Show us your Box-Pleated Kilts!

[way2fractious]

Here's my box-pleated kilt in 16 oz Ferguson Weathered. It looks - and is - tall on me, but since its damaged selvedge required a hem anyway, I may re-hem it later (when I have nothing else to do. )


* click the pic *

[herminator]

This is my first box-pleated kilt. I made it out of a very light wool, no tartan, just vertical and horizontal green stripes on a black background.
It is not hand-sewn but machine-made.



Being only the second kilt I made I´m quite proud how it came out!

[Ialtog]

While I was off doing a training course my Ulster box-pleat arrived. What a joyous homecoming! This is the Ulster tartan, from the House of Edgar. The kilt was made by Matt Newsome, who is now my new hero.

Today is its first outing - I'm heading out to our local St.David/St. Piran's Day celebration of Wales and Cornwall. I'll have to change back into this once I get down to the party - I can ride my bike with a kilt short distances, but not when it is 20 degrees and very windy.....




Here is a shot of the pleats.

[Tattoo Bradley]

I love the Ulster tartan. Great choice. And, as always, Matt's work speaks for itself.

[Wompet]

Well, I have my black-and-gold homemade:


The X-Kilt I made for my brother:


In case you were wondering about the pleats:

[Wompet]

There's my Matt Newsome X Marks box pleat - don't have any good pictures of the pleats, though.


And finally, there's the prize of my collection, the Sackett by Matt Newsome:

[gilmore]

Here's my Matt Newsome in Ulster Red:





And here's one of my re-enactment kilts in the MacFabricStore tartan (with matching coat):

Where did you have your jacket made? or where did you find a pattern for it? It looks very nice.

[Andrew Green]

Dammit!
I have a box pleat in German National made by... Matt (who else?).
Digi-cam is busted though.
Nice tartan, 13oz... got it on special... I just happened to be browsing around his site at the right time, as this tartan (from what I have found) is typically a special weave. So hooray for me on that end.
Just no camera to shoot it with at the moment.
But if this thread is a sticky, I should be able to get around to it one of these days with enough asking around.

[Eujeankilt]

Woo-hoo, well-doggies and YEE-HAW! My Matt Newsome box pleat arrived today. It's in the MacDonald of Glencoe tartan. Pictures don't do it justice. Online I didn't notice the sky blue and orange lines. This is one beautiful tartan and it's my first hand-made. I've heard about the fit, but know I know.

Ladies and gentlemen, for your perusal, my new kilt.

Partly blinded by the sun. I was in such a hurry to try it on and get pictures, I forgot my sporran. Odd, I've noticed the same thing in other posts in this thread




The pleats.



Lastly, a chopped off Hamish MKII.

[Kiltman]

I really like box-pleated kilts. They look good, wear well and don't use up as much fabric as the knife-pleated kilts. When I looked at Matt's site I especially enjoyed seeing the workmanship and the two historical kilts that were pleated to no stripe or sett.