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Originally Posted by Paul.  46 seat for a 36 waist  |
Exactly! What was the kiltmaker (not Rocky) thinking to create this without a double check? It is actually very nicely made, the waist fits nicely, and it hangs well due to the weight. So what goes wrong when the hips are too big? If I grab up under the fell on the side, I can pull it away from my hips. The most noticeable impact is on the taper of the apron on my left. Instead of following the lines of the tartan, it angles away a fair bit.
The whole experience was distinctly eldritch. I had been wanting to buy a kilt from Rocky, perhaps a casual PV, because Rocky lives and works near me and I try to support local businesses. I was inclined to stick with my own clan, but had no need for another. MacBeans married into Scott clan twice in the early days in America (Scott and then Buckalew), and Scott is my son's middle name, so I had decided on weathered Scott, which is a lovely tartan anyway, and a nice contrast to the MacBean tartans which are red.
Within three days, I see Rocky's post offering exactly the tartan I was thinking of with the right waist size. The purchase resolved complications three ways, and I am left with a slightly flawed, but beautiful and wearable kilt for a very reasonable price. But the eldritch aspect of this has me weirded out. In fact, as I look back on my life's journey towards kiltdom, it is a long trail of distinctly strange occurences.
And that might make a nice thread somewhere: strange stories from Scotland, but not here.
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