Quote Originally Posted by Jock Scot View Post
The fire hazard is a good point. I am sure this point has been covered before, but not recently I think. Anyway, as I have no experience with synthetic kilt cloth what are the fire risks? Does this cloth have a greater fire risk than say wool? Not all synthetic kilt cloth is made of the same stuff, is one better(safer) than the other, or another?
Well as I have only seen that one PV go up like a petrol soaked rag I can only base my PV experience on that, and what I have heard about. When it comes to wool it is harder to ignite and tends to smoulder and leave holes. The chap I saw ignite literally had to ditch his jacket and let it burn, it went up so fast, he had no chance to put it out. (good thing it was not a kilt) That's one of the reasons I NEVER wear a fly plaid or PV.

The way I smoke a pipe its asking for trouble