Sizing on a SWK Thrifty

[Jerick]

Alright so I am on the way to purchasing my very first kilt but now I have a problem. My size at the naval (measured 3 times for average) 29.75". I am a pretty tall skinny guy almost 6 ft in height and slim. I don't know if I should purchase a small thrifty or a large youth. The youth size I am afraid will be too short and the small thrifty I am afraid will be to big for my small build. So any ideas? Also I can't decide on a tartan I like the Black Watch but I like the idea of a solid black so if you have any picks of the black shadow tartan that would be great. Thanks!

[Galician]

Hey, Jerick,

From what I have read on here, one thing to remember with the Thrifty, is that the waist is velcro. I don't know what your experience is with pants which use that. It might suit your tiny waist even better than a belt!

[McFarkus]

I would either call, email or PM Jerry at Stillwater. He's incredibly helpful

[TheKiltedCoder]

I would either call, email or PM Jerry at Stillwater. He's incredibly helpful

And very responsive. Every time I've ever e-mailed him, I've gotten a response either within about an hour or so (during business hours) or by about 8:00 the next morning (weekends included).

I agree with McFarkus that you should call, but I'd be willing to bet that, with the Thriftikilts being Velcroed up top, you should have a lot of room to maneuver. Note also that I have a couple of Amerikilts that are about 2 inches too big for me, but I just cinch them up in my belt and go with it. There's a limit to how much you can cheat with a belt, but you can pretty easily take up an extra inch or two if you do get something too big in the waist.

Personally, I'd rather go with a chance of too big in the waist rather than too small in length. If you're as tall as it sounds like you are, you may not have enough length in the youth-sized kilt, and we DON'T want this looking like a mini-kilt.

Regardless of the blathering, just get your waist and length measurements (there are instructions on SWK's website on how to take them), and get in touch with Jerry. He'll take care of you.

Good luck and welcome to the club! One last piece of advice: just go ahead and order 3 now. You'll save yourself time getting 'em piecemeal like I did.

[Makeitstop]

I let 2 people borrow my thrifties recently. One guy was at least one full size too small, and the other was 3 sizes too small. While the latter was noticeable (though not very) the former was just fine. So if you are slightly small, it isn't a big deal, but at your height, I wouldn't recommend risking getting something too short.