Wearing your tank regularly?

[Kilted_John]

For a while, I usually wore UK's, but I've switched back to wearing my tanks all the time when I'm in public. I usually do wear kilt hose, especially during the winter. Just looks better to me, even if I happen to have a pair of running shoes on.
-J

[Hamish]

Hosehead,
As has already been stated, 'Tanks' (how I dislike that word!) are built to be worn, not kept in mothballs to be brought out for special occasions only! Of course they can be worn casually, semi-formally and downright formally - why not? Take a look at my Photo Album (linked below) to see the wide variety of ways in which kilts, any kilts, can be worn.

Just one word of advice, however: please be careful about wearing patterned shirts/tops with tartan kilts. Differing patterns/tartans usually manage to shout, yell and scream at each other! Best to go for a plain shirt and ideally one whose colour matches one of the less conspicuous colours in the tartan of your kilt - in the case of your County Laois, I would select the light beige colour.

Good Luck, and

[flyv65]

Hosehead,
As has already been stated, 'Tanks' (how I dislike that word!)

True, it's not a terribly attractive phrase: still, it *is* an accurate term of endearment! Durable, dependable, attractive within its design spec-ya gotta love 'em.

Bryan...what do you like better, Hamish?...

[Prester John]

With apologies to the venerable Hamish,

I love the term 'tank'

It definitely makes me want more kilts.

[mudd]

OK. I give up. I've been tryin' to figure it out.

What's a "tank"?

[Hamish]

True, it's not a terribly attractive phrase: still, it *is* an accurate term of endearment! Durable, dependable, attractive within its design spec-ya gotta love 'em.

Bryan...what do you like better, Hamish?...

Well, I am not wanting to highjack the thread nor to drag up this old 'kilt naming' chestnut yet again but, as far as I am concerned, tanks are either large containers for water and other liquids, or they are aggressive, armoured vehicles designed for the purpose of destruction and killing - and I am saying nothing more about that here, because it is a subject that does not have a place in this forum.

What do I like better? I prefer the term used for very many years by the long-established kiltmakers of Scotland, which is 'Traditional'! An 8 yard kilt with a 2" rise is known as a traditional kilt. Virtually any other kilt is known as a casual kilt. Of course, now that kilts are coming in all shapes, colours, fabrics, designs, styles, etc., etc. - some with pockets, others without; some with wide aprons some with narrow; some with buttons, velcro or snaps, the accurate naming of them is becoming increasingly difficult. However, I still prefer the simplicity of 'traditional' and 'casual'.

My apologies to Hosehead for causing his thread to deviate - I'll see it doesn't happen again! ;)

[Eujeankilt]

OK. I give up. I've been tryin' to figure it out.

What's a "tank"?

A "Tank" is a term coined by Jimmy Carbomb, I believe, that refers to a traditional 8 yard worsted wool tartan kilt (generally handsewn, but not always), usually in heavyweight - 16 oz, suitable for formal wear, and as it seems from this thread, casual wear too.

Hey guys, did I miss anything?


Dale

[flyv65]

Well, I am not wanting to highjack the thread nor to drag up this old 'kilt naming' chestnut yet again but, as far as I am concerned, tanks are either large containers for water and other liquids, or they are aggressive, armoured vehicles designed for the purpose of destruction and killing.

My apologies, gang- I hadn't realized I was plowing previously planted fields. I would still support the tank nomenclature, if only because the human body is mostly water, and there is a generous amount of me to contain. :-D

Bryan...I retain even more water if I drink beer...

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

My apologies, gang- I hadn't realized I was plowing previously planted fields. I would still support the tank nomenclature, if only because the human body is mostly water, and there is a generous amount of me to contain. :-D

Bryan...I retain even more water if I drink beer...

LOL, but are you also an aggressive, armoured (which might well include wearing a tank) vehicle designed for destruction? I really think that you would need to be both to continue to contribute to this discussion!:-D:-D

[Andrew Breecher]

I wear my "tank" all the time (well, I wear other kilts too, but I definitely do not limit the amount of wear my tank gets). I've worn it hiking, snowshoeing, with Chacos and a t-shirt, with an Argyle jacket and tie, with running shoes and a rugby shirt. I've worn it to bars, to the tops of mountains, to weddings, to beer festivals, to a Buddhist tea room, while chopping firewood, while playing guitar, while hitchhiking across Ireland, while shoveling snow. It's good for just about anything, just about anywhere. It's still as gorgeous as the day I purchased it, and the only way I'll limit how much I wear it is when I get another one some day.

Andrew.