I have a nice heavy Dirk Belt and a couple cool-looking Edwardian buckles and a dirk too... however I rarely wear that stuff.
In spite of my "figure" resembling a big potato I've never had any trouble with my kilts staying put.
Dirk Belts were never intended to support the kilt- my theory is that Americans (and others) use the belt for that purpose by false analogy with pants ("pants need a belt to hold them up, so a kilt must be like that too").
Ditto shoving the Dirk Belt through the kilt's loops (if the kilt has them- mine don't).
Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte
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