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**OC Richard** · 27th March 13, 05:32 AM

Originally Posted by tundramanq

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** · 27th March 13, 06:55 AM

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** · 27th March 13, 07:17 AM

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.

**Father Bill** · 27th March 13, 07:35 AM

Cable, I'm not seeing your pictures here. Can you help?

**Nathan** · 27th March 13, 07:57 AM

I'm kind of torn on this issue. My MacDonald of Clanranald Modern kilt is in the tartan that my father referred to as "our tartan". Like others mentioned, it was all over our home. He had this tartan on his favourite waistcoat, neckties, on a set of decorative bagpipes that hung on our wall, coffee mugs etc... We are Clanranalds from Cape Breton and the family came from Lewis, Scotland. I feel a great degree of pride wearing it. The 8 yard, knife pleated (to the set) tank was beautifully hand sewn from 16 oz Lochcarron cloth by my brother (xman here) for our brother's wedding so it means quite a lot to me.

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On the other hand, my heavy weight (20 oz) box pleat MacDonald is my first kilt and the thing just fits like a glove. It's got less yardage so the weight is more evenly distributed, and even though it's over 100 years old, it looks as good as new. I quite like the crisp look of the heavy weight apron and find the thing very comfortable to wear, and I wore it to my highschool prom, wore it with my military uniform, played hundreds of gigs in it and am quite attached to it. Sadly, if I sit in it too much, I have to have the pleats re-basted and that gets expensive.

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In the end, I'd have to say the Clanranald Modern by a nose, simply because my brother made it and it's in the best possible tartan option for me and it is very well made. But I wouldn't part with my military weight kilt either

**BCAC** · 27th March 13, 08:07 AM

Originally Posted by Father Bill

Cable, I'm not seeing your pictures here. Can you help?

That's strange. I can see 'em just fine?

**S.S.Muldoon** · 27th March 13, 08:09 AM

Nice kilts, Cable. Greetings from Rice Lake.

**cable scot** · 27th March 13, 08:18 AM

Originally Posted by S.S.Muldoon

Nice kilts, Cable. Greetings from Rice Lake.

Hello, nice to see a member in my neck of the woods.

Father Bill, I can see them ok.

**Professor Mac X** · 27th March 13, 08:33 AM

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.

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**creagdhubh** · 27th March 13, 10:21 AM

Originally Posted by 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.

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