kilt buckles

[highlander999]

Just wondering, on my new kilt, when I snug it up to fit so that it doesn't droop, I pull the left (first) buckle to the last hole in the leather strap. But when I pull the apron across, it comes to about the middle buckle. Wouldn't it seem that they'd end up in the same hole in the strap an adjust evenly? Just wondering...

Thanks,

[biblemonkey]

That would make sense to me. That's how it is on all mine.

[Barb T]

Depends partly on where the buttonhole actually is. In most kilts, it's between the 2nd and 3rd pleats, but, depending on the size of the pleats at the waist, it could be anywhere from 1" to over 2" into the pleats. Even if I put the underapron strap on in exactly the same place on the underapron, the buckle will buckle into a different hole on the two kilts I've just described. Beyond that, it depends on where I actually put the strap on the underapron and how far back I hold it from the edge. And, of course, it also depends on where the kiltmaker chose to put the buckles for the apron edge as well.

And it depends on how the kilt is designed. I put an extra inch on the fringe edge to make sure that the edge actually covers the underapron; some kiltmakers don't do that.

In truth, it doesn't matter, because the kilt belt covers up the buckles and straps.

[Bugbear]

My canvas kilt kind of did that. If the left buckle was on the first hole, then the right strap had to be on the second hole or the under-apron would fold up under the right buckle.

It bothered me, so I moved the right buckle to make the straps go on the same hole; I was making some other changes to the apron anyway.

Sorry if that's not what you're talking about.

[theborderer]

Why not try to balance the straps on both sides. My kilt is a 34" - 36" and when I am wearing a winter long sleeved vest (underwear) and a woolen thick shirt I am a 35" waist and balance both straps to the middle hole.

[Laird O'the Cowcaddens]

I think that Barb T & The Borderer pretty much nailed it on the head. Now here is my tuppence worth; having experienced all of the above conditions, I feed the left strap thru to the buckle, but don't fasten it, then I feed the two right straps thru the buckles. At this point I position my kilt and square it up, and finally, tighten them down. I don't really care what holes are being utilized, just that my kilt it hanging Regulation and comfortable. Now I have to get back to my Intergalactic space travel computations.