Post by: peterh on January 21, 2017, 07:24:54 PM
peter
Post by: amm1851 on January 21, 2017, 08:45:11 PM
Post by: Lonewolfe20 on January 23, 2017, 02:43:09 AM
I think wow that's a lot of wool!
Post by: rollingb on January 23, 2017, 03:01:42 AM
Post by: Lonewolfe20 on January 23, 2017, 03:07:31 AM
Just think of the freedom
Post by: rollingb on January 23, 2017, 04:02:46 AM
Quote from: "Lonewolfe20"
Come on RollingBWell,.... maybe,.... if'n I could wear (at least) my breech-clot'n leggin's under it. :rt th
Just think of the freedom
Post by: Ohio Joe on January 23, 2017, 09:42:51 PM
Post by: peterh on January 24, 2017, 09:15:51 AM
Post by: Mad Irish Jack on February 13, 2017, 10:23:35 PM
Post by: brewerpaul on February 16, 2017, 08:02:19 PM
Quote from: "peterh"
How many out there wear a kilt. I weare a kilt a civil war events, and I am not the only one now. We now have a kilted atachment in the group I belong too. We weare grey coats.
peter
Been wearing kilts since visiting Scotland 5ish years ago. Though I've not worn one to anything like a Civil War event I do wear them to Scottish Highland Games in Missouri. Summer or winter a wool kilt is comfortable and a lass or two will always compliment you.
Post by: Bigsmoke on February 16, 2017, 08:46:59 PM
Quote from: "Lonewolfe20"
I have the patterns but the great kilt calls for 9 yrs 5ft wide of tartan
I think wow that's a lot of wool!
I think, "Wow, that's a lot of $$$$, too."
Post by: peterh on February 16, 2017, 11:17:26 PM
Quote from: "bigsmoke"
Quote from: "Lonewolfe20"I have the patterns but the great kilt calls for 9 yrs 5ft wide of tartan
I think wow that's a lot of wool!
I think, "Wow, that's a lot of $$$$, too."
Get some cotton cloth, I have s great kilt that is cotton cost about $5.00 per yard. Got it from S R Harris in Minneapolis, Yellow and purple check.
You can get lost in there warehouse, I spent a hour in one corner.
Post by: Lonewolfe20 on February 17, 2017, 12:20:55 AM
We have lost all of our craft stores here in eastern South Dakota it seems like
We have a Jo Ann fabric but it seems like most of it doesn't apply to anything I look for. I hate to order stuff like that online I'm kinda a gotta feel stuff type of guy. I'll try to get to S R Harris next time I'm over yonder
Post by: Uncle Russ on February 18, 2017, 03:54:35 PM
The GRMM (Green River Mountain Men) a real nice Muzzleloading Organization here in the Pacific Northwest, has many members in their Association that favor the Kilt.
One of them, a Charter Member of the TMA, is Puffer.
Puffer is extremely knowledgeable when it comes to the Kilt. He's seldom, if ever, seen at rendezvous not wearing the Kilt. And, he likes nothing better than a good discussion on the ends and outs of wearing the Kilt.
Puffer has been a bit under the weather here of late, like many of us he's getting a bit long in the tooth, but if he should come across this thread I'm in hopes that he will chime in. The man is a wealth of knowledge.
Uncle Russ...
Post by: Kermit on March 04, 2017, 10:52:32 PM
Quote from: "rollingb"
I ain't swappin' my buckskins fer no skirt. :oops:
A skirt is a female's garment. A kilt is a non-bifurcated male garment.
I own two kilts, both custom made for me in Edinburgh. I opted for heavyweight wool tartan, and have never been either too warm or too cold. Making your own and getting it right is tough. My next kilt will be box pleated. Much lighter weight--about half the fabric. DO NOT buy one of those abominations with rivets and pockets referred to as utility kilts. Awful. Don't take on wearing a kilt lightly. It's a serious financial investment, and the kilt itself is just the beginning. I've never worn a kilt to a shooting event, mostly because the modern "little kilt" is entirely the wrong period.
Where IS Puffer? Haven't seen him in ever so long.
Post by: Lonewolfe20 on March 04, 2017, 11:29:30 PM
Word of the day
Post by: W. Welshman on March 10, 2017, 11:07:06 PM
Post by: Kermit on March 13, 2017, 01:41:47 PM
So wear what you darn well please, I reckon. I'm about a quarter Scot, and you won't offend me a bit. Well, unless you start talking Brexit.
Here: Welsh Kilts Welsh Cilts (http://www.kilts-n-stuff.com/men-kilts/welsh-kilt/)
And for the historians, this little Wikipedia piece is interesting. There is no documentation for kilts in Scotland before something like 1690. Also, the modern kilt as we know it, was invented by an Englishman. The Scots adopted it after one clan chieftan aparently saw the advantage of the "skirt" being a separate garment. It quickly spread across Scotland. Strictly speaking, all those kilts at "Rennaissance Faires" are a complete fiction, as is virtually all the SCA stuff.
And here: Kilt - Wikipedia (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilt)
A little aside concerning the kilt pin. The story goes that Queen Victoria was reviewing troops, including Highland regiments. Apparently it was a windy day, and a kilt or five was lifted. The Queen was shocked. SHOCKED. She ordered that a pin was to be worn on the apron of regimental kilts. The Highlanders were horrified. HORRIFIED. They were proud of the swing of their kilts. A clever Scot determined that they could comply with the order and maintain their tradition by attaching the pin to the apron but NOT pinning it down to the underlying fabric. Love the creative Scots' defiance.
Post by: Riley/MN on March 13, 2017, 02:33:03 PM
Quote from: "RussB"
Lonewolf, I'm a bit late to the thread, but I thought I would throw this out FWIW.
The GRMM (Green River Mountain Men) a real nice Muzzleloading Organization here in the Pacific Northwest, has many members in their Association that favor the Kilt.
One of them, a Charter Member of the TMA, is Puffer.
Puffer is extremely knowledgeable when it comes to the Kilt. He's seldom, if ever, seen at rendezvous not wearing the Kilt. And, he likes nothing better than a good discussion on the ends and outs of wearing the Kilt.
Puffer has been a bit under the weather here of late, like many of us he's getting a bit long in the tooth, but if he should come across this thread I'm in hopes that he will chime in. The man is a wealth of knowledge.
Uncle Russ...
Anybody see ol' Puffer of late? I used to see him on FB now & then, but not lately. I been wonderin about his health...
Post by: Loyalist Dave on April 11, 2017, 11:27:36 AM
I have the patterns but the great kilt calls for 9 yrs 5ft wide of tartan
I think wow that's a lot of wool!
That certainly IS, but I was told that the "belted plaid" aka a "great kilt" was 9 yards on the old style looms, which I was told was then cut in half, then pieced, so you end up with four and a half yards around the body, with five feet coming over your head and down to just above the knees.
LD
Post by: One Shot on April 12, 2017, 01:10:06 AM
I ain't swappin' my buckskins fer no skirt. :oops: <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/00000001.gif" alt=":laffing" title="laffing" />
Git numb nuts? :laffing
Post by: greyhunter on April 12, 2017, 10:10:56 AM
Anybody see ol' Puffer of late? I used to see him on FB now & then, but not lately. I been wonderin about his health...
[/quote] Have been wondering bout the old boy of late myself
Post by: Hawken on May 30, 2017, 12:34:20 PM