I like to wear my kilt randomly to work. Problem is, if I don't wear a belt, I feel "naked"; but the belt invariably has a bunch of metal in it... and I have to pass through metal detectors as a regular part of my "moving around" at work. I had looked around for a long time for alternate fasteners that have a similar look, feel and function as a common 2" leather kilt belt, but couldn't find a thing that was useable. Long story short, I ended up designing and printing one out of PLA and replaced all the hardware from an old leather kilt belt. Tested it out today along with a kilt with Velcro fasteners and I passed through without a hitch... of course I put my sporran through the x-ray and I also have some DIY garters for my hose, but it was great.
All that made me think, why haven't I seen something like this on the market? have I missed it somewhere? I would have paid good money for something like that. oh well.. just thought I'd share my experience and let others know that it can be aa actual thing to not have to take off your belt for a metal detector. here's Pics.. I do plan on adding some bling (read: ornamentation and color) to it, but this prototype worked just fine all day and I kind'a like to look for "business casual".
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