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 Originally Posted by Riverkilt
Thanks Ham,
So, do you ever have a problem with your wool flashes (without stiffener or backing) sort of sticking out like they were repelled from your leg by static electricity or something...instead of hanging naturally....?
Ron
No never, Ron. In fact, I much prefer the 'floppy', un-stiffened flashes as they look so much more natural than the rigid 'tabs' variety. They hang quite naturally I find, and occasionally they flap about in the wind but they invariably fall back into place - I never seem to be worried or bothered by their behaviour!
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Hmmm, maybe its the low humidity out here in the desert....I could just mist them.
Ron
Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island
Lifetime Member STA. Two time winner of Utilikiltarian of the Month.
"I'll have a kilt please, a nice hand sewn tartan, 16 ounce Strome. Oh, and a sporran on the side, with a strap please."
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So what did you finally do to your flashes?
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Well, nothing yet. Haven't worn any for a while, but will today for Memorial Day services.
Will take a look at how they do today.
Ron
Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island
Lifetime Member STA. Two time winner of Utilikiltarian of the Month.
"I'll have a kilt please, a nice hand sewn tartan, 16 ounce Strome. Oh, and a sporran on the side, with a strap please."
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this threid maks ma want tae say...
"ai jus washed ma flashes an cannae dae a thing wi' them..." HA! :rolleyes:
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Okay, here are a couple of pics of what I'm talking about. The flashes are made from the same material as the kilt. Each piece of flash is sewn then turned inside out and looped over the elastic and sewn down.
Look at my right flash against the snow, how the flash sticks out at about a 30 degree angle. Yes, that's the most lovely X Marks tartan.
Here you can see the same thing with the Cameron Black and Red flash on my right leg.
The flashes seem to be stiff and just follow the angle of my leg rather than hanging straight down from gravity.
Have a set of cotton/poly flashes from SportKilt and they hang down fine...its only my expensive wool flashes that do this. Well, the stiff cardboard ones do too, but I know they're gonna do that. Would like the wool to relax and hang down rather than point out like they do.
Ron
Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island
Lifetime Member STA. Two time winner of Utilikiltarian of the Month.
"I'll have a kilt please, a nice hand sewn tartan, 16 ounce Strome. Oh, and a sporran on the side, with a strap please."
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Ron-
ai wear my hose an flashes jus above the widest part o ma calf (a bit lawer thon ya dae)
an thot helps...
but also... try 'massaging' the flashes (nay- I'm no kiddin') you can rub oot- arr 'loosen' the stiffness by rubbin them again themsels....
ai always dae this tae new flashes... ai fray the bottom edge tae....
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