Kilts Straps

[Blu (Ontario)]

I know that the third strap is supposed to make it fit better, but I still find it annoying.

I suppose a zipper would be easier.

... Does anyone else out there share this feeling? Or am I just being lazy and not liking the extra step when I dress and undress?

Not at all...In fact I think 4 straps would look pretty cool.

[James]

About forty years ago I got annoyed with the third strap-just more to fiddle with: and removed it from my then only kilt.

Since then all my kilts-traditional or whatever have been made without one-and I've never felt the lack.

James

[James Martin]

I have kilts with straps and without.
A couple of second-hald kilts I bought are far too big round the waist, so the straps are no use. A well-adjusted leather belt is quite sufficient.

Only once has a kilt thus worn come undone; the kilt pin caught on someone else's clothes while dancing, and the whole thing was got unwrapped!
No, I was dressed in the usual way for dancing, not regimental.

Martin,
in Grenoble, France

[Robin]

I've no problems with nr.3...it's also the only strap that's visible when you wear a belt....I like the look also.

[MacMullen]

I have kilts with both two and three buckles, and I prefer the one with two buckles. The third one just seems superfluous to me. Just my opinion, but I'm also planning on removing the third buckle on my SWK.

[David Thornton]

I prefer the look of three straps, but I don't like a belt so I may be unusual in my tastes. Really prefering the straps is one of the reasons I can't warm up to the casuals I see.
David

[GlassMan]

I covered this in my blog a while back. Check it out:
http://blog.albanach.org/2005/08/why...lt-straps.html

Aye,
Matt

Thanks for the link! That was a great blog entry and explained a lot.

I'm definitely not one of those flat waisted types. In fact, my behind is kind big so even with the waist strap at the middle hole or smaller, my hip strap is always at the very last hole before I run out of leather. If I don't, I get a really ugly pull across the front.

Ahh, now it's time to get out the old sewing kit and take this third strap off my new Stillwater.

And I'd better tell Rocky to not put a hip strap on the kilts he's making me.

[Rick]

My Hector Russell ~8 yard kilt only has 2 straps. This is a traditional high rise kilt and it fits very well. Compared with 3 strap kilts, this one, along with my two Matt Newsome kilts are the best fitting.

I was at the tailor shop to have a kilt jacket altered. I wore the kilt so the tailor could properly set the measurements. He noticed that it only had 2 straps. He commented that on altering the waste size of another gentlemen's kilt, setting the position of the third strap gave him no end of trouble. It caused the apron to pull.

My future kilts will only have 2 straps.

Rick