How often do you see....

**Alan H** · 22nd July 05, 10:34 AM

I'm just curious. Outside of Highland Games or other Celtic or Ren Faire events, how often do you see another guy wearing a kilt "around town" or for daily wear?

I live in the SF Bay Area, and the SF Peninsula.... (I haven't met Rigged fact-to-face yet, we gotta change that) and I have seen another person ONCE, in the past year, wearing a kilt outside of a Games or Festival setting. It was a caramel Utilikilt, and the guy was shopping in Safeway in San Francisco, and DANGIT....I wasn't kilted. I'd just gotten off the boat after an ocean race and was still wearing my foul-weather gear!

I get no flak at all for wearing mine, but I essentially never see anyone else do it.

**davedove** · 22nd July 05, 10:42 AM

The only time I've seen anyone else wearing kilts was at a beer festival, so I don't know if that counts. About 10-12 guys all had on kilts and had a guy playing the pipes as well. As far as seeing anyone just wearing on for daily activities, no.

**arrogcow** · 22nd July 05, 10:46 AM

There are a few guys with UK's in town, and I have heard reports of them out and about, but I have never seen anyone on the street. There is a Scottish pub and both the owner and Matre d' are always kilted, but that is still a Scottish arena. However, I have on a couple of occasions seen kilted guys just going in for dinner or a beer (your first pint is free if you wear your kilt).

Adam

**Rob Wright** · 22nd July 05, 10:49 AM

There was one other who wore a kilt from time to time her in southern New Mexico but he joined the army so i'm the only one. Other pipers at funerals you never see any one wearing a kilt of anytype. People here do not even recognize tartan!

Rob

**Jimmy Carbomb** · 22nd July 05, 10:49 AM

Originally Posted by Alan H

I'm just curious. Outside of Highland Games or other Celtic or Ren Faire events, how often do you see another guy wearing a kilt "around town" or for daily wear?

All the time.

**chasem** · 22nd July 05, 10:52 AM

I've only seen two others, both my fault

One was my best friend, I got him to go in with me and get our first kilts (sportkilts...)

the other was his brother, who borrowed my father's.

So nothing outside of people that I know personally

**Colin** · 22nd July 05, 11:00 AM

Fairly often actually. Besides kilt nights (haven't been in awhile), there is a guy near me that is a full time kilter. I have seen a few Utilikilts from time to time, as well as a ton of traditionals. Of course when I lived beside the wedding hall, I saw a heck of alot more.

**Mr. Kilt** · 22nd July 05, 11:23 AM

I've only seen one casually kilted fellow here in the two years I've been wearing kilts. He was standing at a bus stop downtown during rush hour. Haven't seen him since, though.

**jfellrath** · 22nd July 05, 11:42 AM

I've seen three kilts aside from my own in Columbus that weren't on pipers, and two don't really count based on the setting they were in.

The first was a gentleman wearing a camo Utilikilt at a Columbus Crew game. I complimented him on it and he said thanks (I didn't have one at the time).

The other two were at a pre-St. Patrick's Day party at Fado Irish Pub - it was the St. Baldrick's head-shaving party. One was an olive drab Utilikilt and one was a Stewart Royal tartan with the full regalia - Glengarry, Prince Charlie jacket, and the works. I was there in my khaki Utilikilt at the time, so there were three of us total. But those are the two I don't count, since it was a St. Pat's type thing.