Just out of curiosity...

**BLAZN** · 22nd April 06, 09:43 PM

I was just checking out the RKilts website, and while looking at one of their wicked leather kilts, another one of my "brilliant" ideas hit me.

To boil it down, I thought back to my HS days when I owned this awesome suede jacket that I simply loved. Then I thought about how awesome it would be to have a suede kilt.

And, so, with the thoughts of becoming an upstart kilt maker... how well received would a suede kilt be by the general XMarks populace? Personally, I'd love one.

**Angus MacSpey** · 22nd April 06, 10:40 PM

Originally Posted by BLAZN

And, so, with the thoughts of becoming an upstart kilt maker... how well received would a suede kilt be by the general XMarks populace? Personally, I'd love one.

Ummm... hell yeah!

**Southern Breeze** · 23rd April 06, 04:15 AM

Sounds interesting. I remember seeing a faux suede on a kiltmakers site, but I can't remember who it was.

**motorman4life** · 23rd April 06, 10:44 AM

Originally Posted by Southern Breeze

Sounds interesting. I remember seeing a faux suede on a kiltmakers site, but I can't remember who it was.

Jeff at PK offered a faux suede kilt.

**cessna152towser** · 23rd April 06, 10:54 AM

Sorry, but I don't think you could persuade me to wear suede.

**Southern Breeze** · 23rd April 06, 05:18 PM

Originally Posted by motorman4life

Jeff at PK offered a faux suede kilt.

Thats the one.

**Paco500** · 23rd April 06, 05:26 PM

I like the look and feel of suede, but not the cost or upkeep. So, I would really be interested in a kilt in high-quality faux suede.

Some of the stuff is really good.

**Blu (Ontario)** · 23rd April 06, 05:48 PM

Ayear or so ago, I bought my wife a nice beige suede A-line skirt. After about 6 wearings, it was water spotted, marked, and food stained in a couple of areas. The skirt cost $75 and the cleaning cost $30. How practical is that? A kilt in real suede would be quite impractical for the rough and tumble world of a regular kilt worn by Xmarks guys. Don't know anything about faux suede. I believe that a regular leather is a better way to go. It's expensive though.

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**Caradoc** · 23rd April 06, 10:11 AM

Originally Posted by BLAZN

And, so, with the thoughts of becoming an upstart kilt maker... how well received would a suede kilt be by the general XMarks populace? Personally, I'd love one.

I'd have to say it wouldn't likely go over well here (Arizona).

Suede around here would be stained rather quickly in sweat, or by the "mud rain" we get a few times per year.

Wool can be cleaned more easily than suede.

**NewKilt** · 23rd April 06, 10:23 AM

A suede kilt would probably look great, but if you got caught out in the rain, it could really get messed up. I never been able to understand that about suede. Are not cows pretty much out there? What do they do when it rains . . . run to the farm house and pound on the door, yelling let us in, our skin is suede and it raining outside!!!

Darrell