Woot22:

I don't have one myself, but I've read mostly good reviews of the Albion swords, particularly over at myArmoury.com (reviews section). Pricey, but nice!

I don't have one yet, but my goodness, I will and I say again WILL have one, one of these days. Out of all of their basket hilts, the early version that you have is the one that's most appealing. ...

BEEDEE:

Aye, before even daring to post this, I'd gone over Matt's articles, and not just once! However, I never found anything speaking to the whys and hows of the adoption of the great kilt.
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MacMillan of Rathdown:

Thanks---so far yours is far and away the most reasoned response, although the "jealous husband" line probably beats it for romance.

I had also wondered if the little ice...

A maille coif somehow changes Panache's open, friendly face into that of a warlord. Well played!

Woodsheal:

I understand about not needing trousers! It's the transition from the leine to the kilt that flabbergasts me. Matt's article on the leine indicated that it was "hike-uppable"---a long...

Ladies and gentlemen:

Do we have any idea how and why the kilt came about?

The leine and brat preceded the kilt, I know, and the leine started off as a tunic (a very basic homo sapiens costume)...

Panache is, by acclamation, approved as MacBeth!

The very image of Rob Roy MacGregor, only your face doesn't look so lorn and lonesome as Liam Neeson's!

How does it feel, this new and improved great kilt of yours?

I kind of like the tunic and trews look, meself.

Panache:

What can you tell us about the sword? I make free to ask this question since, from some of my readings, "Highland dress" pretty much included the sword for long stretches of time.

Rex:

Absolutely kickin'!

I almost fear to point this out, but the one thing that seems a touch discordant is the hint of the white socks poking out above the boots. Just as a matter of...

A slightly different view, here. (What, you were expecting me to go with the flow? For shame.)

For someone looking to try out the kilting life, I'd say go with a Stillwater. Jerry's a good guy,...

Now, now, there's PV and there's PV. I handled some PV at Joann's that, umm, wasn't quite like the "good stuff" produced by Marton Mills. To the best of my information and belief after reasonable...

I'd probably have to cheat and clarify my answer. For a first kilt, I don't think you can go wrong with a USA Kilts casual from Rocky Roeger (or, even better! from Kelly). Here are my reasons: PV...

That is one of the most stunning tartans I may have ever seen. So familiar, so different, so humbling in its history. Honor to the Tyneside.

I, too, am a big fan of the Nightstalker tartan---looking good, brother man.

Water? Never drink the stuff. What was it W.C. Fields said about it?

(If you know, don't answer, this IS a family friendly forum!)

I'm sorry, I think my blood pressure spiked after reading this post and I may have swooned for a moment.

I am reminded of an old quote about people who know the price of everything and the value...

History, tradition, bah! They mean nothing. We can invent new stuff, out of whole cloth, which will be just as good, if not better. Let us continue to abandon our heritage, let us continue to...

Now, when I say "groupie" I really mean "fan." After all, Elena Elizabeth is only four years old, and she is not particularly aware of Scotland and it's rightful place in the pantheon of great...

Come on, lads, lassies, gentlemen, ladies, and the rabble in general!

I go away for a while on secret sword-forum type business, and return, only to find that nae a post hae been posted about the...

The place I've arrived at? The place I've arrived at is that the best possible method is to sew your own kilt out of quality, heavyweight worsted wool or tweed.

I sew my kilts for "three layers...

Aye and it be my imagination that turns that pipe into a claymore!

I'm sure that those pictures show a man who has known doubt . . . but ye'd not know it from the pictures. Confidence, style and...

Gents, ladies, lads, lasses:

Sir Fitzroy MacLean was a rare man among men, a scholar, a soldier, a spy----if you've not read "Eastern Approaches" you are, I shall assert, the poorer for it.

As...