Unbuckling Kilt Straps For Storage

[Riverkilt]

So I'm looking at the certificate Kathy Lare sent with my Leatherneck tartan hand sewn kilt that arrived today (pics tomorrow when its light out).

She includes a "Care Instructions" section. For the first time I noticed that she's suggested under the Storage section, "Buckling [kilt] straps during storage will cause unnecessary ridges to form."

I never noticed that before. So, I'm off to unbuckle my kilts and let them hang free.

Anyone know more about this suggestion? Either its new, or I've missed it before.

I've been leaving my kilts buckled while they're on hangars - for convenience. I'm a "step in" type kilt guy.

Thanks,

Ron

[Dreadbelly]

I am done with you
Straps unbuckled in the dark
Closet full of kilts.

*Rings a tiny gong, bows, and runs away*

[Riverkilt]

I want a BIG gong please....lots of NOISE....something to shake the moth eggs out of the wool.

Thank you,

Ron

[Dreadbelly]

Request of elder
Dreadbelly smashes giant gong
Moth eggs now explode.

*Grabs giant mallet, strikes gargantuan gong*

[Riverkilt]

Ahhhhh....unstrapped Nirvana....bliss.....Ohmmmmmm....Kilted Heaven....Ohmmmm....at one with the grass the sheep ate to grow the wool.....Ohmmmmm......

Ron (unstrapped)

[MacWage]

I think these 2 have lost their minds
*(Making BIG assumption)

Riverkilt,
Good reminder!

[Dreadbelly]

I drank an entire QUART of warm sake yesterday.

I believe it has had some strange mystical effects on me.

Either that, or the plum wine. Or maybe the cherry blossoms blooming.

This Ronin having strange clarity of mind today.

[pdcorlis]

Unbuckled? Yup that pretty well sums it up all right...

[Bob C]

I've always unbuckled my kilts before hanging them.

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

Ron, sounds like you do something I have wondered about, namely taking off the kilt without unbuckling the straps. I find that if I push down the front of the kilt, I get enough slack to push it all the way down and step out. I do unbuckle (or rip the Velcro open on USAK's) it to put on the next time. I "could" step back in, but that means shoving the shirt down in the waistband and pulling it straight. Easier to put the shirt on first, then strap the kilt over it.