Abax posted on the changing a tire thread about working in the garage, squating to work on the tire and having his heels over the back hem of his Utilikilt - then standing up....

Got me to wondering what some very real, but also unexpected, hazards of kilting might be.

A couple summers ago I was at country restaurant that used those cheap molded plastic outdoor chairs you buy at big box store. Had on a Utilikilts Workman's. The back modesty snap somehow wedged very tightly into the drain slot in the chair. When I stood up the chair came with me. Funny to all around me but a real task to free myself since the connection was in back and out of reach...

Have also had "extreme irritation" issues that even Body Glide couldn't protect me from when hiking regimental. Sporran to the side to keep from banging didn't help...repetitive motion against a most prized body part did its work on sensitive skin...won't address the temporary remedy - only possible on isolated hiking trails. No one warned me.

We all know the challenge of wind, and getting our kilts inside the vehicle before we close the door, and snagging a kilt pin. I'm wondering about unusual or unexpected surprise hazards while kilted.

Like, once I was riding as a passenger in a car and my kiltpin came unlatched. It was before I knew to back the kiltpin with a rubber band.
Somehow the kilt pin became positioned so the sharp pin was sticking straight up in the air from my thigh - sort of like one of those spikes grocers used to put receipts on. I was just about to put my hand on my thigh when I noticed it. If I hadn't noticed it would for sure have skewered my hand on the kilt pin.

Gotta be more warnings and weird surprises out there...

Ron