Wrapping the Braveheart kilt

[The Wizard of BC]

A point of clrafication -

The "points" you can see along the edge of a Hudson's Bay Point Blanket denote the overall finished size and weight of the blanket. The Official Hudson's Bay Site de-bunks the myth that they denote the number of pelts needed to buy it.

http://www.hbcheritage.ca/hbcheritag...anket/history/

For my public demonstrations I use an original Scarlet Red HBC 4 point blanket. (4 points denote a standard today's double bed size or 70" X 90")
Like many people I wrap up in a blanket on chilly evenings. When I found information on Matchcoats I began to experiment. Using just a belt I found, after just one try, that it works eminently well. If you add a pin even more so.

It just makes no sense to me that someone would think it more practical to use more yardage of modern kilt fabric when a single blanket works so well.

The example we have of two lengths of single width fabric joined together are fairly recent. Even Peter who wrote the articles says that they are products of the post proscription revival era.

So if you don't mind I am going to continue to promote the matchcoat as the most practical and most historically documented example. At least until someone finds documentable proof of what a Great Kilt really was.