Removing the strap allows the kilt to hang more naturally on my frame. It also prevents a lot of the kick out of the left hand pleat in SWK's. It is really easy to do on the SWKs and is one of three things I do to these kilts when I get them. (I also trim the pleats above the fell and add a stabilizer.)
"A veteran, whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve, is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America", for an amount of "up to and including my life." That is honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it." anon
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