Blaxnit kilt socks report

[Iolaus]

Likewise, I'll throw my recomendation in here too. I'm happy with my pair of cinnamon colored socks. I'm thinking about getting another pair, along with a pair of the gold ones.

Someone posted a link to Sock Dreams a week or two ago. While the site is mostly intended for women, they did have some Over-The-Knee tube socks for $10/pair that looked like they would work. I ordered 3 pair - black, walnut, and natural - and just recieved them in the mail today.

They're the perfect hight with a double roll-over, I've got 17½" calves and they don't feel tight, and they have 15 colors! While some, like the "Bubblegum Pink" or the "Tangerine" might not work, there's bound to be something you need!

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

Iolaus,

Thanks for the link! Those do look good, and the price is great. How are the walnut and natural colors? The site does not have a sample. Are they 2 darker shades of cream or oatmeal? How about a pic? How long did it take to get them?

[Iolaus]

The walnut is more like a heathered brown, and the natural is ...natural. The sun brightend the natural a lot; it looks a bit darker in person.


As I recall, they had it in the mail the next day.

BTW, they have free first class shipping, so what you buy is all you pay. How cool is that!

[Iolaus]

Sierra Trading Post has knocked the price down another notch, to $3.55, so if you want those you better move soon; they're probably trying to clear them out.

[millar]

You guys must be psychic. I was thinking about these socks today but could not remember where on the web they were and up comes this post. Thank you.

[davedove]

Sierra Trading Post has knocked the price down another notch, to $3.55, so if you want those you better move soon; they're probably trying to clear them out.

I just ordered five pair, 3 olive and 1 each gold and cinnamon. I got more olive because they work best with my walking outfit as I have a sweater that matches them. You sure can't beat the price.

I'll have to check out the other site as well.

[Riverkilt]

Hey, my box of sox just arrived today. I ordered eight pair. Four green, two each gold and cinammon. ( I work long hours and one of life's luxuries for me is changing my sox at lunch hour so need two pairs).

The tag said "Slightly Imperfect" rather than "seconds." Haven't found any dings yet.

Green is darker than I'd thought from the website, still okay, sort of a dark Army Green.

The gold is like an old gold. Think it picks up the gold from my L.L. Bean West Point tartan shirt well, gonna try them with black kilts

The cinammon is dark too, thought it'd work with my caramel UK workman's and it sorta does...gotta fiddle with that more.

And YES they are long. Nice. Bottom line, after looking a gift horse in the mouth for some time I risked ordering and wound up with about $200 worth of kilt hose for $40.

Ron

[Riverkilt]

Just took the Cinnamon hose around to my kilts. They actually go well with my basil UK survival, desert MARPAT PK, desert camo Freedom Kilt, and Forest AmeriKilt.

Much more versatile than I'd thought.

Ron

[Owl of Oban]

The tag said "Slightly Imperfect" rather than "seconds." Haven't found any dings yet.
Ron

Mine were marked the same way. Haven't found any slight imperfections on mine either.

Obviously, the secret to getting a good deal on 'kilt hose' is to buy 'long socks' and wear 'em with a kilt!

[davedove]

They're the perfect hight with a double roll-over, I've got 17½" calves and they don't feel tight, and they have 15 colors! While some, like the "Bubblegum Pink" or the "Tangerine" might not work, there's bound to be something you need!

You mean you don't want some of the pastel colors. Maybe a nice seafoam.

Seriously though. Some of the other colors ought to work great, especially for more casual wear.