Quote Originally Posted by James

So I'd be interested to hear of anyone who has actuall had a traditional kilt come to any harm through the use it was designed , or maybe evolved for.

James
My oldest kilt, a McGregor that I bought in Scotland in 1969, has seen a lot of really rough use. The only harm that has come to it happened when I stepped through a barb wire fence while hunting and caught the bottom of the inside apron. It made an 'L' shape tear about 1 x 1 1/2 inches. I sewed it up on the spot with supplies from my emergency kit, and the blue thread is still there 27 years later.

No other wool kilt has come to any harm, but I tore a UK all to pieces going through a dense stand of young black locust trees.