Just because we can?

[Jock Scot]

I, like many others, do not reside within Scotland's borders. I do, however, have ancestral ties to Scotland. I own a couple kilts..two traditional tartan kilts, and one utility kilt. My utility kilt is the kilt that I typically wear for "every day" stuff..such as house work, errands, etc. I don't, however, wear it on a regular basis, typically when I want to wear a kilt but don't want a sporran bouncing off my bits. The traditional kilts get worn on anniversaries, date nights with my wife, highland games, and sometimes when I am doing a show with my band. When I do wear a traditional kilt, I try to wear it with respect.

I really do not want to start a riot here, so don't shoot the messenger, please. But just so you know, a "utility" style kilt is a rare sight in Scotland. I can only remember ever seeing three maybe four. Speaking for myself and many of my Scottish kilt wearing friends and I suspect many in Scotland too, although I obviously cannot speak for them. Anyway, it is the traditional looking and preferably made traditionally out of wool, but in truth who can tell at ten yards, its a tartan kilt. So really the tartan kilt is the only thing that I regard as a kilt. The utility style kilt has a large and honourable following outwith the UK and whilst they can only be described as a kilt and let us be absolutely clear here about that, but as far as my discussion here I do not regard them as "real kilts". Also to be crystal clear, I could not give a hoot how or where the utility style kilt is worn as they are not the issue in this discussion.