Question for gun and kilt owners alike

**IrishBLE** · 26th May 05, 02:18 PM

My brother is slowly getting into kilts and kilted stuff, we even managed to get his little boy a kilt. Anyways, he saw the neokilt website and wanted to know if any other kilt makers have concealed gun pockets on them. I saw one other site that had them, but I completely forgot which one it was, so I was wondering if any of you chaps might know of some good sites to check out. Thank you in advance.

-Benja

**Doc Hudson** · 26th May 05, 02:30 PM

While not a pistol pocket per se, Pittsburgh Kilts offers an underapron pocket that is perfect for a Colt D-fram snubby, i.e. Detective Special, or any of the Smith & Wesson J-Frame Models. As for automatics pistols, you will have to run your own tests, I don't carry them.

**bubba** · 26th May 05, 03:50 PM

I bet Jeff at PK would put in a pistol pocket if you asked him nice.

**Doc Hudson** · 26th May 05, 03:56 PM

Forgot to mention, the side slash pocket on a UK Mocker will make a gun as big as a 7.5" Ruger Super Blackhawk simply disappear.

I wouldn't have believed how well it would hide a gun until I saw Kid Cossack poke one in his pocket an it virtually vanished.

**IrishBLE** · 27th May 05, 07:29 AM

Thank you both, I think brother Jim is looking at a PK. Interestingly enough, those are the kilts that he liked when I first started getting him interested in kilts, we just didn't see the part about the hidden pocket. We both carry automatics, (Him a beretta and myself a compact 1911) so if they don't fit, that is a heck of a reason to carry a lil wheel gun.

-Benja

**chasem** · 27th May 05, 07:47 AM

My father used to carry a beretta also. Always wanted to try it out, but was never allowed, since it was a government issue weapon

**Streetcar** · 27th May 05, 09:44 AM

Let me start with a disclaimer - I've not seen a PK in person, so I can't vouch for the properties of the apron pocket for carrying concealed.
However, as a police officer, I've had experience with various garments with built-in holsters. Personally, they've usually made me a tad uncomfortable. If I'm going to carry a weapon, I prefer it snug and firm against my body somewhere. It strikes me that carrying something as heavy as a pistol in an apron pocket would encourage it to swing about with each step.
I have a vest I sometimes wear for work. It has a holster built into the lining. It holds the pistol quite well, but I am acutely aware of the pistol's movement with each step. I find myself trying to strategically place my forearm against it, or on some occasions, alter the cadence of my walk to reduce the swinging effect.
There's not much point in carrying a concealed weapon, if your efforts to conceal it actually call attention to it.

PK appears to make a very fine garment. However, I hope that this inner pocket is not the only reason for picking that particular style.

**IrishBLE** · 29th May 05, 04:49 PM

Yeah, Good point....I'm not sure what he's looking at now, he just became a member of this forum, and he told me the other day that he had no idea how many affordable kilt makers there were. I guess we'll have to wait and see. As for myself, I think my utilikilt is the only non tartaned kilt I'll have for a while, I'd like to build up a collection of more tartaned kilts.

**James** · 29th May 05, 09:10 PM

This will get me lynched--the other day I saw on the 'Sutler's Store Site' - a holster to be worn under a ladies skirt-on the thigh-think garter for a small concealed pistol!

From those far away days when I was required to carry a pistol-the idea of one in a kilt pocket appears most impractical, uncomfortable and obvious-so why not a regular holster under the kilt-just as easy of access?

James