outdoor kilts

[Wompet]

Wool kicks ***. I use wool outer socks with polypropylene liners for skiing so my toes stay toasty. Wick that sweat away from your skin, and even wet wool socks insulate very well. Same goes, it seems, for the fur/hide of any cold-climate animal. Whether evolved or designed, it works. Now if I could just find a wild nauga and a buck gortx on my next hunt....

Silly Angus - nauga and gortx are endangered in the wild. You can only get them farm-raised. (Get the free-range gortx if you can - a littel pricier, but worth it.)

Well then... is there anyone who makes a plain wool (not tartan) heavyweight knockabout kilt? Could be machine-sewn, for that matter. Something cheaper than a traditional hand-sewn tartan tank, but with all the right properties for some hard core outdoor activity? That would be ideal.

I'm picturing a "Woolrich" type of kilt, sort of like the UK Workman's might be called the "Carhartt." [Coming soon to a Cabela's near you...]

And pockets! Pockets are good.

If ya know where I can get something like that, let me know!

Canuck made mention in a couple of posts about using hemp (not wool, I know, but better than cotton), but I don't know if anything ever came of it. An RKilt in plain wool ... probably have to modify how the cargo pockets are fastened to the kilt ...

[Woodsheal]

Here are some machine-sewn 5-yd heavyweights available in solid black and some earthy looking hunting and ancient tartans:

http://scottishkilts.net/products/5_...yard_kilt.html

Would make great hiking kilts! (But I'd still go with a belted plaid - or "great kilt" if you prefer. That way you're wearing an extra wool blanket!)