Risking Patches on my Utilikilts

**Riverkilt** · 26th July 05, 10:53 PM

Another batch of patches applied last weekend...scary stuff for me. Here's how I stand now.

My black workman's now has my father's War 2 fighter squadron patch (346th North Africa when we were getting our butts kicked by the Afrika Corps) on the left pocket and his fighter group patch (350th)on the right pocket.

My Caramel Workman's has the Navajo Nation Seal patch on the left
pocket and the Scottish Flag patch on the right. The color of the
kilt matches the red rocks here in the canyonlands and I'm of Scot ancestry working with the Navajo.

My basil survival has the red diamond of the 45th Infantry Division with the yellow thunderbird on each pocket. In honor of my late uncle Don who fought across France and Germany with a Tommy Gun and liberated Dachow in War 2. Nice color match too with the basil, red, yellow.

My tan survival has the Arizona State Flag patch on each pocket.

My blue denim has a big hippie sun and moon patch on the left rear pocket to balance out the UK logo on the right rear pocket. The left pocket has the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument patch and the right has the Navajo Bridge (condor) patch. Both local attractions.

I've left my UK originals and mockers and leather unpatched
for "formal" wear.

Ron

**Satirist** · 27th July 05, 04:34 AM

Now that sounds cool! What a great way to individualize your kilts. I'm sure there may be some who would disagree, but I think it's a great idea for non-tartan kilts. Now that you bring it up, UK's seem to be the perfect American garment for patches. I know quite a few college kids and with them, patches seem to be going on everything.

**Andrew Breecher** · 27th July 05, 07:49 AM

But...

But...

But...where are the pictures?

Andrew.

**Riverkilt** · 27th July 05, 08:14 AM

Still waiting as a most patient and most appreciative kilted and grateful member of this board for the gallery to reappear.

Have begun to think about finding one of those free web albums and doing like others of you have done and putting a gallery there. Just don't have a clue which are the good ones and which are the rip offs.

Actually, knowing the gallery is a huge chore for Hank, haven't even taken the pictures of the patches yet - except at a distance where they don't show much. Figure if I didn't take the photo I wouldn't jones to show it off in the gallery.

The nice thing about patches is you can try them out just by laying them on the kilt pocket to see how they look.

Ron