keep your willy warm this winter

[akaussie]

Take it from an Aussie fellas, nothing would beat a good bit of sheepskin!!

[mcnice]

thanks for the link phil, we should resist winter with those...

i got recently my military kilt and it is so warm around the middle of the torso that i think it could work. for sure legs are exposed, but finally trousers won t be better here, and are much less warm on stomac area.

what kilts are u guys wearing in winter? under 16 oz wouldn ´t work i guess?

[Graham]

I like the long undershirt idea. I have a woolen undershirt, like a thermal thing, it comes down to the thighs.

We are coming into summer but still getting the odd cold day.

Yesterday I wore shorts because I was painting, no one asked if my legs were cold, and they were - freezing, but if i wore a kilt - everyone would ask and I could say no - warm as toast!

[mcnice]

so right graham,
shows how poeple think about things they don t know. imagine how it must be with really complicated things and i m sometimes loosing my faith in mankind..

[phil h]

I was thinkin' 'bout gettin my leather r-kilt out today, should be nice n warm this winter.

[Raphael]

Take it from an Aussie fellas, nothing would beat a good bit of sheepskin!!

Now You are talking. How about a sheepskin under the wool kilt? with a belt and a sporran made witrh lamb leather.

[The Wizard of BC]

May I interject some points here that come from my cold weather survival schools?

There are five places on your body which you MUST keep warm for the rest of you to feel warm.

In order of priority they are;
1) The top of your head.
2) A trangular area of your back with two points at your shoulders and the third at the base of your spine.
3) The backs of your hands.
4) The tops of your feet.
5) Your nose.

Notice that nowhere does it mention your willie. Look in old pictures and you will see people in very extreme conditions with other parts of their bodies uncovered, but the above, and able to function.

Dress in a hat, a good jacket, a pair of gloves and a pair of dry boots with thick socks and willie and the boys will feel snug and comfy.

It's not about those conditions of the artic in January when any exposed skin is dangerous, but for normal cold and snow, keeping the vital areas warm will do very nicely.

MUG's have been worn for millenia, and in some pretty harsh conditions. If willie feels cold, cover the other part of your body that is actually cold, and willie will thank you.
I am working on an anti-chafe/hygiene add on to my kilts, that started with Riverkilt's fire helmet chafe post, and will have some photos in about a week. But to keep warm look at old pictures of Highlanders, and follow the example.

[mcnice]

in fact 80% of our body warmth is absorbed by the head.

with those long shirts i mind how the under apron could come down...

[James]

In the late 70's I was in Norway with a camping van and new wife-about this time of year: so we were meeting snow and ice-and occasional wifely sense of humour failures.

In those days before I discovered sarongs for night wear-I wore a cotton night shirt-akin to Tshirt material-it came to just about knee level.

Worn under the kilt [a heavy military weight] it kept me perfectly warm--the only problem being the wifely,unfortunately recovered sense of hunmour.

The effect would I think be akin to the long T shirts mentioned in an earlier post-and if feeling the cold a very good idea.

Here in the UK enactors wear the long 'Jacobite' shirt under their kilts, and their appearence lead to correspondence asking-'if they were wearing underskirts'. One could also cite the supposedly accurate Rob Roy film with Liam Neelson. So if one adopted that line, and questions were asked, precedents can be quoted.

Here in southern England a sixteen ounce eight yard kilt seems to defy the worst of the weather.

James

[RockyR]

Actually cotton is not good in cold weather to have next to your skin if you sweat because it holds to much moisture. In summer it's best because of the cooling it provides.

I saw a guy on a show last winter talking about layering and the garment he had next to his torso was a new synthetic that was excellent in keeping you warm and dry but is thin.