Physiometrics and standard lengths

[Aldisimo]

I wish Jerry would add 22" kilts to his line.

And shorten the fell by an inch, too.

[Tommie]

Im 5-11,170,and 34 to 36 waist.and I usally take two inches off Jerrys kilts.
I like the kilt to hit the top of the knee cap,and wear them just at my navel.
May not be the correct way to wear them,but who cares,its how it feels that I care about.
They just dont look right above my navel.
Throw me in for 22 maybe even 22.5 inch kilts from Jerry would be great.

[svc40bt]

I am 5' 11". My USA Kilts Semi-Traditional at 22" length, selvage just above the knee cap, sits 1-2" above my navel; long torso, short legs. Put me down for 22" Stillwaters as well.

[CDNSushi]

It's easy for someone in my shoes (183cm, 85kg -- sorry, my American brothers -- I've been living in metricland so long now that I've forgotten what that is in Imperial. I know 183 is 6'0" but I have no idea about 85kg in pounds) to comment on this issue... But as far as kilt length goes, it's always easier to shorten something if you need to. Lengthening is rather impossible. Rather than waiting until a purveyor of kilts starts selling shorter ones, it's probably much easier to befriend a good seamstress or tailor.

FWIW, all my "standard" off-the-rack kilts -- SWK, KM, and Hassan Geoffrey, are identical in length and are very similar in how they sit around my waist. I do find that the most comfortable position for them is just below the navel, and if I wear it at that position and kneel (as if in prayer), the bottom edge of the kilt comes within about 1 cm of the floor, but doesn't quite touch it. This, according to everything I've read, is the correct length.

Now, if you go shopping on the Utilikilts website, they do have their "contour cut" (used to be called the beergut cut) for the more "fluffy" gentleman (fluffy -- as in Garbriel Iglesias). Examining some of those may help in your physiometric analysis.

[Tim Little]

I'm 5' 8.5", and I can wear a 24" kilt only if the top is just under my ribcage, military style. But, SWKs aren't really configured with that military rise, so they just look wrong on me. I wish Jerry would add 22" kilts to his line. His sales would go through the roof...!

Ditto!

Me too! I'd be all over a SWK Standard Weathered Mackenzie in 22" or 22.5". Jerry...?

[Ian.MacAllan]

Useful conversion factors:
1 Kg = 2.2 lbs
1 inch = 2.5 cm

183 cm = 6' 1.2"
85 Kg = 187 lbs

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[puffer]

I'm 6' 1½" 170lbs. and I can't even consider a Stillwater, as I need 25½" length.

Have you contacted Jerry ??

I am 5'10 1/2"" With a 33" waist & "slendered Hipped". All of my kilts ( up to now ) are "high waisted ( Mil.) Jerry made me 3 with a 25" length.

Here is a pic.





Puffer

[Tommie]

Me too! I'd be all over a SWK Standard Weathered Mackenzie in 22" or 22.5". Jerry...?

Tim I just recieved a SWK Standard Weathered Mackenzie last week a made the adjustment to the length no problem.
There is a thin red line allmost four inches from the bottom that is red running over the other colors,so this is what i did.
From the inside,I turned the material under two inches to where it just barely covers the red line inside an pressed it all the way around.
Then I machine stitched through the red line on the outside( Using red thread that matched of course),and you cannot tell at all where the stitch is.
Turned out about 22 and a half inches long in length.

Cant do this on my other Mackenzie because the stitching would show in the white stripe.Been thinking of trying to hand sew it on the inside.

[Southern Breeze]

I'm 5'8, 156 lbs, 30" waist. It takes a 23" length for me so I shorten it by an inch. Hemming one up is pretty simple.

[Mike in Dayton]

I like the length to be at the top of the knee cap so 23" works for me on a traditional kilt. Two of my contemporary kilts I wear at the hip where I would my jeans. One is 21" or maybe it was 20", don't remember. It comes to the top of the knee. The second turned out to be closer to 19" so it is little short but for summer hiking it works.

Mike