Do you have a favourite ..

[OC Richard]

My "go-to kilt" is my Isle of Skye heavyweight. I love the tartan and the heft of the thing and it feels like a "real kilt" to me. My Drummond of Perth 13oz ends up just sitting at home, mostly. Whenever I get around to finishing my Auld Scotland heavyweight kilt (my first go at kiltmaking) who knows? It might become the favourite. (I don't own any "casual" kilts.)

My go-to Isle of Skye 16oz Lochcarron



But I will break out the Drummond of Perth 13oz House of Edgar occasionally, in part because I have matching hose

[Father Bill]

Good question. I'm still mulling it over. I've been wearing Keltoi's box pleat hunting Sinclair more often lately, but I still love my 9yd knife pleated clergy tartan.

Gottathink about those!

[tundramanq]

OCR If you wear your kilts for other than formal and performance uses, think about the low cost casuals. I don't wear the few wool kilts I have much due to the extra care needed to keep them from damage. This keeps me "on edge" too much which reduces the comfort level a lot for me. I was just scrubing my bathtub with acid to remove the scale buildup - kilted as always. Would much rather be risking a $100 kilt than a $500+ wool kilt - acid dosen't know the difference in material or care. When I expect to get messy then the tartans come off and the ratty Utilikilts go on.

[Domehead]

I don't have a favorite. But, as Creaghdhubh stated [paraphrasing] the kilt I feel most natural in is my Robertson Red - Lochcarron Strome 4YBP. It is the Clan I was raised to recognize. It is the tartan that survived my family's emigration, be it: clothing, swatches, pillows, runners, ties, plates, mugs, post cards, statuettes, etc. It is the tartan (among a few) my family specifically "re-loaded" upon returning to Scotland. The other tartans I wear are no less significant to me, but are homages to those families whom comprise our larger... a sign of respect. The "Robertson" just feels like "mine", perhaps?

[creagdhubh]

I don't have a favorite. But, as Creaghdhubh stated [paraphrasing] the kilt I feel most natural in is my Robertson Red - Lochcarron Strome 4YBP. It is the Clan I was raised to recognize. It is the tartan that survived my family's emigration, be it: clothing, swatches, pillows, runners, ties, plates, mugs, post cards, statuettes, etc. It is the tartan (among a few) my family specifically "re-loaded" upon returning to Scotland. The other tartans I wear are no less significant to me, but are homages to those families whom comprise our larger... a sign of respect. The "Robertson" just feels like "mine", perhaps?

Well said!!!

[Professor Mac X]

Funny that you just posed this thread--this weekend I marched in an Irish Festival parade as part of my local Scottish Society, and wore my 13-oz. 8-yard Modern Hunting Maclean, Lochcarron (it was chilly and more wool was better than less). Immediately after I went to a friend's house to watch some March Madness, and after a couple hours ran on to several, my friend asked if I was comfortable or if I needed to change. "Comfortable?" I replied, and gave a half-twirl. "It doesn't get more comfortable than this!"
I like that kilt because it was my first, and is my go-to for colder weather and for dressy occasions. But my most recent acquisition is also great for just kicking around: a 16-oz., 5-yard wool, made by USA Kilts, in Ancient Hunting Maclean, also Lochcarron. It's the one I wore at last year's big Clan Gathering at Duart Castle. I really like the softer colors.

[creagdhubh]

Funny that you just posed this thread--this weekend I marched in an Irish Festival parade as part of my local Scottish Society, and wore my 13-oz. 8-yard Modern Hunting Maclean, Lochcarron (it was chilly and more wool was better than less). Immediately after I went to a friend's house to watch some March Madness, and after a couple hours ran on to several, my friend asked if I was comfortable or if I needed to change. "Comfortable?" I replied, and gave a half-twirl. "It doesn't get more comfortable than this!"
I like that kilt because it was my first, and is my go-to for colder weather and for dressy occasions. But my most recent acquisition is also great for just kicking around: a 16-oz., 5-yard wool, made by USA Kilts, in Ancient Hunting Maclean, also Lochcarron. It's the one I wore at last year's big Clan Gathering at Duart Castle. I really like the softer colors.

Welcome! Our resident Maclean, Sandy (JSFMACLJR), and staunch member of the Clan Maclean, would love this photo!

[OC Richard]

OCR If you wear your kilts for other than formal and performance uses, think about the low cost casuals.

That's the thing, I don't wear kilts except when performing on the pipes, or the rare nonpiping formal occasion. This allows me to be a traditionalist stick-in-the-mud who only owns tartan wool handsewn kilts. My one compromise from the so-called "tank" is that I prefer a bit less yardage, around 7 yards, so that my kilts aren't so heavy in the back.

[tundramanq]

Thanks for clearing that up Richard. You are not a stick in the mud, we just see and use kilts at the opposite ends of the use spectrum. Daily use here and special event or perfomance garb there. A large number of words get used here from us not realizing that the difference in wear patterns creates different values in selecting the kilts we own.

Your "heavy in the back" thing is one I have to deal with for the HW wool. Having to wear them on my hips and not having much rump, the one I have requires a tight belt and frequent "hitching up". Georgious kilt but hitching in public "just ain't purdy"

[cable scot]

Well I like them all but the two I seem to wear the most right now are


My Matt Newsome 5yd box pleat



My Bonnie Greene 8yd box pleat

I have two more kilts on order from the same two people so this will change later I'll bet.