The Road to Kiltdom...

[Andrewson]

My first kilt was an 8yd Ancient Forsyth hand made for me by Thomas Gordon in Glasgow in 1990. And, of course, it is still in regular use.

[Jaggy thistle]

My first kilt was an ex army Makenzie tartan bought in 1950 it has now gone to the kilt heaven in the sky ! I now have 4 kilts and wear one every day

[Mathuna]

First, a Utilikilt black original. Next a Morrison Sportkilt (before the improvements). Now two more Utilikilts (orig. and survival) and four Stillwaters (Standards in Nightstalker, Irish National-both older really bright colors and newer darker colors, and heavyweight black Shadow Tartan.

[djweso]

My first was a black workman's Utilikilt (with the beergut cut). My buddy and I had seen them on Tech TV worn by Patrick Norton (now on www.dl.tv). We were poor college students, but when my buddy got hit by a truck he came into some money and bought one for himself and his two best friends. We all got the black workman's Utilikilts. I've beat the poor bastard pretty bad, so now its my work kilt (appropriate, no?).

[eltikiloco]

Mine was a standard wool/synthetic blend in the Scottish National. Man I love that kilt.

[eltikiloco]

Mine was a standard wool/synthetic blend in the Scottish National. Now I need about twenty more.

[Erisianmonkey]

I am firmly in the "other" camp, not that we have that as a selection in the poll. My first kilt was a great kilt, in PV, in Black Watch (miniature sett). Last december I hacked it down into my first little kilt, somewhere in the 8-9 yard region. I've since made kilts out of camo, a generic tartan, and solid black. I'm dying to get my hands on some of Fraser and Kirkbright's 13 oz PV...

[Pete911]

Only traditional kilts were available when I (well my Parents!) bought my first kilt 50 years ago.

[Jerry]

There are many paths that lead to the comfortable and stylish land of Kilts.

There are those that start out on the trail with the fabled 8 yard heavyweight wool handsewn "tank". Other's start on their way with mass produced less expensive traditional styled kilts. Still another group takes the trail of the modern kilt variants.

So the question is, what was that first kilt that got you here?

Cheers

Jamie

You need to add one more category to cover the machine sewn 4 to 5 yard casual kilts made by companies like the Kiltstore. It is difficult to say what kilt I got first. The first one I ordered was a machine sewn casual in Macneil of Barra tartan from the company, henceforth known as "Clan Walmart". The Second kilt ordered and of course the first to arrive was a Black Watch Sportkilt. THe Third one ordered was another Macneil of Barra casual, this time from Scottishkilts.net Of course, it arrived just after the first one I ordered.

[caig]

My first was an 8yard Modern Farquharson from Kinloch Anderson in Edinburgh, which I wear rarely nowadays, as Im more into contemporary kilts. I wear it for formal occasions only.