Quote Originally Posted by Rhino
Good post Mychael but if I could add that how comfortable you are also depends on your personal tolerance to temperature. If the temp was 70F a wool kilt of any weight would be almost too much for me, as soon as the temp rises I grab my cotton and even then suffer at times.
Keep up the good work.
Cheers Rhino
Yes, good point. Varying personal tolerance is definitely a factor here. When I was a kid I wore shorts everywhere, all year. Pennsylvania winters frequently see temps in the teens Fahrenheit (-10c or so), with lots of wind and snow. It never bothered me much, and still really doesn't. I also worked in a forge where we manufactured ball joints for cars. In the winter your front-side would be burning from facing the blast furnaces while fans pulling in freezing air from open overhead doors would freeze your back-side. Summer temps were unreal in such a place. After awhile you learn to ignore the temperature to a certain degree (pun intended), and I suppose that is something that I have brought along to my kilt wearing.

I see mention of kilts of Canadian military issue. I know that I should be more knowledgeable about my neighbors to the north, but does this mean that the Canadian armed forces are, or were, a kilted force? Is, or was, this primarily for reasons of ceremony?

Mychael