Two buckle kilt

[Tobus]

Thanks, I did not know that. I have a military kilt and a civilian casual (5 yds) and they both have 3 buckles. I assumed that because my civilian kilt also had 3 buckles that this was a norm. Does the 3rd strap over the hip not help the kilt sit on the hips and not slip down so easily?

When a kilt is worn properly at the natural waist, it should not slip down. The third buckle shouldn't have anything to do with that.

Matt Newsome has an article that briefly talks about this third buckle and its history: http://kiltmaker.blogspot.com/2005/0...lt-straps.html