Durability of the kilt!

[Riverkilt]

Aye James,

Perhaps because so many of us in the Colonies are only used to seeing traditional kilts at Highland Games, formal affairs, and parades we get to thinking they're for important occasions only. We forget what they were born to.

After some agonizing I wore my 16 oz Strome Macdonald of Kingsburgh kilt to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. The kilt felt like it was part of the landscape. So very natural outdoors in the grandure of nature.

Ron

[Southern Breeze]

I once viewed kilts as being worn at formal affairs,highland games and so forth. Added to that was the price and having knowledge only of the traditional ones. That all changed when I saw a U.K at a renn. fair and checked out the company online and also found out about the other types of kilts. Now I'm wearing the kilt nearly full time. They are indeed much more durable than people think they are.I wear Stillwaters at work and they seem to be holding up rather well.
As for traditionals, I've worn my 22oz kilts hiking several times and had no problems with them.

[Iolaus]

I wouldn't wear a $400 pair of slacks camping, so I'm not going to wear a $400 kilt either; the almost $200 for the UK workman is bad enough!

[Graham]

I wouldn't wear a $400 pair of slacks camping, so I'm not going to wear a $400 kilt either; the almost $200 for the UK workman is bad enough!

Point taken, and one I've thought about a bit, but what are the alternatives?
wear cheap shorts?
wear jeans?
wear a cheap skirt pretending to be a kilt?

$200 or $400, I'll wear a kilt. Like Andrew, I have older kilts that I use for work/roughing it, while keeping my best and most expensive for special use. I find this option works for me.

[Blu (Ontario)]

While not serious harm, I've had a couple of threads pulled up from the surface of the wool while walking through some thick waist high weeds and thistles. I used a needle and thread to pull the loops back thru and then stretched the puckered threads into place. I've never had a 3 corner tear to deal with... thankfully.