Kilt Do's and Don'ts

**string** · 7th April 08, 09:51 AM

Originally Posted by Chef

Personally I think wellies work fine with a kilt.

Wellies go with everything, but I may be the first person to walk through a pair of wellies with pirate skulls and crossed swords in less than a year.

**CameronTaylor** · 7th April 08, 01:47 PM

Originally Posted by Mr. MacDougall

I rather like the little girl in the foreground of the picture. Do choose your hair bow to match your dress color. Do choose a dress color to compliment your tartan. Do look happy at the games. Do get a drink if it's a warm day... hydration is important to human beings!

DO match your surroundings (tent) in case of ambush, camoflauge doesn't always come in splotches ...

CT - Debra, MacKevlar and I survived Ireland

**Zardoz** · 7th April 08, 10:00 PM

Do make sure your MacTablecloth tartan matches your 'coona$$' t-shirt,

On second thought... No, don't do that!

**M_Beorn** · 20th April 08, 05:55 AM

Oh Look! Wellies!!!

Originally Posted by MacFett

Do wear rubbers with your kilt:

So you can go wading in your kilt:

Don't go regimental until you're potty trained:

**Jack Daw** · 20th April 08, 08:48 AM

Originally Posted by Ancienne Alliance

Which brings in this questionhaunting me for a few days. I remember my strides in the marshy Highlands... and I'm also preparing holidays by the ocean side in Brittany. Wellintons, or rubbers are a must. But they don't go very well with a kilt.

What would be the alternative ?

Thank You,
Robert

When I trudged in the marshy bogs of Scotland in 2003, I wore a pair of waterproof Polo Sport boots, which I have since worn with my kilts. The most necessary place for such bog-trudging was the Killiekrankie battlefield (after I got permission from the owner).

**Nighthawk** · 1st May 08, 01:06 PM

Originally Posted by Colin

Alright, alright. Bad picture and a definite don't. Now let's move on. Who has a definite DO?

Oh!! Oh!! I've got one:

DO sword fight!

**Ryan Ross** · 1st May 08, 01:19 PM

DO pump gas!

DON'T get any of the GAS on your TANK (pun intended

)!

**sharpdressedscot** · 1st May 08, 01:35 PM

Originally Posted by Nighthawk

Oh!! Oh!! I've got one:

DO sword fight!

Yay!

I wish I had photoshop on this computer, then I'd make the swords look like lightsabers.

**cwr89** · 1st May 08, 01:38 PM

Originally Posted by Nighthawk

Oh!! Oh!! I've got one:

DO sword fight!

this is coming from the SCA heavy fighter side of me. DO NOT EVER LET YOUR SHIELD GET BEHIND YOU!!!! those blokes are fighting with live steel and it looks like a movie combat scene. I know in my barony they probably wouldn't be authorized and he would change his style after the first fight! or he would learn to live with a very large bruise!

by all means though, do sword fight! I fence often in my kilt!

its grainy because is a frame capture from a video camera.

~Casey

**Nighthawk** · 1st May 08, 06:22 PM

Originally Posted by cwr89

this is coming from the SCA heavy fighter side of me. DO NOT EVER LET YOUR SHIELD GET BEHIND YOU!!!! those blokes are fighting with live steel and it looks like a movie combat scene. I know in my barony they probably wouldn't be authorized and he would change his style after the first fight! or he would learn to live with a very large bruise!

by all means though, do sword fight! I fence often in my kilt!

its grainy because is a frame capture from a video camera.

~Casey

The guy with the shield behind his back has improved alot since that pic was taken years ago. He's won more awards in the last two years than he has fngers. I've seen him spar with the local SCA guys, the Roman reenactors, the Vikings... He's a monster now, man! I can guarantee you he ain't the one living with bruises any more! It's usually me...