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    The kiltie is the fringe tassel at the base of the laces which apparently are designed to keep logging spoil from getting up under your laces. Now, why is that item called a kiltie? No idea

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    Quote Originally Posted by Taskr View Post
    The kiltie is the fringe tassel at the base of the laces which apparently are designed to keep logging spoil from getting up under your laces. Now, why is that item called a kiltie? No idea
    Thanks. I may look into some longer -- thus more practical -- kilties for my own boots, which see non-trivial levels of chainsaw dust when we run the stove hard.

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