Great Kilts... 1 belt or 2?

**rondo** · 23rd March 12, 11:18 AM

Two belts seems redundant to me.
Rondo

**Mr.Charles Anthony** · 23rd March 12, 11:19 AM

Driod-Readers;
I use two belts; the first is a braided elastic sort of belt I bought a WalMart. This is great as a 1st belt, it keeps the G.Kilt in place, no matter how you move. I then add a secound belt to hang goodies on. Oh, keep the buckle on the 1st belt to the side or back, in that way it will not rub on the 2nd belt buckle
Happy wearing
CSA

**Oberu** · 26th March 12, 08:18 AM

I'm going to have to try this two belt idea out. In my mind I see belting up the first time to hold the lot in place and letting it fall then belting over the down folded tartan and lifting it back up.. I think it would look very sharp and that extra bit of security (anti-streaker) can't hurt. Again.. it would be nice to be able to adjust things on a second belt without doing that weird shuffle stance I'm doing now days trying to keep things where they were during adjustments. Great post!

**Burly Brute** · 26th March 12, 09:12 AM

I have only ever wore one belt, and it did the job.

**rondo** · 26th March 12, 10:12 AM

Originally Posted by Oberu

.. it would be nice to be able to adjust things on a second belt without doing that weird shuffle stance I'm doing now days trying to keep things where they were during adjustments.

Sewing down the pleats to an internal waistband and a few strips of velcro can be a godsend.

Rondo

**Dale Seago** · 26th March 12, 04:22 PM

I've never done the two-belt thing when wearing a feileadh mor or "great kilt". It takes away a couple of inches (or "mor" depending on width of the outer belt) of the upper plaid that you could otherwise bring up onto your shoulders as a cloak. Just doesn't make sense to me if you want to maximize the garment's versatility.

However, I also have a 4-yard single-width plaid that I used to sometimes wear as a feileadh beag, mainly going out hiking in the coastal hills. With the lower edge hanging at my knee and a belt at the top, there would still be a floppy fringe of extra material lapping over from the top of the belt at the waist. So I took one of these wide leather belts (2 & 5/8 inches) I'd adapted as a kilt belt (cut and dyed it myself) and put that on over the fabric and inner belt. I found that now I could easily hang things like my dirk from it and, as an unexpected side benefit, having that overlapping fabric "sandwiched" between the two belts kept the kilt VERY securely in place.

It also just looked better that way.

**Burly Brute** · 26th March 12, 04:46 PM

Originally Posted by rondo

Sewing down the pleats to an internal waistband and a few strips of velcro can be a godsend.

Rondo

How then do you use it to sleep in?

**rondo** · 26th March 12, 06:00 PM

Originally Posted by Burly Brute

How then do you use it to sleep in?

What am I a sheep herder? Just kidding. I sleep in bed or a sleeping bag...my days of sleeping in a kilt [if ever] are long gone.

Rondo

**Bugbear** · 26th March 12, 07:16 PM

Not sure why you couldn't still wrap yourself in a belted plaid to sleep if the pleats were sewn in around the waist area.
I think of the belted plaid as more of an overcoat, though. I have covered myself with a winter coat to sleep before, or just slept in the coat.

**Dale Seago** · 26th March 12, 08:10 PM

Originally Posted by Bugbear

Not sure why you couldn't still wrap yourself in a belted plaid to sleep if the pleats were sewn in around the waist area.
I think of the belted plaid as more of an overcoat, though. I have covered myself with a winter coat to sleep before, or just slept in the coat.

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.