My Experience with Order of the Gael Hangers

[Riverkilt]

I don't recall whether I first heard about the Order of the Gael hangers here, or at a highland games where I met Joe Austin at a booth. In any case, I now own 18 Order of the Gael hangers and use them to hang all my wool kilts - and now my three leather kilts too.

A couple weeks ago I was trying to figure out how to store my three leather kilts. I'd gone from building my own hanger from a 2x2 and cup hooks to laying them out around the cave - sort of as a curio or decoration. Then it hit me. I'd shown how just one clip on the Order of the Gael hanger could hold a 16 ounce wool strome kilt. If one clip could do that certainly all six clips could hold my leather kilts.

I already had to order a new hanger for the wool kilt I just ordered from Rocky - why not order four and hang the leather kilts too? So I did. The hangers arrived promptly and Tuesday I hung the three leather kilts off the new hangers. Today, five days later they're still hanging, no slippage from the clips, it works!

There have been posts about broken hangers and the wire hang down thingies coming out. Out of 18 hangers ordered I had one break (Joe promptly replaced it) and one wire come out of one hanger on one side. I just pushed it back into place and its held ever since.

The way the hanger works is there are three wires, each with two clips, coming out of the hanger. The pleats are clipped to the back wire. The underapron is clipped to the middle wire. The apron is clipped to the front wire. SIX clips hold the kilt up evenly all around.

If you look at the website http://www.orderofthegael.org/kilthanger.htm its easier to see than to explain.

Yes $20 is a lot for a hanger - but it does the job an does the job well (value!) and also holds kilt jackets, ties, et.al. for easier travel and storage space savings. For all the time and money I've wasted over the years trying to "get it right" with kilt storage, and the quality of the hangers, they are a bargain.

I really like how the kilts hang from these hangers and can't help but think they'll extend the life of the kilt.

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