How are Black Watch kilts pleated?
I did a search and didn't find what I was looking for...even though I know there have to be threads that answer my question...but here goes:
I'm getting ready to start making two kilts out of that great deal on Black Watch fabric a few months back. I have read that A&SH pleated their kilts in a military box pleat with the black stripe in the wide green stripe as the prominent stripe. I believe that the Black Watch kilts were pleated to the double black stripe on the blue field in a standard knife pleat fashion.
Can anybody confirm the style and stripe element of a traditional regimentally pleated BW kilt? Approximately how wide is the reveal for every pleat on a BW kilt? Also, I'm wondering which element forms the center stripe on the apron for a regimental kilt...and does it vary between enlisted and officer?
Thanks in advance.
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Scottish-American Military Society Post 1921
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