Leather kilt purchase..

[makfromtazz]

G'day to the kind crew who responded ..Very pleased you did..Just to clarify I'm a bit of a rare thing perhaps with kilts . I absolutely love them but I don't wear them a lot . And now I have quite a few .. Only one 8 yarder wool kilt in Royal Stewart..Its really heavy and I do like it but worn it once .. I prefer the 5 yard ones and own about seven now .. I began obtaining utility kilts about 7-8 years ago now and I go hiking / bushwalking mostly in them .I think all up I have about 10 in different styles in cotton drill , denim and khaki ..Very practical with pockets and belt clips ,way way better than shorts ..
A while back I found a black leather kilt you'd classify as a utility kilt /..Pockets etc too . It was very cheap from Pakistan . I bought one .. Not great quality by any means , the cowhide leather was a bit stiff (not so much now) but so much fun to wear .. Mine is only 20"but worn on the hip , not on the waist like a traditional kilt so 24" choice would have been too long for me (I'm only 171cm) ..Liked it so much I ended up buying the new one from the U.K. very recently ...It's awesome ..It's very supple , beautifully made it seems and brown ..Has additional pockets and provision for a belt . Price was amazing and the company couldn't be more helpful .. A joy from go to whoa ..
I'm not an absolute newcomer to X Marks The Scot (joined about a year or so ago) but haven't been a regular contributor for a while .,. That will change as just beginning four wonderful months off work with lots of Long Service Leave due that I have to take..Once I go back I'm only going to be part time from 6 am to 10.am so from now on my kilt wearing opportunities is going to be huge ... Once again , thanks for your kind responses..

[Mike Horah]

I have two in addition to my plaid kilts and they are more part of my leather wardrobe than my Highland one .At first sight therefore separate worlds worn for quite different " tribes" . I know other men who have both too .

But there is some some crossover.

So the price and quality of leather accoutrements for kiltwear is very competitive retail( eg at the Highland Store here in London and on line- at least here in the UK. That includes belts ,and pouches to attach to them, and footware. And recently I bought a soft black leather Jacobite style short sleeve jacket with toggles not buttons. All of these go very well with other leather gear as well as plaid and a lot of leather and metal work with Celtic motifs is there too - much of it responding to the demand from Jacobite recreationists.

I also very boldly had a leather kilt made to measure in imitation of the black watch colours dark blue and green leather with black stitching and with a matching top/vest and flashes(very very expensive but very high quality work).

Some I guess might regard these obviously untraditional unconventional developments with distaste if not worse but I say it shows a healthy and positive and respectful interest in things celtic and ancient or early medieval and a departure from the notion that the only fit things for men to wear are worsted trousers or denim or outsize track suit bottoms!