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    Half Scot Half Pole is offline Membership voided at member request
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    Benning Boy, being warm is fashionable and very traditional. I have seen great coats, all wool from the Outer Hebrides, in the local thrift store for about $20 US, but none with the shoulder coverings.

    But I am considering a wool Pakistani-style head covering that would definitely fall over the shoulders. I simply wore a towel over my head last year and made a tunnel around my face for breathing.

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    I was out in Ottawa on New Year's Eve for Hogmanay this year, with a couple of hundred other kilt wearers. Temperatures were in the unreasonable range. Most of us were wearing standard 9yd wool kilts and were fine as long as we had a decent cape / coat and boots. I was actually surprised how well a kilt traps body heat. Those in brogues and PCs wisely opted to stay inside...

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    Benning Boy is offline Membership Revoked for repeated rule violations.
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    The head wrap seems interesting. May have to give it a try. I've used shemaughs in warm weather to good effect.

    Mackinaw coat.jpg

    I've been thinking a mackinaw coat similar to this one, cut to kilt length would make a very nice winter coat for the kilted man. I recall seeing one in waxed cotton cloth with a wool, I believe, lining. Panther Primitives did sell waxed cloth by the yard. Maybe they still do. A kilt coat with Carhartt-ish properties could be made, but in style more compatible with a kilt.

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    Just one word of caution.

    I have discovered that if you say "winter is coming" too loudly, somebody comes along with a big sword and cuts your head off.
    Steve Ashton
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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve Ashton View Post
    Just one word of caution.

    I have discovered that if you say "winter is coming" too loudly, somebody comes along with a big sword and cuts your head off.
    You just made Diet Coke come out of my nose.
    Quote Originally Posted by Alan H View Post
    Some days you're the bat, some days you're the watermelon.

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