Very Windy day..

[auld argonian]

Ah...yes...this past Sunday! Forty-odd mile an hour winds! And after wearing my SWK Nightstalker on Friday night and Saturday night how could I resist throwing it back on on Sunday to go to my parents' for Sunday dinner and to see just how much wind is too much.

And I'd like to report that, thanks in no small measure to my pewter kilt pin from Ram's Horn and the 2 and 1/2 inch diameter SOX button that my daughter made and which I have been wearing ever since the playoffs, the question remains unanswered. Windy city my @$$!

But did you see that field goal attempt in the Bears game that was blown off course, caught by Nate Vasher and returned 108 yards for a touchdown?

Woo-Hoo!

best

AA

[Mr. Kilt]

Interesting timing on this post!
We're getting a blast of winter weather today, with very strong north winds. I have the day off and am sitting around in my original UK. I decided to go out on the back deck to get a load of firewood. I'm pretty sure my neighbours across the alley now know the answer to the question. It's very difficult to keep your pleats in check when your arms are full. I'm sure if I'd been wearing my heavy Irish National traditional I'd have been better off. LOL

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

Al, you are getting the cold stuff we are scheduled to get on Wednesday. That should be my first day wearing a kilt at 20 degrees with a high of only 35! Oh yay!

[Mr. Kilt]

Al, you are getting the cold stuff we are scheduled to get on Wednesday. That should be my first day wearing a kilt at 20 degrees with a high of only 35! Oh yay!

Cold? How about this shot...Jazzkilts (where is he now?) and I outside an Irish pub in Calgary, December 2004. If memory serves me right, it was -27C outside that night with a light wind. -27C works out to -17F. I think Jazzkilts was wearing a Pittsburgh Kilt, while mine was a pv 4-yard Bear Kilt. BBBbbbbrrrrrrrrrr!

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

Al, I assume you only stood there long enough for that picture!

What weight is the Bear PV? A bit concerned when the cold weather gets here, so if Bear's PV is in 13oz - 16oz PV, then I will feel better. Maybe not warmer, but better!

Now if Jeff just finishes up the 2 lined PK kilts I ordered, I will be styling for the winter.

[Andrew Breecher]

I believe Bear's PV kilts are 11oz, but I could be wrong. I have, however, lived outdoors for an entire season in a 4-yard Bear Kilt. Sub-zero temperatures, snowstorms, sleetstorms, thunderstorms, hailstorms. No worries.

Andrew.

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

I believe Bear's PV kilts are 11oz, but I could be wrong. I have, however, lived outdoors for an entire season in a 4-yard Bear Kilt. Sub-zero temperatures, snowstorms, sleetstorms, thunderstorms, hailstorms. No worries.

Andrew.

Andrew, thanks! I had forgotten about your journeys when I posted this. I have found so far that as long as my torso is well protected, I don't have too much coldness except right at the exposed knees. I assume that was not a problem for you while moving, but did you wrap a blanket or anything around your knees when stopped?

[auld argonian]

C'mon...ya GOTTA wear the kilt in these weather extremes! You GOTTA let the non-kilted know that this isn't some passing fancy but a serious wardrobe choice!

Actually, I find the SWK Nightstalker comfy and warm in this weather...good lord, when I finally step up to a 16 oz wool unit it'll probably keep me going well into February.

best

AA

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

C'mon...ya GOTTA wear the kilt in these weather extremes! You GOTTA let the non-kilted know that this isn't some passing fancy but a serious wardrobe choice!

Actually, I find the SWK Nightstalker comfy and warm in this weather...good lord, when I finally step up to a 16 oz wool unit it'll probably keep me going well into February.

best

AA

Auld, heaven forbid, I never even considered not wearing it! Beyond "the question" the question I am most often asked at work is if I am going to wear the kilt during the winter months. My stock response is to point out where Scotland is to the north on a map versus where Chicago is and then add that I will be wearing 4-8 yards of material around my body and ask how much material is in the questioners pants?

[Mr. Kilt]

Al, I assume you only stood there long enough for that picture!

What weight is the Bear PV? A bit concerned when the cold weather gets here, so if Bear's PV is in 13oz - 16oz PV, then I will feel better. Maybe not warmer, but better!

Now if Jeff just finishes up the 2 lined PK kilts I ordered, I will be styling for the winter.

Actually, it wasn't that bad. We stood there briefly, but my wife and I had about a 2-block walk back to the car.
I don't know what the weight is on the Bear PV material, but it's not very heavy. At the time that was my only kilt. If I were to venture outside in those temps today I'd be wearing my Irish National heavyweight.