Collections?

[Skweres]

I've read several posts that indicate there's more than one person on this board who wears a kilt most, if not all, of the time. I'm curious what that means in terms of collections of kilts, and money invested. (I'm a starving college student, myself, and $20 jeans vs. $200 kilts generally seems like an obvious decision).

When you choose a second kilt, how do you choose the tartan? I'm presuming most people have a family tartan as their first -- is this a mistaken presumption?

I can see four clear choices for myself -- family from both sides, branch of service, and professional -- but some people have indicated greater collections than this. Do you have multiples in the same tartan?

Thanks for your time.

being from ireland the only "family" tartan would be the ones created and in your families county. the problem with that is that the irish county tartans are all only made in 8 yards 100% wool, so they tend to be expensive, so my first kilt of choice was a national tartan from sportkilt, and then i decided to get my Limerick County after i had my SK for a while, from now on i can only move towards other national and universal, unless i want to go with my family's other county, galway. besides that i could always go with any tartan that looks good. doesnt really matter, i preferably want to stick to tartans of my family and nation, or any other universals that interest me