Stillwater Blackwatch arrived

[646guy]

Heaven....gorgeous garment...super quick delivery (you were all right about that) and it's incredibly soft....I've gotta wear this out somewhere and soon!

Thanks for the recommendations...it's a great kilt!!!

[Shay]

Peeeectures! Peeeectures!

(Oh, and can someone tell me if it's Black Watch, BlackWatch, Blackwatch, etc?)

[646guy]

Peeeectures! Peeeectures!

(Oh, and can someone tell me if it's Black Watch, BlackWatch, Blackwatch, etc?)

I'll try tomorrow...my rugby team is having a bar night so I may wear it there with a nice white t-shirt, my Doc Martens, and the black leather blazer I bought at the Leather School in Florence, Italy -- a combination of the mod and traditional all in one...

I misjudged the waist size a little but after a couple of days eating jello and sorbet after my nose and throat surgery next week it will fit PERFECTLY...

[Riverkilt]

Cool, can't have enough kilts!

So, here's a question....

Is a SWK a traditional kilt, or a contemporary kilt??

Ron

[646guy]

Cool, can't have enough kilts!

So, here's a question....

Is a SWK a traditional kilt, or a contemporary kilt??

Ron

According to the ebay site, it's a Standard kilt....It's rather light but VERY soft....

[GlassMan]

I would say that a Stillwater uses traditional styling on a non-traditional material.

[GMan]

So glad to hear of the arrival of your new Kilt, CONGRATULATIONS, and wear it with pride.

[Jeremiah]

I'm looking at their nightstalker when I get paid.

[krooks]

Ordered my Nightstalker today. They finally have my size in stock. Can't wait till it arrives!

[scoutniagara]

I looked at SWK's sale page, and found a MacTavish heavyweight in my size. It was only $80 + $9 shipping, so I figured I couldn't go wrong. I was right! It is lovely! I know, you get what you pay for, but it is wool, warm for our cooler temperatures and it looks like it's made well. No, it doesn't hang or feel as nice as my $700 Burnetts & Struth 13 oz middleweight kilt, but even with a non-sale price of $122, I don't think anyone could go wrong.

While my only connection with MacTavish, is that the clan's roots are close to my grandmother's (Currie) Argyl district of Scotland, it will serve a purpose, such as general-purpose kilt-wearing, attending Kilt nights and for travel. I will be ordering some acrylic standards in the future. For travel to southern/Caribbean destinations, the acrylic should be all I'd need.

One note: I measured my now "inflated" size and came up with 36". Normally, I'd be about 35" wearing 34" double-pleated slacks. STW's 36" fits me at the tightest notch in the buckle. I thought a 36" SWK may fit from 35-37 inches, but it seems their 36" is 36" or larger. The same is true with my SKs so in future, I'd might order one size smaller to SK's medium, and try SWK's 34", although, it's really easy to move over the leather strap on the left inside.