Pleats: Few and Far Between?

[Bugbear]

On solid kilts, in my mind, you can get away with a little more pleat reveal. To me, the narrower the apron the wider the pleats can be without looking odd, and the stranger narrow pleats appear. Imagine a UK type kilt with 3/4 inch pleats and an 8 inch apron. It just wouldn't look right at all IMO.

When it comes to pleats on modern kilts, acceptable reveal depends on whet kind of kilt it's trying to be. If it's a very traditional-ish style with wide apron a narrow-ish pleat is fine. If it's a much more modern style wider reveals fit the style. I'm making another kilt soon(I hope) and plan on solid khaki with 1 1/2 reveal and 4 inch depth in a somewhat traditional style--basically I'm copying my USAK Casual, but with deep Rev-K pleating and deeper first pleats. Apron size will be about the same and Rocky's kilt. I think it will look good, but wouldn't feel right about going any narrower, as then I'm trying to mirror traditional kilts too much, and not much wider because then I'm getting too much in the Sportkilt type of look. If I were doing a UK type modern kilt I'd probably run around 2-2 1/4 inches. But that's just what fits my tastes.

Of course, I'm talking about knife pleats and Kingussie. Box pleats are a whole other ball o' wax.

That make sense, and with the canvas, I just don't think there is going to be pleat swish like with wool. It's more like Gladiator armor or something.