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1st April 15, 05:51 PM
#1
Velcro or Buckles?
Just wondering. What is the general opinion of a kilt with a velcro closure as opposed to a kilt with leather straps? Which do you have? If they have belt/strap closures does/do the kilt(s) have 2 or 3 straps?
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1st April 15, 05:58 PM
#2
Buckles. Two.
It would be hard to suggest that velcro was, er... traditional? ...historical?
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1st April 15, 06:53 PM
#3
A number of my kilts have 3 buckles. I have ordered a couple of kilts with only 2 and have had the 3rd removed from 2 kilts. I have 3 kilts with Velcro closing, and really quite like this closing system for speed of entry and exit.
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1st April 15, 07:23 PM
#4
The reason I ask is that in my browsing I came across a few manufacturers who make their kilts with Velcro closures. I thought that kind of odd so I figured why not go to the experts.
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1st April 15, 07:53 PM
#5
I would say without exception that Velcro is used on Sport type kilts, not dress kilts, however, since a dress kilt's upper buckles are normally hidden by either a belt or a waistcoat, then why not. (I can see Jock Scott's eyes rolling as I write this)....
"Good judgement comes from experience, and experience
well, that comes from poor judgement."
A. A. Milne
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1st April 15, 08:45 PM
#6
Of my nine kilts, the four that I wear most frequently (as in several days a week) use velcro closure. They may not be "traditional" but they work well and are comfortable. (I can almost hear the squishy sounds as some members of the Kilt Police are rolling their eyeballs.)
Two of those kilts are mainly for casual wear but two of them get "dressed up" and gain compliments whenever/wherever I wear them. Heh - I even "dress up" a black AmeriKilt for the occasional dinner out. I could even tell a tale of two men with kilts on a cruise from which we recently returned (but that may become a blog post). 
If you are too busy to laugh, you are too busy.
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1st April 15, 10:53 PM
#7
My only problem with Velcro (on anything) is fur see Avatar!!
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3rd April 15, 11:18 PM
#8
Overall I prefer buckles, but you can't beat the infinite adjustability of the Velcro closure. It works much like a Wilderness Tactical belt (or others like it).
If you sit down with buckles, you have to suck your gut in a bit (well, at least I do), while you're sitting. With a quick loosening and lengthening of the Velcro closure, you gain a much more comfortable fit and sit. Just remember to tighten it a bit before you get up again. Nothing says "uh oh" better than a kilt around your ankles.
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