Greetings All.

Since I've already jumped in on the non-traditional/contemporary sectoion, I should introduce myself.

I'm not even sure how I found the board, but have learned much already. I got my Amerikilt at the Celtic Fling in Central PA this past summer and use it for my Ren Faire garb (its cheating, but inexpensive) and backpacking. My son like his for hiking, but I don't know how often he'll use it. I'll never hike in anything else after the two treks I made. Comfort, no cold wet shorts after the rain, easy mobility, no miscellaneous digging into my hips from the packbelt and the sporran perfectly holds the day's trail maps, gorp, jerky and cliffbars.

My wife has mentioned that she wants to try her hand at sewing me a tartan kilt, so that's on her project list, but since she's allergic to wool, I'll be looking for sources for poly-vis (already seen some good links on the boards).

To those who have already responded to my posts, thanks for the warm welcome and to those posts I've perused, thanks for the wealth of information.