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5th March 09, 12:30 AM
#1
SWK thrifty kilt lengh
Hi I'm going to buy a SWK kilt in about a week or so and I dont about the 24" lengh on me . I'm5' 6". and dont want to have it up under my pit's. I read some where on her a gut got a SWK kilt and it was way up there. I dont mind a inch or so past my navel.The thrifty is 24 lengh?....thank's for the help..kerry
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5th March 09, 04:31 AM
#2
Just have the bottom hemmed up w/ a blind hem, you'll never be able to tell. I had one of my first "cheap" kilts hemmed up this way, worked out great. I am 5'7" and it just needed to be done to be acceptable.
Steve Schenk
Pigs fly East when it's raining under the bridge!
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5th March 09, 04:41 AM
#3
I have a couple of SWK standards and have had all of them hemmed by a local seamstress to 22" because I'm a fireplug 5'7". My kilts now hit just a bit above the navel, but I like to pull them up a tad more and have them rest just above my gut.
Nulty
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Kilted Flyfishing Guide
"Nothing will come of nothing, dare mighty things." Shakespeare
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5th March 09, 05:04 AM
#4
Same problem here guys. I'm 5'6". I've got 2 SWK Economy's: Irish National and Black Watch. Little long on the legs. I still need to get mine hemmed.
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5th March 09, 05:11 AM
#5
I'm 5-8, and WhoDey nailed it. Three words: blind hem stitch.
Why, a child of five could understand this. Quick -- someone fetch me a child of five!
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5th March 09, 06:20 AM
#6
I'm also 5' 6", 5' 7" on a good day  I turned up a Heavyweight and you can't tell it.
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5th March 09, 06:46 AM
#7
Another suggestion might be to see if all of us who are shorter than 6ft could convince the maker to offer a shorter option. Or a hemming service. Just in the interest of reaching the largest possible customer base and offer his service.
Anyway, I will be ordering an SWK this afternoon. hold on... Oh, the mailman just brought it in. I'll complete the order in a sec.
Loyalty, Friendship, and Love....The Definition of family.
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5th March 09, 06:57 AM
#8
 Originally Posted by Livingston
I'm also 5' 6", 5' 7" on a good day I turned up a Heavyweight and you can't tell it.
5'7" on a good day? 
found a youtube video. Can't view it b/c i'm at work right now. But throwing it out there for everybodyelse.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdKe9crSHac
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5th March 09, 10:11 AM
#9
Originally Posted by GreenDragon
5'7" on a good day?
Yeah, a day I don't feel quite so beat down. 
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5th March 09, 10:34 AM
#10
Thinks for the info...sorry about the spelling ..up late studing fot a Anatomy and Physiolgy test...kerry
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