Kilt wearing in Scotland

[Howard Clark]

Well just to be the devil's advocate, the only reasons I can see to NOT to wear a kilt for work, is working around power take off shafts or other things with big moving parts that could wrap you up in them, and animal feces. Barring those two things, I see no reason why it would be inappropriate. One is for your own safety, obviously, the second for the benefit of the kilt.

And yes, I do know about farms, and working on one. Born and raised on one, and still own a small one, though I am not actively engaged in agriculture nowadays except for a little gardening, and taking care of a yard that is too big. I do occasionally assist one or more of my neighbors or the fellows that rent my land, but generally with mechanical troubles that have proven insoluble by other means. Sometimes I have to make machinery parts that are unavailable.

I work full time as a blacksmith/sword smith, and wear a kilt full time, mostly because I like it. I find the kilt to be an eminently practical garment for the work I do. Obviously, others may have different opinions.

[Phil]

You are talking to a kilt wearing Scottish farmer Phil!

Then you must be one of the very, very few and you are talking to the son of a former senior inspector of agriculture and fisheries and in all my many forays to innumerable farms with him as well as the Royal Highland show I have yet to meet another kilted farmer. That was, of course, over 30 years ago so things may have changed since.

[Jock Scot]

Then you must be one of the very, very few and you are talking to the son of a former senior inspector of agriculture and fisheries and in all my many forays to innumerable farms with him as well as the Royal Highland show I have yet to meet another kilted farmer. That was, of course, over 30 years ago so things may have changed since.

Change? Good gracious me, whatever next?As long as I am not made extinct, I am happy to to remain amongst "the very,very few"!

[kiltedsawyer]

Well, he's a Scottish farmer, and the story mainly takes place in Scotland. Actually, it's a huge undertaking for me to write about a place I have never been... Wish me luck!

I would strongly suggest that you go. Try writing a description of the area around you in Utah, see how much easier it is, how much more color you can bring to it, than you can if you were describing the face of the moon. You need to go.

My two cents,
David

[Leprechaun 91]

Yikes! Jock and Phil are about to kick off the X-Marks clan feud. LOL I think it would be agreed that all in the forum are among the rare people of the world.

I must agree that there is only really the safety issue to consider when discussing farm work in a kilt. Soiling the kilt may b an issue as well. Depending on the task at hand, I can see no reason why a farmer would not perhaps start his day kilted and move to trews when appropriate. (depending on the type of farm.) Feeding animals, pitching hay, mucking stalls all could be done kilted without any issue other than soiling the garment. Running heavy equipment or machinery on the other hand might make trews a safer option.

[Phil]

Yikes! Jock and Phil are about to kick off the X-Marks clan feud. LOL

I do hope not - we just agree to differ! And if the poster wishes to write a book about a Scottish farmer who goes about in a kilt who am I to say she is wrong? Look at movies such as "Geordie" or even "Braveheart" and perhaps the man on the Scotts porage packets was a farmer - who knows? And what more perfect example of a kilted farmer could there be than Jock himself? So I take it all back and admit the truth. SCOTLAND IS OVERRUN BY KILTED FARMERS. There. I've said it so it must be true.

[NewPiperinNY]

Yikes! Jock and Phil are about to kick off the X-Marks clan feud. LOL I think it would be agreed that all in the forum are among the rare people of the world. .

The Hatfields and the McKilted! WOO HOO!!!

To the OP, a trip to Scotland, as a writer, should be first on your list. As a songwriter, I can't really pretend to write about somewhere if it is to be in great detail. If I was to write about the mountains in Alaska, I can do that as I spent a little time there. The 'desert' of Arizona... not so much. I would caution against writing without knowledge. There is so much that you could add to make the story 'real'. Take for instance, the movie 'Titanic' though it may be over the top in what idea I am trying to convey. James Cameron went to great lengths to study the ship, the people, the accident so much so that the story of the ship and the love story he concocted seem so real, so entwined that there are people who think Jack was a real person. While the script itself left something to be desired, it was offset by the ship and surroundings.

I hope that makes sense...

[Jaggy thistle]

I am a daily kilt wearer and ex farmer I have driven tractors ,herded cattle and sheep while wearing a kilt . When farming I did not wear the kilt as often as Ido now and I would guess that working kilt wearing farmers are very rare in Scotland now

[ali8780]

Wow, I can't help but feel a little caught in the middle here... I hope I didn't offend anyone...

I would strongly suggest that you go. Try writing a description of the area around you in Utah, see how much easier it is, how much more color you can bring to it, than you can if you were describing the face of the moon. You need to go.

My two cents,
David

To the OP, a trip to Scotland, as a writer, should be first on your list. As a songwriter, I can't really pretend to write about somewhere if it is to be in great detail. If I was to write about the mountains in Alaska, I can do that as I spent a little time there. The 'desert' of Arizona... not so much. I would caution against writing without knowledge. There is so much that you could add to make the story 'real'. Take for instance, the movie 'Titanic' though it may be over the top in what idea I am trying to convey. James Cameron went to great lengths to study the ship, the people, the accident so much so that the story of the ship and the love story he concocted seem so real, so entwined that there are people who think Jack was a real person. While the script itself left something to be desired, it was offset by the ship and surroundings.

I wholeheartedly agree with both of you, in fact I was just thinking that today before I jumped on here (bummer--I'll have to plan a trip to Scotland asap *wink*).

[English Bloke]

You could stay at this place in Dumfries maybe?

http://www.ferintosh.net/

The owner is a member here (Pour1Malt/Robertson) and has posted some fantastic photo threads.