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5th November 18, 01:27 PM
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Just Ordered My 30th USA Kilt
Kind of a milestone. Irony is back in the day I was afraid to take a chance on them...The reviews were so consistently positive I figured they had to be fakes or shills. Finally ordered my first anyway. When it arrived I was really impressed with the craftsmanship. No easy thing. I grew up in cut and sew factories and my college minor was Clothing and Textiles and I worked in the clothing industry for many years as an adult.
Pretty easy to recognize quality.
So far I've owned 14 USA Kilt Casuals and 13 USA Kilt Semi-trads and 2 USA Kilts 5 yard woolen kilts. This order makes my 15th Casual.
Sized it to tide me over. I've lost 77lbs in the last couple years. Good for my health but it's made my kilt collection unwearable...even on the smallest kilt strap holes they are 4" too big now. So been selling them off.
Don't wanna buy more until my weight stabilizes - hopefully in another 20 pounds or so. Meantime I've been jonesing to wear a kilt so much figured why not order one...
This is an INTENSE addiction...
And, if you're new to kilting or to USA Kilts this isn't a shill review. They really are top quality. Worth the risk to buy one and see for yourself if you're in the market.
Choice for this Casual was Weathered Scott Green...my maternal grandmother's clan.
Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island
Lifetime Member STA. Two time winner of Utilikiltarian of the Month.
"I'll have a kilt please, a nice hand sewn tartan, 16 ounce Strome. Oh, and a sporran on the side, with a strap please."
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5th November 18, 09:16 PM
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Did you see if USAK would have been able to size down your old kilts? I don't know how difficult it is or isn't, I'm just curious.
Glad you're getting back into the game!
Descendant of the Gillises and MacDonalds of North Morar.
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5th November 18, 10:45 PM
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It'd be a BIG size down...just doesn't seem doable. My hand sewn kiltmaker offered to do that. Told her I'd best wait until I'm done losing weight. Will encourage me not to gain it back. No clue how much is too much to size down...guess we'll see ere long.
Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island
Lifetime Member STA. Two time winner of Utilikiltarian of the Month.
"I'll have a kilt please, a nice hand sewn tartan, 16 ounce Strome. Oh, and a sporran on the side, with a strap please."
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22nd January 19, 05:37 PM
#4
Lost 77 pounds?!!
Holy crap on a cracker!
Congratulations my old friend!
Arise. Kill. Eat.
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23rd January 19, 06:50 AM
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Aye...friggin' miracle. Started out dragging my sorry morbidly obese self around the middle school track for one lap. Now, a couple years later can do 3-4 miles walking or hiking. It all started when the candy machine at work broke and they didn't fix it....realized how much I grazed there...
Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island
Lifetime Member STA. Two time winner of Utilikiltarian of the Month.
"I'll have a kilt please, a nice hand sewn tartan, 16 ounce Strome. Oh, and a sporran on the side, with a strap please."
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24th January 19, 04:29 AM
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Congratulations on the loss, Barb Tewksbury said that a 10 inch resize could be done.
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24th January 19, 08:22 AM
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weight loss
I'm impressed with the quantity! Good on you for losing the weight and I wish you much health and happiness. To tide you over, why don't you get a bit of fabric (maybe that PV from Rocky) and make yourself an untailored "féileadh beag" -- half of the belted plaid/féileadh mór/féileadh an bhreacáin. That way, you'll have a kilt that'll fit you through the changes.
I have some 2 four-yard bits of PV for belted plaids and it's nice stuff.
Guluck,
Jonathan
Originally Posted by Riverkilt
Kind of a milestone. Irony is back in the day I was afraid to take a chance on them...The reviews were so consistently positive I figured they had to be fakes or shills. Finally ordered my first anyway. When it arrived I was really impressed with the craftsmanship. No easy thing. I grew up in cut and sew factories and my college minor was Clothing and Textiles and I worked in the clothing industry for many years as an adult.
Pretty easy to recognize quality.
So far I've owned 14 USA Kilt Casuals and 13 USA Kilt Semi-trads and 2 USA Kilts 5 yard woolen kilts. This order makes my 15th Casual.
Sized it to tide me over. I've lost 77lbs in the last couple years. Good for my health but it's made my kilt collection unwearable...even on the smallest kilt strap holes they are 4" too big now. So been selling them off.
Don't wanna buy more until my weight stabilizes - hopefully in another 20 pounds or so. Meantime I've been jonesing to wear a kilt so much figured why not order one...
This is an INTENSE addiction...
And, if you're new to kilting or to USA Kilts this isn't a shill review. They really are top quality. Worth the risk to buy one and see for yourself if you're in the market.
Choice for this Casual was Weathered Scott Green...my maternal grandmother's clan.
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