM

A kilt, LOL. I just barely get out of my house wearing a breech clout and a possibles bag. "Dear, nice diaper and purse, where ya going."

Can't imagine walking out in a kilt, prob. very comfy, warm if it's wool.

Naaa.

**canid** · 01-07-2008, 08:30 PM

word. i am not personaly inclined to wear a kilt into the brush but a good wool kilt is warm and comfortable.

as a McCulloch, i will walk wherever i please in one and i'm not too worried about those who misread it.

**carcajou garou** · 01-07-2008, 09:03 PM

A good highland kilt made of wool, is a good item if your inclined, Scots used them for generations upon generation with great success.

**FVR** · 01-07-2008, 09:47 PM

Well, taking into consideration how much wool is used on a "real" kilt, and the proper way to wear it. Just take it off and build a tent.

If I was to adorn myself in a tartan, it would be of the Campbell Clan. When my GGGrandad McDermitt married a McKimm woman, well, pissed both sides of the family off.

**canid** · 01-07-2008, 10:06 PM

yeah, a great-kilt is a substantial amount of wool

there are at least anecdotal reports of these being used to enshroud and dismount mounted calvary.

**Smok** · 01-07-2008, 10:45 PM

Did any of you go and look it that site ??

**Smok** · 01-07-2008, 10:53 PM

The Kilt is getting real popular around here on the West coast this is not a joke . Real working men's cloths but if you would like some fun go to the site and look up the Mock_U_Mercials now that is funny

**canid** · 01-07-2008, 11:00 PM

it certainly looks nifty, but i take it as a novelty myself, rather than what i would call working gear.

if you or anybody else here happensto buy one, let me know how it holds up.

**Smok** · 01-07-2008, 11:08 PM

They hold up great it made out of 15 0z. canvas duck or leather or go read some of it

**Beo** · 01-08-2008, 12:11 PM

A traditional wool kilt like the one I have had for ten years or more is a full 8 yards of 16oz. twill woven worsted wool and yes it is very warm in the winter and cool in the summer. The plaid is the piece that goes over the shoulder and is not worn today except by drum majors in major pipe bands, the smaller one is called a fly plaid and it pins to the shoulder of the piper or drummer. The kilt has changed since the times of Braveheart (since thats how most of you seem to know it) in that the plaid was seperated from the waist. Actually an englishman named Thomas Rawlinson had his kilt and plaid seperated as he noticed that during rain and winter seasons it got heavy, taking it to a tailor he had the plaid removed and the traditional kilt moved on to what you see now. Rawlinson was doing iron smelting in Glengary at this point in his life (the 1800s).
I have worn my kilt in the woods numerous times on treks and it works as good as any pair of pants, leggings, breechclouts, etc. But if you don't worry what people think and live your life for you then who really cares. It is a part of my heritage so I wear mine and always will, to irish/scottish weekend events, on historical treks, family treks, hunting and so on. If it ain't for you then wear what you want. And for the record the kilt was never used to enshroud a rider or enemy (english) soldier, I have a complete history on the works of the kilt including the military regiments, friends that are noted scholors on scottish history and have talked at several scotch/irish dinners and festivals on the history of the The Breacan an Fhéilidh or Féileadh Mòr what you call the Great Kilt. The history of the kilt stretches back to at least the end of the 16th century. Although the kilt is an item of traditional Scottish highland dress, the nationalism of that tradition is relatively recent. It was only with the Romantic Revival of the 19th century that the kilt became irreversibly associated with Highlanders, and was subsequently adopted by Lowlanders and the Scottish Diaspora. Other modern celts such as the Irish, Cornish, Welsh and Manx, have also adopted tartan kilts in recent times, although to a lesser degree. Similar clothing had long been abandoned by related cultures such as Gauls, and Scandinavians.
The word kilt comes from the Scots word kilt meaning to tuck up the clothes around the body. The Scots word derives from the Old Norse kilting, from Norse settlers who wore a similar, non-tartan pleated garment. Nuff said.
Know what your talking about before you speak.
Beo,

**Tony uk** · 01-08-2008, 12:16 PM

I have a kilt but only wear it for special occasions like weddings, i have to wear it in August for my cousins wedding, However the wedding is in ENGLAND!!!!!! Land of the chavs !!!

I will get looked at funny

**Beo** · 01-08-2008, 12:26 PM

Hey Tony, Screw'em they're jealous bro,

**canid** · 01-08-2008, 08:07 PM

Nuff said.
Know what your talking about before you speak.

dude, wtf are you talking about?

**Tony uk** · 01-08-2008, 08:09 PM

Originally Posted by Beowulf65

Hey Tony, Screw'em they're jealous bro,

Yep, they little scruny chav creatures, And in the backround a large scotsman with a full attractive musculer fisique

**Smok** · 01-08-2008, 11:22 PM

Beowulf65.. What are you talking about ?? I am and was talking about the new Utilikilts and what they are made out of (not the old kilt) . Did you even go and look at what I put up here ?? And in no way was I making fun of kilts , Hay I ware a Utilikilt and the Utilikilt is for working men..

**Smok** · 01-08-2008, 11:46 PM

Originally Posted by Tony uk

Yep, they little scruny chav creatures, And in the backround a large scotsman with a full attractive musculer fisique

I would like to thank you for your complement I would have thought you would call me fat at my 245 lb. and only 5'10" I fill better about the pack

I am Welsh and Native or as some would call me an apple ,you know white on the inside red on the out

**Alpine_Sapper** · 01-28-2008, 12:02 AM

Just to chime in on this, got a friend at work that wears one of these all the time. He showed me the site some time ago. Best man skirt I ever had.

And Beo, lighten up dude. If you read the site, they straight tell you it's not a traditional kilt. Go read the faq on there, so you can know what you're talking about. And as for wearing one in the bush, a lot of people wear them on trail hikes and backpacking excursions to avoid chaffing.

yeah, it's a man skirt. And if you buy one, and some idiot yells out "nice skirt", take it as a compliment. At $150 bucks for the cheapest one, it better be a nice skirt.