buckle or slip-on?

[Phogfan86]

unbuckling is the only way for most as the hip measurement will be greater than the waist measurement.

Unless you have a major beer gut and little to no rear-end...like me.

[Laird O'the Cowcaddens]

Laddie are you sure it's a kilt and not a girdle ???lol. I suspect that if you slide your kilt off, you probably do the same with your shoes/sneekers. My Da always said it was a sign of lazyness.

[Riverkilt]

Well guys, I still slip on and slip off. Disadvantage is that its a bear to get everything tucked in and if I'm wearing underwear (work, around kids, etc) then sometimes I have to rearrange that too after pulling on the kilt.

Why do I do it "wrong??" Real simple, I'm fat. I'm actually too fat to reach around and buckle the straps on either side - I'm one hand short.

My butt and gut are about the same size - just in opposite directions, so its no problem for me to suck in and slip on or off.

In fact, its so convenient that I'll buckle the kilt before I put it on so I can slip it on.

Thats JUST me....have tried it both ways and slip on and off is what works for me.

And I don't have to remember where the kilt was buckled last time I wore it - its already buckled there.

Ron

[ForresterModern]

Although I don't usually slip mine on and off like Ron I find the same problem with the buckles being out of reach when the kilt is on straight, so I have to put it on half turned in order to buckle the first (underapron) strap, then twist it nearly 180 degrees to do the other two, then twist it back to center. This then requires significant rearrangement of any clothes tucked in to get everything straight (get the "gig" line plumb, as my former navy wife says). I even sometimes get her to do the buckling for me to save the time trouble and occasional abdominal oblique muscle pull/spasm that accompanies trying to do it myself.

[RedBeard]

theres no way I could get it over my ***!

[1MUNK3]

I always buckle and unbuckle every time I put my kilt on. I wouldn't do it any other way. If I didn't buckle my kilt straps my kilt would fall off and if I didn't unbuckle them I wouldn't be able to take it off. When I hang my kilts up in the closet I always buckle them back up at the same points as when worn. How does your kilt fit ? Is it to big ?

[piperdbh]

I unbuckle and rebuckle, but I slip by sporran on over my head and wiggle it down. The snap on the chain is hard to work and it's easier to just wiggle into it.

[Thebigeman77]

I manage to slip it off leaving it closed but only to make hanging it again easier. I always undo it to get it on again, as getting it off is easy, on without undoing it is nearly impossible for me.

[long_hand]

Dipping into kilt infested waters with 2 thrifty swks it is quite easy to slip them on and off and they still be nice and snug...had I one with buckles though, I'd probably just buckle and unbuckle.

[sathor]

My SWK thrifty (or economy, I forget which they sell) used to just fall off if I would take a deep breath. A few days ago, it stopped doing that. Tried taking a real deep breath, didn't make a difference. Beyond some velcro digging into my side.