Finally... kilted goodness! *pics*

[docr606]

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]

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]

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

[artificer]

Sweet! Everything looks great. I guess it WAS a happy birthday

BTW: congratulations to the wife, the tooled belt turned out amazing, and I really love the way it works with the buckle.

[Tobus]

The only thing I would recommend is not to put the kilt belt through the loops at the back but put your sporran strap through them.

Ah yes, I do recall now that that's the best recommended way to do it. I shall do that in the future. Thanks!

Hey Tobe-
Let me be the absolute first to say how AWESOME you look!!! Man.......Just smashing!

Thank you sir! Excellent work!

[Hothir Ethelnor]

ye're looking mighty grand there.

[Santa Wally]

Beautiful kilt and my compliments to your wife... a stunning job on the belt, it is fantastic. A perfect color match on the hose.

[Rollo]

Congratulations ! Very nice !

[ohiopiper]

Very nice bit of gear all the way around.

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.

[Mael Coluim]

First rate all away around, Tobus! Looking grand!!