Comment on wearing a kilt.

[beloitpiper]

It happens. Kilts + rugby shirt = an intimidating look.

Plus, the sgian dubh doesn't help...

[The Supreme Canuck]

Hey, I'll take being seen as crazy/tough over being seen as an object of derision any day.

[AnimalK]

I got the same reaction from a huge guy in a USMC T-shirt.

I told him "I'm not the baddest guy on the planet--- but the guy who is calls me every morning to make sure we're still friends..."

Then he found out it was the "Leatherneck" tartan from SportKilt.

He said he just might get one himself.

I bought him a beer.

[TimC]

Yeah, I get it a lot but I thought it was because of the bald head, goatee and a few tattoos?

-Tim

[Fedgunner]

I wonder if is simply the manifestation of the self confidence it takes to wear a kilt.

[ccga3359]

I've sensed the "don't mess with a kilted man" before. Of course I would never mess with a kiltie, what if he knocked me down and I accidentally looked up ? That would be the last thing I would want to see as my life ended!

[RK-REX]

Yeah, I get it a lot but I thought it was because of the bald head, goatee and a few tattoos?

-Tim

Not me...nope, never.

[KiltedKnight]

The biggest and baddest actors usually aren't. The most capable and most dangerous people are always the most polite and amiable folks around, they have nothing to prove but the guy who goes out of his way to look scary is usually trying to cover up something and putting on a bluff.

Talk to a US Army Ranger and you'll find a very nice person who knows what it's all about and doesn't put on some big show. And ah, you Marines out there...The US Army Ranger school trains your Force Recon Marines, so get over it...LOL!

[RK-REX]

Methinks you're delving into a whole different aspect. I've yet to meet a kilted man who was trying to "act" tough. It's all about being confident. It's like Gene Simons from Kiss said in an interview on NPR. "I may not be the best looking or the smartest guy in the room, but I'm going to be the one leaving with your girlfriend because I'm confident."

You have to hold your head a little bit higher when you wear a kilt, if you do, people see your confidence and realize that you're "tough enough" to wear a kilt and look like there is nothing wrong, so you must be a tough guy. I look kinda scary with no hair and a decent build, but most of the time I'm smiling, so it doesn't matter.

[The Supreme Canuck]

It's the same deal as bullying in grade school - if you laugh things off, you get left alone.

"Ah, nuts. He's laughing at me. Hm. HE must think he's the alpha male. There must be a good reason... maybe he can lay me out with one punch. I'm outta here!"

Good old biological instinct.