Kilt Travel

[McClef]

I have just bought a kilt roll made by Thistle of Blantyre through Carse of Gowrie and it looks good - even comes with instuctions!

[Riverkilt]

Martin,

Its good you don't want any PV kilts.

I didn't either, then finally decided to try one a year ago.

Now I own 13 of them.

They arrive, as all kilts, rumpled from shipping. I just hang them up and steam them out and they're ready to roll. Or if you don't wanna use a hand steamer you can do the old trick of hanging them in the bathroom while you shower.

Ron

[turpin]

I have just bought a kilt roll made by Thistle of Blantyre through Carse of Gowrie and it looks good - even comes with instuctions!

That's the one I have - I like it.

[scoutniagara]

It looks like it would do the job, but for 19.00 pounds? I paid about $40.00 Cdn for a 26 inch rolling duffle with bottom compartment. I'll make a sleeve that will do the same thing. Thanks for the idea.

[McClef]

It looks like it would do the job, but for 19.00 pounds? I paid about $40.00 Cdn for a 26 inch rolling duffle with bottom compartment. I'll make a sleeve that will do the same thing. Thanks for the idea.

I don't think it's comparing like with like although the price is broadly similar when one converts the Loony to the Pound.

Your duffle is not designed specifically for the task and I haven't found a huge amount of items in the UK that are.

If it does its job I am not going to complain.

[MacTavishOfJapan]

I have just bought a kilt roll made by Thistle of Blantyre through Carse of Gowrie and it looks good - even comes with instuctions!

After reading this thread I went off and bought one of these yesterday. I'm relieved to come back and see they have a good word of mouth! I reckon after spending three hundred pounds on a kilt nineteen pounds to protect it when I hop continents isn't a bad idea!!! And I was buying my ghillies too so got reduced shipping!

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

Timely thread. I went looking at the older threads before our recent trip to the UK. Found Pour1Malt's excellent insturctions for rolling with nylons, but that method requires a suitcase or travel bag long/tall enough to allow the kilt to lay straight, otherwise you end up bending it over to fit it in. So rolling was out. Then I tried folding it as for hanging, with the aprons overlapped and the pleats aligned, then placed it on the bed pleats down and rolled from the waistband down with the pleats on the outside. Unfortunately, with my waist and hips, the tube was not shorter! Tried a few other options and finally ended up by folding it as for hanging, then folding it in half again from apron edge to apron edge, with the pleats INSIDE, then folded in half from the waistband down to the selvedge. Then placed it in the bottom of the suitcase, repeated for the other 2 kilts, then packed the rest of the clothing around. When we got to the B&B, I just pulled them out and laid them over the back of a chair, just unfolding it so the kilt hung full length, but not the fold from apron to apron. No problems, and I did not even bother with the pleats. Worked fine. Now, all 3 were wool kilts (SWK HW green shadow, Angus Harvey kilt, XMarks box pleat from Matt Newsome), but in traveling with PV, I have found that it hangs out pretty much as easily.

[porrick]

After reading this thread I went off and bought one of these yesterday. I'm relieved to come back and see they have a good word of mouth! I reckon after spending three hundred pounds on a kilt nineteen pounds to protect it when I hop continents isn't a bad idea!!! And I was buying my ghillies too so got reduced shipping!

Yepp, same kilt carrier as I have - very satisfied

You are so right; why grumble about £19 - it sure makes life easier, and the monies would have been spent on less worthy things anyway

A nice incident:
Travelling home from Stansted/London to Norway last month I was fully aware of the clamp-down on security and the s-t-r-i-c-t enforcement of one-piece-of-hand-luggage-only. I had a christening to attend the next day, and there was no way I would send the chosen kilt in the hold. So, equipped with one piece of hand luggage AND the kilt roll I politely requested the security staff if they might consider letting me bring my kilt carrier on-board too. Once the 6'5" security guard got the confirmation that "yes, it is my family's tartan", he hailed over to the guys at the scanner to accept my kilt carrier (but the kilt pin went in the hold)

[McClef]

You must have been very fortunate Porrick - I even had to stuff my camera into my hand luggage at Manchester Airport the other week just to get it through security because of the jobsworth attitude even though they wouldn't give a stuff if I took it out again immediately afterwards!

Coming back from Cyprus no such ruling!

[porrick]

You must have been very fortunate Porrick - I even had to stuff my camera into my hand luggage at Manchester Airport the other week just to get it through security because of the jobsworth attitude even though they wouldn't give a stuff if I took it out again immediately afterwards!

Coming back from Cyprus no such ruling!

Hmm, maybe. I usually ask politely, rather than trying to sneak things past. Anyway, I had a back-up plan of simply buckling on my kilt if needed...