Quote Originally Posted by Son of the Rock View Post
I know Rocky knows far more about kilt construction than me, but I have to respectfully disagree on this point, at least from my experience of kilts in Scotland. It's true that 3 strap kilts are common, but I wouldn't say 'by far'. Three of the biggest kiltmakers in Scotland I can think of, Kinloch Anderson, Hector Russell and House of Tartan, all, as I have seen, offer 2 buckles as standard unless you request otherwise.
When I go across the pond, I take in as many kilt shops as I can to suss out how the Scottish shops are set up. I have been in Hector Russell shops (as well as dozens of other smaller shops), but have not been in K.A. or H.O.T.. I have been in Geoffrey Taylor and many other big names you didn't mention and can only remember seeing 3 straps on a kilt, except where it was a hip hugger where the lower right strap was left off.

To the people posting about Velcro on the left, I think there's a miscomunication... The OP was talking about removing the lower strap on the right side (the hip strap), not the left strap (on the under apron).