Finally... kilted goodness! *pics*

**MacMillans son** · 26th August 10, 07:27 PM

Very nice Tobus! My compliments to your wife and Josh on their beautiful work.

Does your wife have any interest in making other belts? I would be interested in having a conversation with her if she does.

Brooke

**ShaunMaxwell** · 26th August 10, 09:19 PM

Looks great! Congratulations on your new acquisitions... First rate stuff all around.

**Dale Seago** · 26th August 10, 11:04 PM

Very sharp-looking indeed, all of it. Congrats!!

**Tobus** · 27th August 10, 04:24 AM

Originally Posted by MacMillan's son

Very nice Tobus! My compliments to your wife and Josh on their beautiful work.

Does your wife have any interest in making other belts? I would be interested in having a conversation with her if she does.

Brooke

Heh, I warned her that once I posted these pictures, people would start asking that exact question! She would likely be willing to do it, but it would be fairly expensive. Probably more than most kilt-wearers would be willing to pay. It takes a lot of time and patience to tool a belt like this (which is why most companies just offer embossed belts). So the answer is "maybe". PM me details of what you're looking for, and I will pass it on to her.

I will second (or third) the comments about the belt. Your wife did an absolutely incredible job on that. Looks like full grain leather, not the cheap top grain you get most places.

Yeah, the saddle shop pretty much has to order the best leather they can find, or the tooling ends up looking like garbage and the quality of the saddles (and belts and chaps and everything else they make) suffers. I believe they get their leather from Hermann Oak.

**docr606** · 27th August 10, 05:54 AM

The outfit looks great ! ! Being a recent recipient of a Skye Highland Outfitters box-pleated kilt, I say you can't go wrong with Skye... As for the belt through the loops, if you put the belt through the loops, and the sporran not, it's much easier to slide the sporran to the side when you use the men's room ( just a suggestion ). Anyway, you will love the kilt ! !

**caig** · 27th August 10, 09:17 AM

Well done, Tobus for putting together a very smart outfit. Your shoes are particularly right, and, of course, you cannot do better than English shoes. Sanders are an excellent make. Your "proper" brogues are far better than those awful ghillie brogues, worn by so many kilties, but I cannot stand them.

**Mike_Oettle** · 27th August 10, 09:54 AM

Tobus, it’s hard to say which I like more – your kilt, your sporran or your belt and buckle.
I surprise myself in liking the sporran, since I had sworn off horse hair. But then that is probably because in my regiment the rankers (including me) wore plain black leather pouches, while the officers had white horse hair sporrans with black tassels. It all got a bit much after a while, seeing all those bits of horse hair flying around.
Then of course there is the variation where the main theme is black and the tassels are white. But even that is a bit of a muchness.
The brown hair of your sporran puts the whole thing in a different light, as does the top flap, as opposed to the silver-and-black cantles our officers had.
Your wife is to be congratulated on her fine workmanship. She is not wrong in saying she will charge a solid price for her work, and I don’t blame her for not wanting to take on too much.
But it might be nice to own a sample of her work some day.
Regards,
Mike

**BobsYourUncle** · 27th August 10, 10:20 AM

Really outstanding turnout! You have done a great job putting it all together. Everyone else has already said it all, but the belt is an outstanding piece of work, and you wear it proudly. Well done!