Black hemp RKilt review

**Dreadbelly** · 6th February 07, 08:35 PM

Need something to wear with your green tights eh?

I got to wear it today out and aboot. For a while. I spent most of the day hooking on the couch. (Crocheting... Not whatever it was you were thinking) Wore it down to the grocery store. High wind... Really high wind gusts. Kilt was to stiff to lift. Kilt that doesn't lift doesn't lose heat. Which means... Warmth!

Human interaction was interesting. People commented mostly "Hey, that's not tartan!" One person said that it was the most suitable thing they could think of for a dwarf to wear... Black kilt, shiny metal buckles and hardware. I think I almost blushed I was so flattered. Another person said I need to hang a sword off of it. The best comment of all today was in the store, from one of the clerks. "Does the Grim Reaper know you raided his closet?" That one made me chuckle.

Something about it is different than a tartan kilt. People are used to seeing me kilted. Well, those that know me. They say stuff now only occasionally, if at all. It seems to have become 'normal' to them. With the black hole effect of Robert's most excellent hemp kilt, even people who barely notice me any more are totally freaked out and are back to saying something. Getting called Darth Douglas today got my attention... One older woman said it looks menacing on me. The black gets a lot of attention... I really don't know how to explain it, but it defies what a lot of people think a kilt is... Especially around here were so many people don't even know what a kilt is. This kilt dares you to stop and stare at it... Even observers desensitised to seeing me in a kilt were completely floored by it. It has a strange effect on people, more so than the tartan kilts I wear. Even my wife says so, but she can't say what or why it is.

A neighbor said she felt goosebumps on her skin and the hair on the back of her neck stood up when she watched me walking down the hall. Something about how the kilt swished back and forth when I walked and how black it was.

My new kilt may perhaps be the only think blacker than my dog.

**Jeremiah** · 6th February 07, 10:25 PM

I don't know if I have the moxie to pull off a leather kilt....

**Jeremiah** · 6th February 07, 10:49 PM

My good friend is getting married soon, and I have decided to honor the occasion by purchasing a kilt (ok, my motivation isn't all that pure) but I was just thinking that one of these black hemp kilts would look ultra sleek with this belt

one of these braided straps

and this lovely sporran I already own which I bought from USAKilts a while back

What do you think? Imagine that with that dark coat and shirt, I'd be the Johnny Cash of Kilts.

**Splash_4** · 7th February 07, 06:52 AM

Originally Posted by Dreadbelly

N"Does the Grim Reaper know you raided his closet?"

That was a good line there Dread! It should be in your signature!

**Graham** · 7th February 07, 07:00 AM

Dread, re. reactions to a black kilt...I was walking through the mall one day when a senior lass sitting by asked me if that was a "work kilt"!!!

I told her that I was impressed with her understanding of the intricacies of contemporary kilts and told her she was correct!!

**Dreadbelly** · 7th February 07, 07:06 AM

I was on the fence for a long time with solid coloured kilts. I didn't think I'd get one. This is your fault Graham.

**Canuck** · 7th February 07, 07:20 AM

Originally Posted by Dreadbelly

I was on the fence for a long time with solid coloured kilts. I didn't think I'd get one. This is your fault Graham.

I can honestly say I know where this is going.....

**Dreadbelly** · 7th February 07, 07:25 AM

And where would that be?

I am still mad at you for pumping my package full of sweet smelling leather kilt air!

I am over here trying to save up for a sewing machine and last night while I lay innocently snoring, I had fevered dreams of a green leather kilt.

**RockyR** · 7th February 07, 07:33 AM

Originally Posted by Jeremiah

What do you think? Imagine that with that dark coat and shirt, I'd be the Johnny Cash of Kilts.

Music fades in the background...

You wonder why I always dress in black
Why you never see bright colors on my back
And why does my appearance seem to have a somber tone
See there's a reason for the things that i have owned

**Canuck** · 7th February 07, 07:44 AM

Originally Posted by Dreadbelly

And where would that be?

I had fevered dreams of a green leather kilt.

I think you and Graham share the same dream...and this could turn out to be very very very ugly!!!! Thank fully I'm thousands of kilometres from both of you...so I can sit back and watch how this is gonna play out....maybe I should start a poll to see which of the two of you will be in a supple green leather kilt first.