Newbi - Ray From Costa Rica

[Raymond]

Hello All,

I posted an earlier post about finding some fabric for a great kilt. It is not a true tartan, but it is fabric and I can wrap myself up in it to make a great kilt for a good price.

ANY WHO... About me. I am from Texas and I write for a living and my wife does work on the internet. In my spare time you will find me practicing my Iaido (Japanese sword work) as well as FMA Sticks and Espada y Daga.

THEN IT HAPPENED... someone told me to read Outlander, lots of swords, knives and kilts. I did and really enjoyed the first book. It got me to researching my family tree and I have a lot of Irish and Scottish on my mother's side. I found that I come from the Clan Muir, so I have been doing a lot of digging in that area.

Well one thing led to another and now I have included working with the Scottish sword system and just purchased a basket hilt sword.


Ok this is not a Scottish broadsword, but I also do a lot of what is called "back yard cutting" and this was rated very high to stand up against good cutting targets.

I will be picking this up in November and can't wait.

I will be also picking up my kilts and such in November when we return.

I have always loved my Scottish background and always had a heart for Scotland even when I was a kid.

Now that I am older, I can indulge in that and enjoy living my Scottish dream here in the rain forests of Costa Rica.

I write and blog for a living, mostly about survival.

I look forward to learning more about kilts, especially how I might be able to make my own modern kilt seeing that there are not many kilt stores down here in Costa Rica.

Thanks for reading and thanks for the input, I appreciate it.

Sláinte

Ray
Costa Rica

[Hawk]

Welcome to the XMTS Community Ray.......

Hawk

[Jock Scot]

Welcome, from Inverness-shire.

[McClef]

from South Wales UK!

[Spartan Tartan]

from Rhode Island

[GMan]

Welcome Ray, glad you are here.

[Stitchwiz]

from Owen Sound, ON

[KiltedDixon]

Welcome from North Texas.

[Offkiltercowboy]

Hello y bienvenido a nuestro comunidad! I am in Alabama, but from Scottis and German stock by way of Texas. I have been to Costa Rica twice and love it! I have one kilt so far and it is a possible option for you there. I wear a Utilikilt. It has pockets and is made of a heavy Carhartt type material. Very tough and my choice for hiking and many outdoors activities. I had good luck using the online measuring instructions and ordering it, since there isnt a store anywhere near here. As an example of toughness, I rolled a 4-wheeler while wearing it, and tore some muscles and a tendon. Not a loose thread on the kilt, though, and nothing came out of the snapped closed pockets or the open ones. Might be a good option instead of wool in Costa Rica.

[Raymond]

Hello y bienvenido a nuestro comunidad! I am in Alabama, but from Scottis and German stock by way of Texas. I have been to Costa Rica twice and love it! I have one kilt so far and it is a possible option for you there. I wear a Utilikilt. It has pockets and is made of a heavy Carhartt type material. Very tough and my choice for hiking and many outdoors activities. I had good luck using the online measuring instructions and ordering it, since there isnt a store anywhere near here. As an example of toughness, I rolled a 4-wheeler while wearing it, and tore some muscles and a tendon. Not a loose thread on the kilt, though, and nothing came out of the snapped closed pockets or the open ones. Might be a good option instead of wool in Costa Rica.

Hola Offkiltercowboy -- I now have 4 kilts, just bought another from ebay used that I could not pass up. I have a UTK Blacked out delux black ulitikilt, a hamilton 5 yrd, a stillwater 8yrd Black watch and I just bout a UTK OD Green deluxe.

None of them have I worn yet. I am buying all in a 40 and working to lose weight. I am a 42 right now. So need to drop a few more lbs.

I am looking forward to the utility kilts. The Black watch 8yd will be my sunday go to meeting kilt. I got a fly plaid with that.

I may pick up some fabric so that I can make some more down here and I have been looking at some fabric so that I can wrap myself up in a great kilt.

I am coming back to Texas in Nov and I can not wait .

Ray