IDEAL v. BUDGET

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

I know most of you said save up for the best, but I'm only 17 and buying a $300 kilt that I'll grow out of doesn't seem like the best idea right now. So I'm gonna stick with buying inexpensive but good quality (like USAkilts) till then.

I like the responses, keep em up!

You've got exactly the right idea. What you should be buying, right now, is anything silver mounted-- kilt pins, sgians dubh, sporrans, belt buckles. My first silver mounted sgian dubh cost $35, brand new, from a shop (JR Christie), in Santa Monica, California. Today the same item is over 300 GBPounds (about $475) in Scotland.

Save up and buy the very best accessories you can because you will never out grow them.

[Nick the DSM]

You've got exactly the right idea. What you should be buying, right now, is anything silver mounted-- kilt pins, sgians dubh, sporrans, belt buckles. My first silver mounted sgian dubh cost $35, brand new, from a shop (JR Christie), in Santa Monica, California. Today the same item is over 300 GBPounds (about $475) in Scotland.

Save up and buy the very best accessories you can because you will never out grow them.

I'm slowly trying, I'm looking at getting sgian dubh and more importantly a better sporran as well(won't be silver yet). I still gotta go through college, so I gotta save money too.