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  1. #1
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    What a great trip and some great outfits too. How did you pack all your kilts?

    Andy

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bellfree View Post
    What a great trip and some great outfits too. How did you pack all your kilts?

    Andy
    The week before I left town I bought a kilt carrying set from the Order of the Gael out of Las Vegas, the one that Ron/Riverkilt was so high on in another thread over the last couple months. I got two extra hangers along with the basic set. But I did not use the actual garment bag portion because this was not going to be large enough or secure enough for my transatlantic adventure. I have a very large (6 suiter) Samsonite rolling garment bag I used and took two of the kilts on the OoG hangers with my Argyll and charcoal tweed jackets and vests on each of them, and then I used two of the kilt hangers sold by Kiltstore for the other two kilts. The garment bag held all my hose, shirts, ties, etc.., but I put the heavier accessories like sporrans, belts, and stuff in my other checked bag, due to the weight of the kilt garment bag.

    I like the concept of the Order of the Gael set and will likely use it for storage of my jackets, vests, and maybe kilts, but I found the three bar 6 clamp system a bit too clumsy for my big hands, and the hanger widths just not wide enough for my either my 46-48 inch waist kilts or my 52xl jackets to fit well and drape nicely. But they worked well enough for the trip and everything survived intact.

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    Some great outfits there, really like the Black Isle kilt!

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    You look great in the pictures. It sounds like your trip was really fun too.

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    Wonderful pictures. You and your son both look great. You must be very proud!
    I have always tempered my killing with respect for the game pursued. I see the animal not only as a target but as a living creature with more freedom than I will ever have. I take that life if I can, with regret as well as joy, and with the sure knowledge that nature's ways of fang and claw or exposure and starvation are a far crueler fate than I bestow. - Fred Bear

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    The Black Isle is actually probably the kilt I wear the most, both home and abroad. Being dark it hides dirt well. Being 16 oz it wears like iron. And with the subtle tartan pattern it is often less obtrusive in public, and looks great when dressed up too. And Black goes with everything. Black is the new black you know.

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    Thanks for the clan tartan pics and the travel tips. And a full range of big man to wee man looking good in kilts. You encourage me to "some day" find a way back to the ancient homeland to poke around.

    Ron
    Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island
    Lifetime Member STA. Two time winner of Utilikiltarian of the Month.
    "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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    Quote Originally Posted by Riverkilt View Post
    Thanks for the clan tartan pics and the travel tips. And a full range of big man to wee man looking good in kilts. You encourage me to "some day" find a way back to the ancient homeland to poke around.

    Ron
    Thanks Ron. If you do decide to go and want a little company (well rather large company actually) gove me a buzz. I am already jonesing to go back and see more of the country than we got to on our limited visit. Even after only a week I am already in withdrawal from the sites, sounds and smells, and mostly the people.

    jeff

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    Great Photos!! Thanks for sharing your trip!
    HERMAN, Adventurer, BBQ guru, student of history

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    Great photos, looks like a grand trip

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