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[cormacmacguardhe]

My Scottish heritage has been a big thing in my life for several years, after attending the local Highland Games I decided to get a kilt of my own. Due to financial considerations at that time all I could get was a sport kilt. Took me two years to get the next one, a SWK Nightstalker standard. Try to wear it as often as possible. My wife does not say much either way, but makes no negative remarks.

[Mattg]

My story is similar. I have a stong Scottish heritage but I didn't know that until recently. I became very interested in it and have been searching for a place where I could find out about Kilts and all things Scottish. Now I'm just waiting on my kilt and when I get that I will be happily kilting along!

[Alan H]

I'd gone to a number of Celtic music events and spotted the Utilikilts. I thought they looked pretty good, and says to myself "I could do that".

I balked at the price, right off, until I started looking around. Now I'd not think twice....well, I'd think about the damage to the checkbook, but I don't find the price to be unreasonable any mmore.

[auld argonian]

...and I'd like to add this to my previous post...

...when I started looking for kilts on the internet the links eventually led to Xmarks. The fact that the crowd here was so helpful, intelligent and downright funny definitely gave me the "green light" to go ahead and do the kilt thing...it certainly seemed that it was something that not a few other men that were about my age were getting into and so it wasn't as if I was going about this alone.

So thanks...

Best

AA

[Valencian Kilted]

In my case, no scottish heritage has to be proudly remembered on badges or family trees, no cultural connection seems to be close by far to my homeland and also my family influences (my grandfather used to sing flamenco and we are mediterraneans after all),.... but from my kid's years I felt attracted much more by the sound of a bagpipe, and the astounding vision of a highlander in full dress....

At the tender age of 32 I made one of my dreams true and I went to Alba for last year easter's holidays. I knew from some friends that kilts were expensive for my wages level, but my brother told me to buy him one, even when he's not at all connected with scotland in any sense, even affective,...

In Glasgow I stopped in front of all the kiltmakers shops I found,... and I thought that it was an impossible dream... until I found a 2x1 offer ...
A Royal Stuart for my brother, and a black tartan patterned one for me,... for 180 pounds for both.

Of course after coming back (kilted) to Spain, I found this superb clan of good people that taught me so many things..., and I noticed that my wanderful kilt is just a casual 4 yards lightweight kilt... but I love it anyway! I also learnt that a black belt doesn't match at all with a brown leather sporran! :rolleyes: ... I'll keep learning,... be sure of it!

¡Salud!

T O N O

[flairball]

As long as I can remember my favorite part of any parade was the kilted pipers. I've always thought that the kilt looked like the most comfortable thing a man could wear.

Having been brought up in a broken family, I didn't know any of my paternal relative. Well, a couple of years ago we had a reunion of sorts. Wouldn't you know that branch of the family tree streches to Scotland. That pretty much put me over the edge, and I started researching kilts. Then I found Xmarks, and it was game over.I bought my first kilt last week, and wore it three times that weeks. I expect to be in it either tomorrow or the day after too.

[toadinakilt]

I always thought kilts were cool, but didn't know much about them...we weren;t real sure about our heritage, and nobody really took the time to research it.
I decided I needed one after coming here to Covenant College. Our college symbol is the Scot, mostly in honor of the Scottish Presbyterians, to which our school owes much.
So I bought a green-ish Sport Kilt, and wore it around every once in awhile...the impetus came from another freshman who owned a black UK, and wore it every week or so...then I discovered XMarks, and found out that Sport Kilts were not even close to being as awesome as a real kilt...so I bought the SWK. I can't afford to expand the collection yet...I want to make my own now, to save on bucks.

[Paco500]

I have no idea why I wanted to begin wearing a kilt. I imagine it was a combination of heritage (quite a bit of scottish blood) and the desire to be different is a theme that runs though much of my life. In high school, when my peers were getting their ear pierced and playing guitar, I got both pierced (it was a bit more unusual in the mid-80's) and took up the banjo. I have been a dedicated Mac user for almost 20 years. I love and have owned several saabs. The list goes on.

My first kilt, ~15 years ago, was a gift from a friend who knew I always wanted one (don't get excited, it's junk- he bought it for ~$20 at a thrift store and he may have overpaid). But I have worn it for years and have just started to add to the collection with a UK. I'm dreaming of a tank but will most likely add a Freedom kilt and USA kilt first. Just have to get the wife to loosen the purse strings a bit. I may have to get a part time job to keep the habit going.

[ckelly327]

Just new to kilt wearing this month. I belong to the Hibernians and transfered to a new division about 6 years ago. At the time there were about 5 or 6 members who wore kilts to meetings and events like parades and fundraisers or festivals. I liked the look but didn't think I could pull it off at 285 pounds. Last year at Christmas I had lost about 45 pounds of that and decided that there were other guys bigger than me that could do it so I was finally ready. My wife asked me what I wanted for Christmas and I told her that I wanted a kilt. Her only stipulation was that I order a good one and we would split the costs of outfitting me. After a month of research I finally ordered an 8yd - 16oz Balmoral in the MacDonald tartan since some of my research showed that the Kelly tartan was either the same or based on the MacDonald. It just came this week and our division has about 30 kilt wearers now.
I also broke down and bought one from Stillwater Kilts prior to St. Patrick's Day so that I had something to wear for those events. I loved the comfort and regret not going there sooner. It also helped that the ladies love a man in a kilt (just don't tell my wife that I liked that part).
It's not part of my everyday dress yet but I know that it will be creeping in to more daily activities.

Thanks for this site - It's great.