Wearing a basket-hilt claymore with kilt...

[Dale Seago]

I'm not sure I'd want to get as fancy with the hardware as I usually see on drum majors, though. Any idea where I can find 3" buckles and keepers that aren't too ornate? I'm thinking even a simple round brass buckle (like the "Jacobite baldric" in HenryT's link) would work just fine. I could use one of Tandy's "reenactor buckles" if I had to, although I would hope I could find something a little better looking.

The most historically common, in Scotland anyway, seems to have been a "double D" style buckle. There are a couple you might find suitable on this page: http://www.gggodwin.com/cartgenie/prodList.asp?scat=64

The scabbard has only a metal 'clip' on one side. I just hung it on my belt for the afternoon using that clip. But I'm thinking the clip would serve the same function as the stud you mentioned. It would be a simple matter to punch a hole or cut a slit in the sleeve of the baldric for correct positioning.

Sounds like you have one of the backswords made by Hanwei in China. The weight, balance, and basket size of those are more historically accurate than most other "production" pieces out there. Both clips and studs were used on the scabbards; I think the clip is an older feature more common to personally owned weapons and the studs were more for the sake of military uniformity.

Now, this may seem like a dumb question. But when wearing a baldric with a kilt, I'm assuming it's worn over the kilt belt (i.e. put on last, and taken off first) with no interconnecting pieces. Is this correct?

Yes.

[Zardoz]

"it was their Highland theme weekend, I decided not to wear the kilt"

OK,

Here's a nice source for baldrics;
http://ravenswoodleather.com/index.p...arch_str=&pg=1

[Woodsheal]

I like these folks' baldrics (I own one of the late 17th C ones with the double frog, which a talented friend fancied up with some brass additions):

http://www.thequartermastergeneral.c...=leather_goods

Yes it's put on last, and does NOT connect at all with a waist belt. The "clip" on the scabbard is called the locket. It can fit into the baldric's sleeve one of two ways: