Where to start with a kilt?

[Jdot84]

I myself am a gentelman of substance, my personal opinion would be go with the 8yard ( it will probably be more like 9yards, mine is) 13 oz. I think it hangs better than a 5 yard and the pleats are deeper. I wear mine to games and events and have no problem with the heaft. Depending on where you live you may go with an 8 yard 16 oz but that gets fairly warm if you are in a warmer climate.
Good luck and happy kilting!

[Nighthawk]

I myself am a gentelman of substance, my personal opinion would be go with the 8yard ( it will probably be more like 9yards, mine is) 13 oz. I think it hangs better than a 5 yard and the pleats are deeper. I wear mine to games and events and have no problem with the heaft. Depending on where you live you may go with an 8 yard 16 oz but that gets fairly warm if you are in a warmer climate.
Good luck and happy kilting!

Going with what he said... I also am in the Men Of Substance group, and I agree completely. I got a 5 yard Scotweb kilt, and am really disapointed with it. It didn't work well for me at all. On the other hand, the USA Kilts semitrad and 5 yard wool kilts are exceptional. They use ***more*** than 5 yards for us bigger guys so that the kilt looks like it should, which Scotweb didn't do. They stuck with 5 yards and not an inch more, and it looks terrible. Also- for the games, I would deffinately recomend the semitrad, especially if you live in a warm climate. I live in Denver, which is a desert climate- cold as hell in the winter and hot as hell in the summer. For the summer games, my semitrad looks great (looks so much like wool that you can't tell the difference without actually touching it) and is very comfortable.

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