Churning Kilts

[Riverkilt]

Have always wondered if there was enough of a market, maybe a side business, for someone to buy used kilts outright and resell them. Happens with many other products. Why not kilts?

[Omar Zaragoza]

To date I've purchased 73 kilts (the addiction is still thriving, I have two more currently on order).

Dude!!! you are my hero!! 73???, hahaha I just have three.

I will try to find your used kilt section to see if I can take out of your hands one of those!

[Riverkilt]

So scroll down on the main forum page and look at Ham's Kilt Kollection - well over 100! He chooses wisely and keeps them. He's my hero.

[morrison]

"churning" Seems to be a fitting term for the reselling of something. Makes me think of butter, and why not? After all I'd churn out the butter. Cream in, butter out. So why not, "Kilt in, kilt out? The closet can be a churn if one says it is!

Just a thought, an observation.

[Joe I]

73 kilts reminded me of an episode of The Big Bang Theory. Sheldon Cooper telling about his favorite number...73
Season 4 Episode 10 The Alien Parasite Hypothesis "The best number is 73. Why? 73 is the 21st prime number. Its mirror (37) is the 12th and its mirror (21) is the product of multiplying, 7 and 3. ... In binary, 73 is a palindrome, 1001001 which backwards is 1001001."

[Barb T]

This is a very cool way to enjoy lots of kilts without having an unmanageable collection. And there aren't very many garments that have as much resale value as a well-made kilt! My advice for anyone who has outgrown a kilt is to sell it and buy a new one that fits, rather than to pay someone what it would cost for a major alteration or rebuild.

[dea3369]

Like Joe, my first reaction is "Wow! Seventy-three kilts." On a different note, thanks for letting us know there's a market for used kilts. I love bargains and have wondered if the used kilt market was more active than I thought. It seems it is. Again, thanks.

BTW, I just finished sewing my latest heavily modified X-Kilt. It's a solid, military green, cotton-poly that I could wear with my Boy Scouts uniform. Heavily modified because the aprons and pleats are more from Barb T's book, but the construction method is from Alan H's book (i.e., sewing machine vs. hand). It has a 20-inch apron and 1-inch knife pleats in the back.

Pictures or it diden't happen.

Sorry, but the new MUG hasn't gone through the wash, yet. There are still chalk marks on the fabric.

[Joe I]

Well done Dennis!

[Joshua]

Having the body of a weightlifter has limited me from resale, or 2nd hand buying of any kilts. I have wider hips (butt and legs really) than most GoS, and a much narrower waist. Because of this, the only kilt I've bought second-hand is a USAK Casual, that I took the waist in about 5" by stitching new velcro in the waistband. Because the kilt appears to be a straight-drop, I get the larger hips and the smaller waist that I need so the pleats aren't "stretched"past the fell.

And since my weight is on a fairly rapid decline, I've put a moratorium on new purchases until I can get down to a size that I feel works for me... which should be another 4" loss in the waist and as much in the hips. That would still put me at 40" waist/50" hips which is just weird and will probably limit resale/new purchases as well.

The only kilt that fits me proper is a SHO kilt I had made that I mistakenly ordered 2" too small at 48/56 a year ago (when I should have ordered a 50/56). It's now "loose" on the waist strap first holes but very comfy where it is. The hip strap is still somewhere in the middle holes, which tells me I've still got "junk in the trunk" despite losing about 6" from my midsection.

[Riverkilt]

I had the body of a weightlifter 40 years ago....was picking up iron back then...a lot.

So, maybe in 40 years you'll have a different body....I sure do!