Risking Patches

**Rob Wright** · 3rd July 05, 05:49 PM

Originally Posted by Dreadbelly

I want to get a heavy black solid coloured kilt with a skull and crossbones on the front apron.

A Captain Harlock Kilt, I love it! 8)

Rob

**Riverkilt** · 3rd July 05, 06:28 PM

Was just down at Navajo Bridge over the Colorado at Marble Canyon this afternoon and there in the Ranger's gift shop were two great patches for my UK denim. A Grand Staircase Escalante patch (where I roam a lot) in blue and a Navajo Bridge patch (where the California Condors hang out) in brown with a black condor.

Think I'm gonna put them on the pockets of my UK blue denim and put the hippie sun and moon patch on the left back pocket since its the same size as the big UK logo on the back right pocket.

I'll have a local "travel effect" that you guys are talking about.

Ron

**Jimmy Carbomb** · 4th July 05, 06:58 AM

Hey Ron, it's actually a kinda cool idea and one that I'm "sort of" doing. I decorate my UtiliKilt with pins instead. They're a lot smaller, and the shine on them is coherant with the studs on the kilt.

The beautiful thing is that I can change them, or totally remove them, at any whim. All Irish pins, Piping pins, sports pins, hardware pins... anything to theme-up the UtiliKilt. The BEST thing is that the fabric on the Caramel Workman's just closes-up when washed, so you would never know that there was a pin on the thing!

**arrogcow** · 4th July 05, 10:58 AM

I haven't done it yet, but my first UK (olive neo) has a small hole in the center of the pocket. I had thought about putting an old unit patch over it, but it is the wrong side. So I am probably going to put the unit patch on the other side, and a rank and branch patch over the hole. I just gotta get around to doing it.

Adam

**Riverkilt** · 4th July 05, 12:57 PM

I thought about pins Jimmy, but most of mine have the straigh pin back with the catch thing...pokes right at me. Do have some parallel pin stuff I might try.

Adam, you hit the same thing. I have two 45th Infantry patches (yellow thunderbird on red diamond background) that I wanted to put on my basil survival pockets to honor my uncle Don who slogged across France and Germany in War 2 with a tommy gun. He got shot up but always went back on the line and was in the first company into Dachau.

Anyway, keep thinking putting one unit patch on each pocket would look wrong. As if the kilt is supposed to be a replica of a shirt, or mimic a shirt. Option was to get some sergeant's stripes or find a 147th patch.

Funny how these little things slip in.

For the local small town parade and 4th of July gig in the park today I wore my black UK workman's with my father's squadron and group patches on the pockets and a black t shirt with the 45th Infantry logo. That way could honor both men.

Ron

**Atticus** · 5th July 05, 06:10 AM

I have a big New England Patriot logo patch (the Flying Elvis) on the front apron of my PK. Jeff made me a special two tone Navy and Silver kilt about 1 superbowl ago. Good sport that Jeff. I think it unusual that 2 fans from rival teams would get along so well.

Go Pats!

**macwilkin** · 5th July 05, 06:34 AM

I must admit this idea is very intriguing, even tho' I do not on a solid-colour kilt -- but, I have been collecting patches for a number of years, and I recently have been adding some to my knapsack to diplay family heritage and travels -- the Arizona flag, the Saltire, hopefully I will pick up an Iowa flag patch in August.

I say go for it! :mrgreen:

Cheers,

Todd