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[sandman]

What are my current options for a solid color kilt ?
I am hoping for something rugged, I'm tough on most everything I own.
I have been looking at canvas kilts but I must be truthful, I'm a wash and wear kinda guy. Wash it, dry it, wear it, and that's about it I don't even own an iron so I am worried about bad wrinkles.
I am also hoping for something I can wear with a decent shirt and feel dressed enough for dinner ? If d**kers and a shirt work then a shirt and kilt should as well. O.D. and Khaki/Tan are fairly neutral dirt hiding colors I hope.
All advice will be appreciated.

Thanks

[sorcererdale]

You should check out the utilikilts.com brand and get the workmans or survivor. They are also useful with all the pockets. Be sure to measure carefully, I had to have both of mine shortened.

DALE.

[turpin]

For wash and wear ease from working to casual dress-up a Utilikilt Mocker might fit your bill better than the Workman or Survival. It's made of poly-cotton, side-slash and rear-welt pockets. I've had one and I've never had to iron it - shake right from the dryer and put it on. No wrinkles to speak of. You might also consider the Stillwater Kilts Nightstalker standard. It's more of a traditionally styled kilt than a UK, washable, and very little need to iron. It's an acrylic fabric.

[The Wizard of BC]

It was just your question that the Casual Model FK was designed for.

I would suggest one of the Poly/Cotton Collection of fabrics as they resist wrinkling best.

The Casual Model with the addition of Side Slash Pockets and Rear Welt Pockets has been nicknamed "The Dockers of Kilts".

[Riverkilt]

And, you can enhance the wash and wear ability of whichever model(s) you choose by making up some weighted clips to clip on the bottom of the kilt pleats when you hang it to dry. The gentle weight of the weighted clip will pull the pleat straight as the fabric air drys.

You might be able to find some premade picnic tablecloth weight clips, but as many as you need for a kilt that can get expensive.

I've used the inexpensive hangar clips sold by the bag at big box stores for about a buck or two. Then I take half ounce lead fishing weights and duct tape them on to each side of the clip. That's enough weight to do the job.

Only takes a minute or so to clip them on.



This pic looks busy because it shows weighted clips on both the front and back pleats. Since I took the pic I've found that I really only need to clip the front pleats and make sure the back pleats are hanging straight.

Ron

[ccga3359]

I will recommend Freedom Kilts I especially recommend the front slash pockets. For another option check out RKilts they have canvas and hemp, well and leather (all solid colour ). I have an RKilt hemp shirt but not kilt buthemp is definately rugged and long wearing.

[James MacMillan]

Hey Ron, I did pretty much the same thing, only I used regular wooden clothspins and drilled a hole in the end, and wired the weights through the hole.

You're right, that picture looks busy - I originally made twelve weight things, and have found that with the twelve weights, properly spread around, it is enough.

Of course when I get my Gizmo in, that will reduce.

[Kilted Stuart]

If you don't want pockets but still want a traditional style solid try http://www.canadiancasualkilts.com/.

MacHummel (Peter) makes kilts in Denim, Olive green,brown and saffron(like cotton duck cloth),
waterproof camo, wool (black-really nice,2diferent shadow, saffron etc) and poly-wool blend solids, PV and a few solid colors of hemp.

These are not "utility style" kilts, there made custom fit and wear like a trad. but some of these materials are all but indestructible and some are casual yet can be dressed very formal too (ie. black wool and hemp).

Your options on kilts are endless right here by our many quality kilt makers on x-marks. You just have to decide what style or kind of kilt, what function you need it to perform and if you want off the rack fitting (?) or the obvious better fitting custom for a few more bucks.

Kilted Stuart

[Riverkilt]

What a great idea James!

Ron

[canawler]

I'm going mention that you might also consider Amerikilts. They had some black poly-blend kilts at the last several festivals that would certainly resist wrinkling and would dress up well. They do kilts in several shades of green and khaki cotton but the material weight and resistance to wrinkling seems to vary quite a bit from stiff to buttery soft depending on color selected. My cotton AK in putty color wrinkles a little but I have seen some Amerikilts (and Utilikilts for that matter) that are so stiff the pleats stand straight out when the wearer moves from sitting to standing. My micro-suede AK doesn't wrinkle at all.