Too Cold for a kilt...not likely

[Riverkilt]

Hey Ranald,

I live on a place called "The Windy Mesa." Thought about those weights too...even went to WalMart looking for curtain weights.

Have done a lot of hiking in the boonies in the wind to get used to having the kilts fly around. Usually not as bad as I fear when the wind catches it.

Yet, don't know a kilt out there, that if the wind catches it right, won't fly up with the apron in your face and a free show below...freaked out some poor Navajo grandma at the Tuba City Swap Meet last summer.

Not sure I'd wanna get whomped in the noggin by those weights when they flew up.

Only thing that helped me was noticing that when its windy the ladies often walk with their arms straight down at their sides, sort of like a mobile position of attention, to keep their billowing Navajo skirts from flying up.

Figure if I can do that "butt sweep" when I sit down in a kilt I can hold my arms there too to keep the kilt down. Works for me.

Of course a 16 oz Strome kilt gives less trouble in the wind than a kilt made of synthetic material.

Don't have much problem with the UK Workman's or the Survival II when the little apron toggles are secured.

Ron
Who lives on a mesa between a deep canyon and a broad lake...the wind is almost always blowing.

[MacMullen]

I love "playing" in the snow while kilted by moving that white stuff around.

People do seem to have a major misconception about the warmth of the kilt, if only they could find out.

I've been outside in the snow with my kilt on plenty of times. I was talking about snow blowing up the kilt as a result of the snowblower. Snow outside the kilt is different from snow inside the kilt.

That said, I think the warmth of kilts in the winter has been compared to wearing mittens as opposed to gloves (trousers). I agree, I wouldn't hesitate to go out in the snow in my kilt, just not for snowblowing.

[Wompet]

Well while traveling to Buffalo this weekend for thanksgiving, I packed two sets of clothes for each day one for wearing a kilt and one for wearing pants. The weather was supposed to be cold less than 32 for each day, so i didnt' know what it would be like with kilts on. I had heard everyone say I would be fine, but I had lived in Buffalo for 24 years, and I know how cold things are there, so I worried. Everyday I went out kilted with no problems once so ever. Then on Friday we went to the movies and while the movie was going on we got 6 to 7 inches, so I went home to snowblow for my father. here are some pictures:

The kilt was a black SWK economy, and I was toasty warm the whole time.

So, that does that mean the Buffalo Kilt Night is still on for next Saturday? Looks like it will just about freezing with a chance of snow.

Frankly, it was about time Buffalo had some snow. Jamestown, Dunkirk/Fredonia, Eden-Angola, and Hamburg have already had 1-2 feet (at once), and that paltry six inches was all Buffalo has gotten so far. That's barely worth getting a shovel out for!
Sorry, I spent my first 27 years in the snowbelt within the snowbelt (south of the I-90 ridge), getting buried in amounts that equalled the fabled "snows of Buffalo," and then waiting for the township plows to come by and clear the roads (and block the driveway in the process). Buffalo has been a disappointment so far.

I spent the weekend snowshoeing in the NW PA woods, and even with temps in the 20s-30s my UK Workmans was warm (a little too warm - I had to limit my upper body clothing to a t-shirt and polyester sweatshirt (Hunter Orange) to keep from overheating). The only times my legs got cold were when one of the 'modesty snaps' made contact (any suggestions on how to fix that?) and when I wasn't too careful bringing up my back foot - snow comes off toe of shoe, hits opposite knee between gaiters and kilt .

[possingk]

My parents live in a suburb lancaster but I think South buffalo got about the same amount.

Kilt night is still on Darcey McGee's we will be there between 8:30 and 9 on that saturday I am hoping that is early enough to find a comfortable place to hang out. I will bump the post up this Friday and we will try to keep it going.

I was much more comfortable in my SWK plain black kilt in the cold (could be the heavier material), but I much prefer wearing my USA Kilt Scottish National, so that is probably what I will be wearing. I will just make sure I have a coat to hold it down if needed.

[Sherry]

I still think you snow-bound guys are a lot hardier in the cold than I am. We've been having lovely temps here in Texas, & I'm sitting here typing with cold hands. Must get some coffee...


Sherry

[Iolaus]

:mrgreen: :mrgreen: They say it might drop below 50 degrees tonight; time to throw another blanket on the bed. ;-)

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

:mrgreen: :mrgreen: They say it might drop below 50 degrees tonight; time to throw another blanket on the bed. ;-)

Come on Iolaus! Another or just A blanket on the bed!

[Iolaus]

Come on Iolaus! Another or just A blanket on the bed!

You mean that thin flannel fabric doesn't count as a blanket?

[Ruanaidh]

It was 23 degrees F in El Paso this morning with a good wind blowing. I was warm as toast in my 16 oz. kilt, aran sweater and leather jacket.

[Wompet]

It was 23 degrees F in El Paso this morning with a good wind blowing. I was warm as toast in my 16 oz. kilt, aran sweater and leather jacket.

And it started out 65 F yesterday and it's dropped to 41 F. It's ironic - i left El Paso to return to the lands of real winter, and we were warmer here today!

Ruanaidh, here's a little fun you can have with native El Pasoans. Once the weather gets "cold" - below 55 F , intentionally walk by a native El Pasoan (who is now wearing thick socks, thermal underwear, undershirt, longsleeve shirt, sweater, winter coat, wool cap, scarf, and gloves) in a kilt; and before they can ask the winter question, ask them "Aren't you warm?" Hijole!
You're guaranteed interesting results every time!

PS - the first couple times I would reccommend doing this to people you know. Strangers can react unpredictably.