Wearing a kilt out and about

**Kalok Sundancer** · 19th December 13, 08:34 AM

Originally Posted by Andrews Son

I should just go for it, shouldn't I. I was stood at the top of my street last night in my kilt and a lass i know drove pass gobsmacked pointing at me. It felt good. I was with a mate and i told him about the reactions you get and he asked me to make a kilt for him as i told him i wanted to make my own, then he said the day he gets the kilt we'll go drinking in the town, suited and booted. So it is coming.

You might get a chuckle out of this...

Last night I walked to my local bank branch, because it's within walking distance of my house. Of course I was kilted. On the way there some dude of Indian or Pakistani descent yelled out of the window of his car, "Scotland rules!!" and on the way back some lady in a car honked at me....hehehe

I don't wear a kilt to get noticed, but people's reactions can be funny.

**Andrews Son** · 19th December 13, 09:05 AM

Hahahaha brilliant ' scotland rules' its amazing
It brightens the day up, not just for yourself but for the people who comment upon it.
Well done sir

**Kalok Sundancer** · 19th December 13, 11:51 AM

Originally Posted by Andrews Son

Hahahaha brilliant ' scotland rules' its amazing
It brightens the day up, not just for yourself but for the people who comment upon it.
Well done sir

Yeah. I got a chuckle out of it.

**Hawk** · 19th December 13, 02:35 PM

It's always good to hear those positive stories, especially from the desert SW.

Hawk

**Stan** · 20th December 13, 05:10 PM

I wore my (at that time) only kilt for the first on Thanksgiving day 2012 to dinner with friends. They thought it was great, and all I got were in the way of comments were complements. That was a year and change ago. Since than I've been wearing one of my (now 9) kilts when ever, and where ever it would be appropriate to wear slacks. Out to dinner, to the performing arts center for performances, out to brunch with friends, and (so far) two Christmas parties.

In that first year, I've joined the local Scottish club, and also become a member of Clan Gregor. All great, and really nice things for me.

So,...... to date in those first 365 days I went out "kilted" to events about 11 times.

Stan L.
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**Andrews Son** · 21st December 13, 06:38 AM

Thank you for sharing Stan.
Within 12 months and you brought 9 kilts, well done.

**Stan** · 21st December 13, 08:24 AM

Ya, 9 in a year....LOL...LOL...

And here's how that works. After I received my first new wool kilt ( from Scotsweb) and loved it, I figured when I took the price of a new (Scottish made) kilt and divided it by the number of weeks I had to wait to get one that it turned out to be about 45.00-50.00 a week for the pleasure of the anticipation, with a great payoff in the end...LOL....

OK, so that 50.00 a week was only about 7.00 a day, and all I did was (for several months) make lunch at home (I'm self employed and work from my house/ranch) instead of going to town for lunch.

It was a great trade, and I now have about every tartan that I'd like to have. In those 9 new wool kilts there's some replication. Replication in that I have a MacGregor modern, MacGregor modern Hunting, and MacGregor red and black (Rob Roy) all in both casual 5 yard kilts and 8 yard tanks. I also have a Cameron 8 yard 10 oz. as well as a Granite highlander in a tank, a dark island, and a pride of Scotland tank.

For me the pleasure that I get from them (and the whole order, wait, and anticipate deal) was well worth the $45-$50 a week, which was just my making lunch instead of having a lunch out. Now that same 'lunch money" is going towards the cost of season tickets to events (with friends) so I'll have even more places to wear them...LOL...

When I was ordering, I always had one, or two "in the pipe". This made it so that it was always great to look at the calender every week, and know that something "non mundane" was going to show up in the mail a few days, or in a week or two.

It's been great fun, and I look forward to more of the same.

BTW, when I quite smoking (about 10 + years ago) the money that I saved not buying tobacco was sufficient enough that my "no longer spent" tobacco money made 4 of the 12 monthly payments on my ranch..LOL....

While not some "huge revelation", it WAS interesting to see how by simply making lunch at home (or maybe for others "brown bagging" it to work) for a few months I swapped something so easily replaced (a $7.00 lunch) for something so tangible and long lasting as these 9 beautiful new wool kilts.....
With all but one of the tartans that I've wanted now hanging in the closet (and it's a special order tartan from D.C. that cost 1K and takes 14-18 weeks ) , I'm now putting most of my "lunch money" to work buying season tickets to events for my self, and friends where I'll be in attendance......(you guessed it) "kilted"...LOL...

And that's the "rest of the story"....LOL....

Stan L.

**GrainReaper** · 23rd December 13, 07:01 PM

I wear a kilt out and about often, though not today, it was -1F outside (-18c) and with the windchill it's -17F (-27c) so I opted for warmer garb.

When I get negative comments it's most always from punk kids who are being ignorant, I mostly get positive comments from the ladies who seem to gravitate to the kilt.

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**Stan** · 23rd December 13, 10:41 PM

Last week I was at a dinner (wearing a kilt) , and sat next to a nice lady that I didn't know. During the meal, her hand (apparently in inadvertently) landed on my leg, and she got all embarrassed, and began to apologize. As she started in on her apology, I simply raised a hand in understanding and said "not a problem, it was the Kilt"....LOL... we all laughed, and every thing was easy again.....

**thecompaqguy** · 24th December 13, 12:25 AM

I'm going to wear my Denim kilt tomorrow to dinner, it's something different... either that or the Braveheart, I havent decided. The latter is a 'tank' so is very warm, and heavyweight. It's good to stand out, a lot of my friends like my Pinstripe kilt suit. I have a navy kilt suit from 21st Century Kilts as well that I could wear, but it's too dressy for tea at my mum's place.

I'll post pix later...