You know, in a sense leather is the original material for the first kilts! One morning in a distant ancient epoch, an early man, one of our original ancestors, wrapped an animal skin around his legs. Now I know that in our time pretty well all materials have been tried, but how does leather stack up as a kilt material? Contributions would be welcome and valuable from folks like Bubba or Jimmy Cartomb who I believe are talented enough to be into kilt-making. One thing leather has going for it is that it doesn't fray and so you don't worry about seams and all that but in folding the leather to make the pleats etc means a lot of thickness and that means a heavy-duty sewing machine. Then there is dying. If I was making a leather kilt, I would prefer to buy pre-dyed leather. I used to be into leatherwork but lost all of my tools many moons ago. It would be interesting to hear folks views/experiences/advice on leather kilts. Thanks, - Alan Burybreeks