Quote Originally Posted by The Wizard of BC View Post


How about I start it off.

Traditional Kilt - A Kilt made in the manner, or very similar to, that described in "The Art of Kiltmaking".
1) A traditional kilt would be a full 8 yard kilt even though we all know that the actual amount used would vary. This would separate a traditional kilt from a 5 yard kilt.
2) How a traditional kilt is pleated would not matter. To the Sett, to the stripe, knife, box, kingussie, etc. would all be considered traditional if constructed in the traditional manner.
3) A traditional kilt would have all the internal construction we associate with "The Art of Kiltmaking". If there is a liner but nothing underneath the liner it would not be traditionally made.
4) A traditional kilt would be designed to be worn at Full Rise. Up at the natural waist, or just under the ribs. We could agree that a traditional could be worn lower, but if the design of the kilt was full rise then it would be a traditional kilt. We could use the rise and the length of the Fell to determine this. (If the kilt were made with a rise above the buckles and the bottom of the Fell would hit at the hip line when the buckles are at the natural waist it would be traditionally made.)
5) The fabric the kilt was made from would not matter. We would not separate Tartan from Tweed, 16oz from 13oz as long as it was made in the traditional style. (I'm not sure if a metallic silver "21st Century Kilt" would fit in traditional of if we would have to have a special case for Howie's kilts.)

Would anyone like to add to, or comment on, this idea?
As far as kilts go I think we all know what a tank is. The Scottish Tartans Museum calls tanks Standard Gentleman’s Kilts. The key word here is standard, or what has been the standard for most of the twentieth century. The problem with words like historical or traditional is they carry some nebulous stamp of approval but are open to interpretation (how long ago or who’s tradition). So I move we use Standard Kilt (aka Tank) to denote the kilt specified above.