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**12stones** · 24th July 08, 06:02 AM

Very nicely done!! I like that pleating pattern.

**DWFII** · 24th July 08, 07:02 AM

Bill,

Well, if everything works out the way it should, it will be a specially designed tartan (awaiting make-up into a kilt and registration with STA) designed for me by Matt Newsome. I get to name it though.

**BEEDEE** · 24th July 08, 07:56 AM

That is a very striking pleat job! Well done.

Brian

**Macman** · 24th July 08, 09:17 AM

I'm glad you're happy with your new kilt. I like the pleating very much. You look great in it!

**michaelbeeman** · 24th July 08, 12:07 PM

Woo Hoo! Great looking kilt DW. Looks like the addiction is settling in nicely!

**McFarkus** · 24th July 08, 12:29 PM

That's a beauty!

**jmercier** · 24th July 08, 08:19 PM

Looking very stylish =)

Kilts + button down shirts + facial hair = great combination for a classy look =P

I like the simple belt too. How wide is that belt? looks like it's closer to 3 inches than 2 and a quarter or whatever the usual off the shelf type kilt belt is. I'm a big fan of wide belts with the kilt, my favorite belt to wear with my kilt is 3" wide, a ranger-belt

**SteveB** · 24th July 08, 09:04 PM

Really nice look, and I bet swish with that pleating on such a large sett tartan. I really like the overall look you have presented.

**DWFII** · 26th July 08, 05:48 PM

Originally Posted by jmercier

I like the simple belt too. How wide is that belt? looks like it's closer to 3 inches than 2 and a quarter or whatever the usual off the shelf type kilt belt is. I'm a big fan of wide belts with the kilt, my favorite belt to wear with my kilt is 3" wide, a ranger-belt

Thanks.

The belt is a 2.5" I believe. I made it myself using bridle leather and a buckle I got from CavScout. He makes almost identical belts...well, similar, anyway, but undoubtedly better as that is his specialty. It is a simple, not-too-rococo, look that is both elegant and masculine.

I have a black bridle leather blank set aside for a dress belt...again in 2.5" but I cannot decide between a simple nickel buckle similar to the brass one I'm wearing or something in pewter but more ornate--like a Celtic knot. Seems like the price for the buckle is the same either way.