Kilt Bomb from the OTHER side of the counter

[Riverkilt]

Good golly. I am powerless over kilts...

I don't know what happened. As I've said before I followed all the great compliments about USA Kilts for a long time without trying them out. I mean hey, Mangus has a nose ring right...? And that other guy....he's a (gasp) Tazmanian....

But one day, I ordered up a semi-trad to honor a maternal clan. That led to the other orders. Only took that first Thomson semi-trad to tweak in my weirdo body size to the kilt sizing. Have since added the Irish National and Macdonald in semi-trad.

Somewhere along the line the MacLean Hunting casual slipped in there...that puppy sold me on casuals for summer wear here in the heat. So, not wanting to wear the same kilt to work every day I ordered three more...the Bueccleuch (??), Modern Gordon, and Fraser - all clans of mine....well the Beuccleuch is sorta tied in with my lowland Scott line...not getting real picky there, but liked it, even with the small sett.

The thing that finally made the difference was, ironically, the SWK ballistic nylon sporran. A sporran even I can drive. That baby, combined with the USA Kilt Casual is what I've been wearing to work this summer. Used to wear UKs all the time. Finding USA Kilt Casuals work better for my long days (11-13 hours). They're easier to care for. Just blast the few wrinkles out with my little hand steamer deal at the end of the day. They look more business like - dressier. And they're softer, more comfortable for me.

So the last couple weeks I've been shuffling finances and looking at tartans. (Clue, some of the tartans aren't shown on the casual link, but are over on the semi-trad link). My monitor colors are wild so I've scoured Rocky's swatches, gone to the mill swatches, and searched the show me your pics board for you guy's pics.

Finally distilled it down to what I think I need to keep a color balance in my work wardrobe. This is big stuff for me since I'm finally branching away from clan tartans a bit.

Today ordered up the Pride of Scotland one - or is it Scotland's National...whatever that name is...a Ramsay...a Prince of Wales....and a Douglas. I think I got that right from my aged memory banks. Rocky if I ordered different DON'T change the order.

I also like the casuals since my weight runs up and down a 15 lb range and the velcro helps.

And, fellow kilt addicts, my addiction is even worse than this. Earlier this week I ordered a 16 oz Lochcarron strome in a Scott tartan from Kathy Lare of Kathy's Kilts.

That'll be it for a while. Think that's 44 kilts. But I am NOT chasing Ham. I'm only buying what I feel the need to buy for work, to honor my Scott clan, and to feed this high tolerance addiction and avoid the kilt withdrawal syndrome.

Oh...and I'm uh...well....um...waiting on a swatch from Steve at Freedom kilts...thinking about a maroon, blue or gray dress kilt from FK too....may have to let the plastic cool a bit first...

Rocky, take your time and do good work...or give them to Kelly....

Ron