My first kilt is finally here!

**ctbuchanan** · 13th July 16, 02:27 PM

Congratulations on breaking into the ranks of the rabble. You have a great look with your new kilt.
If you are looking for a sporran I can recommend Wyvern Leatherworks. I have several of his sporrans and have found them to be of top quality with many interesting designs.
http://www.wyvernleatherworks.com/
And I am with Fr Bill. Move your flashes just forward of the mid/side of your calf.
Enjoy the kilt,
Aye

**Dunlop** · 13th July 16, 02:42 PM

Thanks both for in the tips on the flashes and where to check for a sporran!
You guys are all great here and really provide some great help to newbies like me.

**sergeantmike** · 13th July 16, 02:59 PM

I think it looks great. You might try a hunting type sporran. There is no hair and it would be appropriate for day wear.

**Father Bill** · 13th July 16, 02:59 PM

This is the one I have for use in the kind of situation you describe. I believe that it's the same one Jock has.

http://www.mcrostie.co.uk/product/hastings/

**kiltedtom** · 13th July 16, 03:18 PM

Dunlop,

Nice to see you satisfying your craving for a kilt. And I have to say, the Dunlop Ancient tartan is spectacular. (Blue is my favorite color, and it features very well in your tartan.) You better be careful, however; now that you have a kilt, you will not be satisfied until you have every accessory that goes with kilting. Then, you will need another kilt; then some more accessories. Might as well give in to the addiction. There are so many more harmful addictions out there. Kilting is a very healthy one to have. Congratulations on your new kilt. You are wearing it well.

Tom

**Dughlas mor** · 13th July 16, 03:26 PM

Looking good, sir. That is a lovely tartan.

**Dunlop** · 13th July 16, 03:47 PM

Originally Posted by kiltedtom

Dunlop,

Nice to see you satisfying your craving for a kilt. And I have to say, the Dunlop Ancient tartan is spectacular. (Blue is my favorite color, and it features very well in your tartan.) You better be careful, however; now that you have a kilt, you will not be satisfied until you have every accessory that goes with kilting. Then, you will need another kilt; then some more accessories. Might as well give in to the addiction. There are so many more harmful addictions out there. Kilting is a very healthy one to have. Congratulations on your new kilt. You are wearing it well.

Tom

I have to give credit to my wife for the choice of the Ancient. I was really leaning towards to Modern...but as soon as this thing came out of the box...I knew she was right. This this is epic!!

I have mentioned here before, but my wife and I both for as interpreters on cruise ships. I will be wearing it mainly on formal nights.
We also do a lot of "platform" interpreting where we are on stage next to some famous person. I'm going to try and wear it the next time I interpret for the president

I'll need a lot more help getting everything just right for that job!!
My interpreter friends all are asking me to wear the kilt to our annual conference where I present a workshop. I told them I charge extra to sit in the front row.

**Mathew MacKillop** · 13th July 16, 04:37 PM

May I suggest non-tartan flashes, or, better yet, proper garter ties?

**OC Richard** · 13th July 16, 08:09 PM

What a gorgeous kilt! And especially lovely as it's your first!

About sporrans, it all depends on whether or not you care to follow "traditional Highland dress". (For sure anybody can wear anything they want to.)

In the early 20th century Highland Dress became more divided with a near-complete separation between "Day" and "Evening" dress, each with its specific sort of footwear, sporran, and jacket.

I would think that the "suit equivalent" you mention would be traditional Day Dress. The jacket would be tweed of any colour, say grey, brown, or Lovat, with selfcoloured co-ordinating hose, plain shoes, and a leather sporran.

From the get-go Day sporrans were offered with fur fronts as an option. People nowadays think that these sporrans were intended for an imagined mode of dress halfway between Day and Evening dress, but actually leather Day sporrans were regarded as equivalent whether or not they had fur fronts.

These would have been some of your Day choices in 1936

Throughout the 60s 70s and 80s these would have been some of your choices from several leading Scottish makers. Why am I showing these old catalogues? Just for people's "eyes" to get a sense of the tradition as it's come down from the early 20th century.

Another page. Some of these combine elements of Evening and Day sporrans, which I think was a rather newfangled thing in the 1950s and 1950s

BTW aren't Dunlops always MacIntyres?