Wearing your Kilt Everyday

[herminator]

I wear my kilt every day. Not at work - as a nurse I have to wear trousers, but when I work in the office (I do quality management) kilts are ok.
When I do chores in the household and I might damage the kilt or get it very dirty I wear a longyi, a burmese sarong.
But most of the time I´m in a kilt and have been so for six years now!

Hey, why doesn´t Hamish weigh in on this?

Shalom
Hermann

[GG]

I too wear a kilt practically every day, even if not always all day. It depends on what I'm going to do, and even if my dear wife has, over the years, become a very laid-back approach to my kilt wearing, she does, from time to time, want to see me in pants.

The type of kilt, cheap pv/acrylic or more expensive woollen, is a function of tasks to do.

I like having kilts able to replace old, worn shorts, nice shorts, cheap jeans, expensive jeans, business function pants etc.

Greg

[Howard Clark]

I wear a wool four yard box pleated kilt every day. I work in the kilt, in dirty, difficult, hot conditions, and sometimes in the cold. I forge hot steel with a large power hammer, forge by hand with hammer and anvil, and do a lot of grinding, filing and stone finishing, making swords. I got to wearing the kilt because of the practical nature of it in the blacksmith shop. 18oz wool MoD tartan holds up well under some very adverse conditions and dirt. I wear the kilt doing tractor work mowing. And about the only things I do that I won't wear a kilt for are climbing around on ladders (unless I am alone, then it does not matter), and working on vehicles if there is a need to climb into the engine compartment, or get under it. Then, trousers are more practical. Trousers are also more practical hunting in the woods/fields of Iowa, due to the nature of some of the plants. And after having tried it once, I found that the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness camping, canoeing, and fishing from a canoe were not really kilt friendly either.

So while there are some activities where trousers are more practical. I wear them only when I have to, and only for those things that require them.

Kilt on.

[English Bloke]

I wear the Kilt alot. I'd love to wear it all the time but it just isn't practical in my work environment. It's also not always practical in my off work environment either so I regard it as another item in my wardrobe which I can choose to wear as I deem fit. It's mainly for social or leisure pursuits I wear it and being the idle chap that I am, means I do get plenty of opportunity. Day to day business though, it's likely to be trousers I'm afraid... I don't personally have an issue with trousers.

[Nighthawk]

I wear a kilt everyday and have had no trouble at all doing all the things I do whilst being dressed so. It only takes a little to get used to the minor details of getting in and out of vehicles, before doing so becomes second nature. Just like doing the "sweep" when getting ready to sit in a chair. I've also had no problems when hiking, camping, fishing, or playing with my kids in the parks while kilted. I think the only time I don't wear the kilt during the year is when I'm in the woods on a hunt. During those days I'm in camo coveralls, or when I'm in the dojo where I wear hakama.

I was going to make the exact same post! At work, I wear an Amerikilt, which is perfectly utilitarian. I don't mind getting dyes and stains on it- that's what it's for! It's short enough not to get in the way. During the winter, I'm going to have to switch to jeans, because the AK isn't especially warm, and a trad wool kilt would get ruined. But otherwise, I find I really prefer the kilt in everyday life. It did take a bit of getting used to- it's very different from pants- but once I got the hang of it... well, I haven't looked back. It's so much more comfortable! And when I take my morning walks around Sloan's Lake... Well, the ladies love it.

[Nighthawk]

I was forced to wear trousers for about 2 hours this afternoon. It's funny. I put my wallet into one pocket, cell phone in the other... and I couldn't figure out what the heck to do with my keys!! I missed my sporran. And I felt cramped. I was reminded of why I stopped wearing the damnable things 5 years ago.

[kiltedwolfman]

LOL I had to wear a pair of sweat pants to take part in a zip line obstacle course on my daughters birthday, I haven't felt so uncomfy and bound up in ages! I'm going to make a kilt that I can wear climbing gear under so I won't have to suffer that again! ;)

[chrisupyonder]

I have a big strapping young helper to do my dirty work, my son-in-law
But there are times when a kilt is not appropriate and usually includes wind and rain.

Chris.

[Bugbear]

I've worn a kilt to do light gardening, but it was a canvas kilt. The kilt hem is a little bit above the knee, so can't say on the longer lengths. Bending down to pick things up, and so on, had to be done a bit differently, of course.

[Nighthawk]

I've worn a kilt to do light gardening, but it was a canvas kilt. The kilt hem is a little bit above the knee, so can't say on the longer lengths. Bending down to pick things up, and so on, had to be done a bit differently, of course.

Why? Nothing wrong with mentally scarring the neighborhood kids. The childhood trauma will toughen them up.