My New Kilt From Matt Newsome

**Abax** · 28th January 07, 06:47 PM

Matt must have worked late to get my kilt to me before we head out for Australia tonight. This box pleat is my first traditional kilt, and it's in Lochcarron's Brodie Hunting Weathered (16 ounce).

I'm wearing the only kilt hose I have so far, but more colors should be on their way soon.

Here's a view of the back. My wife says I have no hips to hold things up

This next picture of the kilt's apron shows the tartan to good advantage. The flash accentuated the blue a little more than my eye observes in natural light. I really like this tartan, and one of the great things about it is all the colors that will complement the kilt. I have blue, yellow, red, green and maroon shirts that will all go quite well with this tartan.

Finally, here is a close-up of my kilt belt. This ranger belt was designed to wear with my Utilikilts and was made by Henry Hibbard at the Leather Goods Connection. The belt buckle is from the Crafty Celts. The belt is 2¼" wide overall with a 1½" wide billet for the buckle. Buckles for 1½" belts are plentiful, so this gives me a much larger range of buckles from which to choose than another width would provide.

Henry Hibbard does some of the best leather work I've seen. I have three belts from him and my dad has one too. I'm going to order another brown belt with some different details to go with this kilt and a darker color to more closely match my sporran. Black leather would go with this kilt too, so I'll probably look at getting a black belt and sporran as well.

I find this kilt to be absolutely stunning. The tartan looks better than I imagined, and Matt's workmanship is beautiful! The kilt fits great. I'm surprised just how different it feels to wear this kilt compared to a Utilikilt. It just feels more tailored, more handsome, and it has a presence that the other kilts lack. My wife thinks it looks quite handsome too.

I'll be back mid-February to see what you guys thought . My wife and I are off to Sydney, Hobart and Ayers Rock for some mid-winter relief from the Alaskan winter.

Abax

**Barclay** · 28th January 07, 06:54 PM

Very nice! Another great example of Matt's handiwork and a beautiful tartan. I like the belt, too.

**pdcorlis** · 28th January 07, 07:08 PM

Wow - great kilt and you wear it well!

**SnakeEyes** · 28th January 07, 07:08 PM

A beautiful tartan. I love the colours. I'd also like to compliment your sporran. I was thinking about getting one in a similar style but changed my mind, now I'm regretting it.

**Splash_4** · 28th January 07, 07:11 PM

Looks great! I love those coloros

(p.s. I am sure that TatooBradley is starting to hyper ventilate now

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**Tattoo Bradley** · 28th January 07, 09:26 PM

VERY nice. Oh man, Oh man. The tension is KILLING ME! I KNOW it's getting close now. You and I ordered ours at the same time, as I remember it. Oh man, oh man, oh man...