new (first!) tweed box-pleated kilt from BT

[jthk]

Comrades,

I'm writing to happily present my first tweed kilt! It's a "Grouse" tweed from MM, made into a box-pleated kilt by Barbara Tewksbury. I'm thrilled with the garment and it feels wonderful although different enough from tartan wool. It's quite light and airy and it's colouring is very suble. As usual, I'm deeply thankful to Barb for her skill and expertise. These aren't the best photos but they'll do for now.

Best,
Jonathan

[jthk]

Here are a few more pictures to go with the previous post.

[OC Richard]

That kilt is beautiful, as is the sporran.

[jthk]

That kilt is beautiful, as is the sporran.

Thanks! I've added two more in the previous post.

[Garth]

3 things:

1. Barb continues to raise the bar and does awesome work
2. In my humble opinion this is a phenomenal kilt.
3. Those are killer boots

Thanks for posting.

[jthk]

Thanks, Garth. Yes, her work is impeccable and I'm very fortunate. The taller boots are some variant of Demonia Riot 18 and the lower boots are from Palladium.

Never owning a tweed kilt before, I am interested and happy to feel the difference with tartan wool. I like them both but have noticed that the tweed is a bit more "airy" and feels lighter even when compared with a box-pleated kilt of the same identical style from Barb but made in 16 oz wool.

3 things:

1. Barb continues to raise the bar and does awesome work
2. In my humble opinion this is a phenomenal kilt.
3. Those are killer boots

Thanks for posting.

[SMcCandlish]

it feels wonderful although different enough from tartan wool. It's quite light and airy

How does it hold up over time? I considered a light-weight kilt like this but was concerned it would lose its shape and pleat definition over time, at least without a bunch of starching and ironing and such. PS: Nice to see I'm not alone in wearing stompy industro-punk boots with the kilt. I'm a big fan of calf-height Doc Martens or similar (though my last pair I got customized with a zipper in the side, by a local cobbler, because the laces were driving me nuts).

[jthk]

How does it hold up over time? I considered a light-weight kilt like this but was concerned it would lose its shape and pleat definition over time, at least without a bunch of starching and ironing and such. PS: Nice to see I'm not alone in wearing stompy industro-punk boots with the kilt. I'm a big fan of calf-height Doc Martens or similar (though my last pair I got customized with a zipper in the side, by a local cobbler, because the laces were driving me nuts).

Good question! I can report back from time to time over the months/year to tell ya. I prefer 16 oz wool for all of my kilts -- box-pleated and knife-pleated. The only good use I have for lighter-than-16-oz-wool is belted plaids and 8-yard-style knife-pleated kilts. I do have some low-yardage, knife-pleated kilts in PV and those are wonderful for hot temps.

Thanks for the boots -- I just like 'em. I fully realise that they're not traditional and many folks wrinkle their noses but that's OK. Those boots are some of my favs but I do have a pair of 1914 Dr Martens that I loosely lace so they kinda open up at top, similar to the style that Howie Nicholsby tends to promote (but with his Palladium boots). I also installed a zipper in mine because of the same issue you had! I had a pair of vinte 20-eye Dr Martens (without a zipper) that I sold on eBay simply because I didn't want to take the time to lace the things every time.