Great Kilts... 1 belt or 2?

[Ryan Ross]

Well, in my own experience -- yes, I've done it -- with the feileadh mor for sleeping you get the best result from something along the line of standing on a corner of the plaid and spiral-wrapping it up your body, forming something like a "mummy style" sleeping bag.

...at which point you must hope that no sneak attack is forthcoming during the night.

Am I right?

[Bugbear]

Guess it also presumes that one would necessarily sleep laying out flat on the ground rather than sitting leaned against a tree or bolder, or curled up in one way or another.

[Dale Seago]

...at which point you must hope that no sneak attack is forthcoming during the night.

Am I right?

What I did was leave it a wee bit loose to trap air and heat, wrap it up to my chest area and leave the final bit to drape over my arms & shoulders. Left the arms free to grab stuff, and if you just stood up everything would simply fall off unless you held it in place.

[josephkirkpatrick]

I wear two belts because i wear it... ahem... regimental. The single belt wrapped around the whole kit makes me a little wary. The second belt is thin and remains totally invisible in there.

[Ryan Ross]

What I did was leave it a wee bit loose to trap air and heat, wrap it up to my chest area and leave the final bit to drape over my arms & shoulders. Left the arms free to grab stuff, and if you just stood up everything would simply fall off unless you held it in place.

I never doubted that you had a plan, sensei; and I was almost positive that it involved grabbing stuff.

[Nick the DSM]

What I did was leave it a wee bit loose to trap air and heat, wrap it up to my chest area and leave the final bit to drape over my arms & shoulders. Left the arms free to grab stuff, and if you just stood up everything would simply fall off unless you held it in place.

Honestly, if I was attacked. Looking decent in my attacker's eye would be the least of my worries.

[figheadair]

Not sure I understand the OP but I always use two belts; one to hold the pleats and a second to hold my sporran, and dirk if worn, per the portrait of James Moray of Abercairney.

[Nighthawk]

Not sure I understand the OP but I always use two belts; one to hold the pleats and a second to hold my sporran, and dirk if worn, per the portrait of James Moray of Abercairney.

That's how I do it, too. I like to use my great kilt as a blanket at events where we stay on site, so sewing the pleats in is not an option. The two-belt system works best for me as well.

[Dale Seago]

That's how I do it, too. I like to use my great kilt as a blanket at events where we stay on site, so sewing the pleats in is not an option. The two-belt system works best for me as well.

Yep, that's how I always did it with a feileadh mor: 1 belt to hold it all together and a second belt for sporran and dirk.

[KaleStewart]

where would be a good place (online) to buy a cloth belt or something similar?