Fly plaid in action

[KiltedMariner]

It looks very flashy, but also like a pain in the @rse. What was it like marching with it?

Marching was OK. It was a windy day and I forgot it was there. I DID practice with it at home for an hour to assure that it would not pull the shoulder of the jacket backwards.

Richard

[KiltedMariner]

-----this is not a criticism, but a thought for you to ponder over-----have you tried raising the kilt up to at least mid knee cap height? I know kilts have a habit of moving South whilst marching and might not have started out like it is in the picture, but-----.

No criticism taken.

I cannot explain why the kilt looks lower than usual. It WAS blowin' 16 knots right in the face and we all had a hard time maintaining forward motion. I DO try to keep the kilt at the proper above-the-knee length. I'll check some other pictures and perhaps post for comparison/proof!

Richard

[mookien]

Richard: I'm a huge fan of plaids. Yours looks great, ... and with the kilt. Thanks for posting the pic.

Great looking band! Would love to have been there to see you. You guys look like the Long John Silvers Pirates Celtic marching band. Arghhh! Steppin' lively there mates!

John

[KiltedMariner]

Richard: I'm a huge fan of plaids. Yours looks great, ... and with the kilt. Thanks for posting the pic.

Great looking band! Would love to have been there to see you. You guys look like the Long John Silvers Pirates Celtic marching band. Arghhh! Steppin' lively there mates!

John

Here's the whole shaboo (Ancient Mariners Connecticut and Swiss Mariners Basel) in Basel, Switzerland n August 2011:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt_JX...eature=related

[mookien]

Here's the whole shaboo (Ancient Mariners Connecticut and Swiss Mariners Basel) in Basel, Switzerland n August 2011:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt_JX...eature=related

Thanks for the pointer. Would love to see the band live someday. I liked "Downfall of Paris", but "Whales and Ales" and "White Horse" were even better!

[KiltedMariner]

Thanks for the pointer. Would love to see the band live someday. I liked "Downfall of Paris", but "Whales and Ales" and "White Horse" were even better!

Thanks for the compliments! We do not get to NM ofen (OK..ever!), but if we do, you'll be the first to know!

Richard

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG-sw...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kw9XGBsUiNU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vjPi...eature=related

[KiltedMariner]

Apart from camera angle being slightly above and looking down if you take in the arc of the front leg, which is at its extreme forward swing and the arc of the rear leg at its extreme rear swing the kilt MAY be at its correct height. It's difficult to tell for sure unless both feet are together and stationary and the camera angle is horizontal at knee level

On the other hand, Jock may be right and hitching the kilt higher certainly wouldn't hurt any, perhaps to top of knee cap

Is this better??



Richard

[piperdbh]

Yeah. Now you're talking!

[Jock Scot]

Is this better??



Richard

Well, it's a start! I think you would agree that it does look better, but we can improve on that perhaps? When I first mentioned all this to you I suggested AT LEAST to the centre of the knee cap and it was suggested by others, the top of the knee cap and I absolutely agree that is the ideal height for the kilt to look at its best. One needs really to be stood almost to attention to judge kilt height properly though. So a spot of testing over a period of time, might be an idea for you to find a height that you are naturally at ease with and then you will cease to worry and one does not need to get obsessed about all this anyway.

I find that after six decades (I might be in the seventh now!) I put my kilt on without thinking about all this height stuff and sometimes I notice, a reflection in a shop window perhaps, it has gone on a tad longer/shorter than I normally have it, but about top of the knee cap does look best, I think.

I think the whole band looks smashing, by the way.

[Jock Scot]

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