Buckle and Belt

[bigdad1]

My main kilt buckle fastens on the wrong side too. I just wear the belt the other way and everything is hunky dory.

[Chas]

Maybe I am being very stupid here, but I can't see what the problem is. Pictures maybe?

When I wear a normal belt with a buckle, the buckle is in my left hand and the opposite end threads through it and the spare is to my left hip. That is the way I learned it as a child, but it was re-emphasised when I joined the Royal Air Force. All airmen were to wear their uniform belts that way as it is 'uniform'.

When I wear a kilt belt (or sometimes called a dirk belt), the waistplate is in my left hand, as before, and the opposite end (with the little metal loop) clips on to it. My waistplate is zoomorphic and there is no up and down so it could be worn the other way round. It comes off the belt so I can change belts and waistplates. I believe that my type is universal - it is certainly the type sold by all the kilt accessory shops.

Regards

Chas

[BCAC]

Chas, I learnt, like you, to do up my belt the same way that you do. As a lad, I was told that that was the boys way and that the other way was for girls.

There are some kilt belts, however (those with the clan badge on the buckle come to mind), that have to be put on the other (girls) way because if you put it on the proper (boys) way the badge is upside down.