Help me understand utilikilts

[arrogcow]

No offense, I tried to make it clear that this was a very limited exposure to utilikilts. I assumed commission, don't really know why. Of course, the customer is right, and a "bad fit" freely chosen is everybody's right.

(not to argue, but here in Canada R-kilts prices work out better, but I'll double check that. Even so, for that price difference I'd go with Robert's but that's me and it doesn't mean everybody has to follow, really.)

Definitely no offense. I wasn't trying to get into a shouting match, just clarifying some points.

Didn't know you were in Canada (if peope would put their location in their profile I would know ;) .

But at current exchange rate a UK workmans is still $25 cheaper (I just checked $225 in C Dollars and I used the calculator on R Kilts site) in Canada before any import costs (don't know what they are). However, I do understand wanting an R Kilt. As I said I intend to buy one mostly because I want denim, and UK doesn't make a denim workmans, only duc cloth.

Adam

[PaulS]

My first kilt was a Utilikilt. I had several friends who had one or two, and they like them a great deal. So, I got one, and tried it out.

Turns out, I really, really liked the freedom that a kilt provided. So, I started buying others. I got a Sportkilt (in Black Watch tartan) next, then a Lindsay Tartan Sportkilt (Lindsay is a common middle or first name in my family, due to the amount of Lindsays married into my family, my great-great grandmother was a Lindsay, and it was my great-grandfather's middle name, many of my cousins have it as a first or middle name, and it is my son's first name), and, due to the number of people who had Stillwater kilts on this site and others, a Nightstalker tartan SWK.

Of all of them, I like the Stillwater kilt the best. It's a more traditional kilt cut, although made from alternative materials, and I've found that I like that type of kilt the best (I live in GA, and wool is hot). But I still wear all of my kilts, including my Utilikilt. I'm really grateful to the people I know who had Utilikilts and recommended I get one, because that's what started me on my kilt-wearing journey. But, that's not where it's ended, I'm looking to get a few more Stillwater Kilts right now, and after that, I'll probably save up and get a kilt in MacKinnon Red from a major wool kilt manufacturer, as my grandmother is a MacKinnon (my great-grandfather's name was Angus MacKinnon, you can't get much more Scottish than that).

The point of my ramble is this: if I had never gotten a Utilikilt, I might never have been exposed to how comfortable and awesome kilts are, might not be wearing a kilt right now and planning on replacing most of my casual and formal lower-body wear with kilts, as I am now. There may be other companies out there that offer a more traditional product in solid colors than the Utilikilt people do, but Utilikilts is certainly getting the word out.

[Iolaus]

My first kilt was a Utilikilt...
...The point of my ramble is this: if I had never gotten a Utilikilt, I might never have been exposed to how comfortable and awesome kilts are, might not be wearing a kilt right now and planning on replacing most of my casual and formal lower-body wear with kilts, as I am now....

So...you're saying UKs are like a gateway drug? ;)