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View Poll Results: Are you a traditionalist, modernist, or somewhere in between?

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  • I'm a Firm Traditionalist - no interest in those utili-things!

    11 6.71%
  • I'm a Soft Traditionalist - don't wear modern variants but it's OK for others.

    52 31.71%
  • I'm a Happy Dualist. I wear both traditional and modern variants.

    97 59.15%
  • I'm a Soft Modernist - traditional kilts are OK, just not for me.

    3 1.83%
  • I'm a Firm Modernist - traditional kilts are off my radar!

    1 0.61%
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    I don't mind who wears what, I only wear traditional kilts, my choise

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    I only own a traditional.. But I like both styles!
    [B]Paul Murray[/B]
    Kilted in Detroit! Now that's tough.... LOL

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    I fall under soft tradionalist because I do not own a modern version.

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    Straight down the middle.

    I'm making a hand sewn 6yd 11oz Black Watch at the moment. I own two ther tartan kilts (Hunting McLeod SWK Standard & Irish National SWK Economy), though I have no tank. I may eventually make a tank for myself, but it'll cost a bundle. I'll do it in the $65/yd Clan Cian (Carroll) tartan.

    As for more modern kilts... I have on that's made from Advantage brand camouflage duck, I have a khaki duck waiting to be turned into a 6 yarder, I have a Solid Black SWK Economy, and I have 5 yards of desert camouflage waiting for the needle. I also want to get a Saffron SWK Heavyweight, a SWK Nightstalker Standard, and a black and a caramel UK Workman.

    Boil it down... I wear kilts. It's as simple as that.

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    Short answer? I'm a dualist. I started off more on the modern side and am inching back towards tradition. I find (as I think I've mentioned a time or two) that Rocky and Kelly at USA Kilts provide a very nice "nearly traditional" by combining tartan and poly-vis and really good craftsmanship.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kid Cossack
    Short answer? I'm a dualist. I started off more on the modern side and am inching back towards tradition....
    I'm the exact opposite. I started with an 8 yard 16oz handsewn traditional because, at the time, I had no idea that there was anything else. "Kilt" as far as I knew, meant tartan, wool, handsewn, high-rise. Over the past 5 years, I've moved from strict traditionalist to happy fence sitting dualist.

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    Good poll Blu,

    Why would I ever want to limit the type of kilt I choose to wear? Just can't imagine it.

    When I first moved to Arizona I once saw three adjoining fenced fields. Cattle were in one, sheep in another, and the third was planted with cotton ready for harvest.

    That's me, leather, wool, cotton. They all make fine kilts.

    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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    I'm a "happy dualist". I like my traditionals and my moderns equally.
    Hmmmmm...does that make me "Bi"?? :rolleyes:

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    Quote Originally Posted by Al G. Sporrano
    I'm a "happy dualist". I like my traditionals and my moderns equally.
    Hmmmmm...does that make me "Bi"?? :rolleyes:

    Much like the mighty Cyrano de Bergerac,

    I am happy Duelist...

    ...err Happy Dualist

    Cheers
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    Of the ultimate combustion-My panache

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    I'm your firm modernist, cant stand any thing above my hips. I dont care what the material is wool, leather,cotton, silk , just stay off my belly!! I am however looking for the "perfect kilt " always.If it fits me the way i like it too, and it is traditional, I might have to change my vote. until then modern!

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