Well Met From KC

**Lyrd** · 19th April 08, 11:20 PM

Hello all. Been lurking on your fine forum for about a week now and decided i should just go ahead and join. Been kilting it for about 8 or nine years. I own three kilts presently, the first being really just a piece of tartan wrapped around my waist and belted. Not really a kilt so lets recind my prior count and say i own 2 kilts. One is a ren fest kilt..actually not made all that badly, the seldvage (sp) is bad, but it has sewn down pleats and is tapered like a kilt. Made from a pretty nice wool/cotton blend as best as i can tell. It's pretty warm and fairly water repellent anyway. Think it's made to be worn on the hips like my sportkilt (which i love) but i'm pretty short so i wear it at the height a traditional kilt would be at. Seems to work fine, but i am soon going to be ordering my first true 8yrd trad kilt. I am thinking 13 ounce wool in the McKenzie ancient or weathered tartan..though i kinda like the Millennium tartan also. I am thinking scottish lion. Anyone have any input about them?
Be Well
Marc

**Bugbear** · 19th April 08, 11:22 PM

Welcome.

**Moosedog** · 19th April 08, 11:24 PM

Welcome from Oregon's icy Willamette Valley!

Sounds like you have been kilting well enough for nine years.

Moosedog

**Darkislander** · 19th April 08, 11:27 PM

Welcome from Scotland

**ghostlight** · 19th April 08, 11:32 PM

Welcome!

**ardchoille** · 19th April 08, 11:36 PM

Originally Posted by Lyrd

Hello all. Been lurking on your fine forum for about a week now and decided i should just go ahead and join.

from Seattle, WA.

Originally Posted by Lyrd

.. the first being really just a piece of tartan wrapped around my waist and belted.

The great kilt is nothing more than a large piece of tartan cloth, hand pleated, wrapped around the wearer and belted.. so that might be considered a kilt too

**Lyrd** · 19th April 08, 11:52 PM

Originally Posted by ardchoille

from Seattle, WA.

The great kilt is nothing more than a large piece of tartan cloth, hand pleated, wrapped around the wearer and belted.. so that might be considered a kilt too

This was neither pleated nor a...err..large piece of tartan..hehe.

Honestly it was horrid. The second was leaps ahead but prolly still not what one would wear in public. I used it for fests and camping. My sportkilt has all the bells and whistles..buckles..fringe...sewn down pleating...really a pretty good kilt. The material is the only down fall. Although it's light and airy, perfect for camping and fests, it just dun feel like a "real" kilt. Nor move like one. Really looking forward to getting my 8yard soon. Now if i can just settle on a maker all will be well. And a tartan..hehehe

Be Well
Marc

**JerseyLawyer** · 19th April 08, 11:57 PM

from New Jersey!

Enjoy your new kilt when you get it. A tank, as we call it in these hear parts, is a great thing, though you'll find them addictive. You might consider 16 oz heavyweight wool, if you like to have a nice swish and drape.

**Lyrd** · 20th April 08, 12:06 AM

Originally Posted by JerseyLawyer

from New Jersey!

Enjoy your new kilt when you get it. A tank, as we call it in these hear parts, is a great thing, though you'll find them addictive. You might consider 16 oz heavyweight wool, if you like to have a nice swish and drape.

Dont know about the 16ounce. Had a friend that had one he loaned me frequently..and mano was that thing warm. Loved it camping in the fall and winter but it gets pretty hot here in the midwest. Just think a 13ounce would be a better all around kilt. Never actually worn a 13 though..so if ya have first hand knowledge that there is not really much of a difference temperature wise let me know. Might as well go for the 16 if it dosnt matter. Any advice on makers? I would like to spend maybe $300 to $600 dollars.