Quote Originally Posted by Roderick Powell View Post
Looks smart,Like Kilt. As traditional kilt wearer with Scottish ex pats , we wear sporran chain under belt. I wear drovers sporran looped into belt, this stops hard sporran banging around and rhythm of tastles while I walk.
I wear Kilt hem to top of knee cap with waist band two inches above belt top. Belt tightens into natural waist.
Top of sporran one hand span bellow belt.
This may vary from how you have been tought to wear kilt, but it is the way we, Thirty kilties, dressed thirty kilties dressed, thirty five years ago.
It is difficult if you do not have this peer pressure and your mate sitting beside you for a yarn every week.

What I am saying is that if you walked into a church hall with sixty people in it, someone would notice if you got it wrong.
The worst sin a lady could make was to wear the same pattern of dress or skirt which another lady wore,

It was rare for two Kilties , apart from two brothers, to wear matching Kilts. One old ex military piper did not wear a
Sporran for dancing lessons.
We have now moved on. If your style of dress works Carry on. There is a suggestion that a civvy should wear his kilt as a uniform , He must be smart at all times and be ready for inspection by the imaginary Sargent Major.

I had one in the form of a shirt lifter. His praise was Congratulations, you are a true Scotsman. Weird guy, could have done him for assault.
Kilting is full of suprises and compliments. Perhaps my comments may open a debate......

Congratulations ......................My father was a W.O.1, R.E.M.E. Tiffy. R.S.M. with the Arab Legion.

Hope you are not offended by my comments...................Roderick
Kilted Friday.
I trust my previous post is relative to kilted Friday.I am hoping to hold this tread together.
The issue is the type of comments The Kilty gets on Fridays.
I went down to Marazion beach yesterday. Gave a local Boatman the traditional local greeting. he responded.

II I go out talking to the locals like a spare one at a wedding I would expect some stick.
I had a common comment yesterday. "are you wearing a Cornish Kilt". Folks do not know the difference.

The whole ball park might change when I get delivery of my Black Cornish Tank. this whole Cornish Kilt thing is still inconclusive in Its research................As is the history of the Scottish Kilt.............
.Read tartanpleats in" I wear a kilt" forum.Some of these gentlemen have worn the Kilt in Scotland for over Fifty Years.

To continue with yesterday's report. Was standing in line with my charming partner, who I have known for nearly a Year. Last week I passed comment on her nice sun tan and pretty dress. This week I made a mental note that she was wearing her bright red gardening trousers , which she had washed, and her best black night shirt, down to her knees. Mental note that she had let the side down.
Suddenly she said What tartan are you wearing ? I replied " Anchient Mackay, Chemically Dyed to make it look like an
Anchient muted faded vegetable dye. " Is that your tartan ?" she continued . "No ," I responded . Why are you wearing It if It is not your tartan ?" .............." madam " I replied "thirty five years ago a representative of the Clan Gave me permission to wear Mackay tartan for carrying out a brave deed. So I wear This tartan Today, with pride, as a true Scotsman ."
This charming lady did not twig exactly what I was saying . Just think about It.
I continued " I am a Cook. A rare Tartan . They say there is a Cook in every port. A lady who came from Kansas believed the Anchient Mariners had this trait. her name was Smith, same clan."
To be continued Roderick 10. 10, 2015