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    Utilikilts are just horrible. They last a long time and provide no exuse to your wife as to why you need a new one. Just horrible I tell you. All bang for the buck and such....people love it....looks stylish.....goes great with everything....*grumble

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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Homestead View Post
    Utilikilts are just horrible. They last a long time and provide no exuse to your wife as to why you need a new one. Just horrible I tell you. All bang for the buck and such....people love it....looks stylish.....goes great with everything....*grumble
    Try changing the oil in the truck or car, and getting really dirty.... sure it will cause a stain, and not be usable for the Prom, but it will still be usable, and then you will have a good excuse!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Retro Red View Post
    I consider 'em the unbifurcated equivalent of jeans - comfortable (& like Levi's, more comfortable the longer you wear 'em), long-lasting & easy to care for.
    I have 11 tartan kilts and have been thinking about getting a Utilikilt.. and your statement just pushed me over the edge.

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    Three weeks ago I received my fifth Utilikilt, a Mocker. I like its clean “design”. I can only confirm what others have already said: the quality is excellent. They hardly wrinckle, contrary to my Amerikilts, which need too much ironing.

    Greg

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    I've owned 15 Utilikilts. They're bulletproof. No accident they've grown like they have.

    I wash, hang dry from three WalMart hangars with five clips per hanger. Then I attach a weighted clip (1/2 ounce fishing weight duct taped to each side of a clip) to each pleat. The gentle weight pulls the pleats straight while the kilt dries. No ironing needed.

    Ron
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    "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 just got that utilikilt in the mail today. For being just a standard utilikit, this thing is heavy duty. I couldn't imagine what a workman's utilikilt would be like.

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    Imagine starched heavy duty Carhartt.

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    Black, Olive, Khaki, and Heather Grey Mocker UKs here as well as one Black Original (NeoTraditional). Have also had a Sage Survival and an Urban Camo Original. Just wash and hang them to dry. If occasional pleat curling bothers you, Steam Ironing will take care of that.

    I love mine and far prefer the cut of the Mockers to a traditional kilt (or even any of the other models of UK.)
    Aracos (aka Michael Eric Bérubé)
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    I just throw mine into the washer, no problems.

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