No.77 in The Kilt Kollection has arrived

[Hamish]

I like the kilt. I love the kilt pin. Tell us about it.

Hi Mark,

The pin came from www.centaurdesign.co.uk and is their Zoomorphic pewter kilt pin (Ref: KP012). The cost was £26.00. Expensive for a pewter pin, but I believe it to be worth the price.

They also have an impressive range of kilt belts, with equally impressive prices!!

[pipesndrumsnun]

So very nice! Looks great!!

[pipesndrumsnun]

...AND...77 kilts?!! Wow! That is truly amazing! That is probably more kilts than the average band has. How long did it take to build your collection?
Do you and your wife have to fight for closet space, or do you have your own special kilt closet?

[Hamish]

Hamish, I presume that this is not your first expensive kilt -- of the premium kiltmakers (Geoffry, Kinloch Anderson, etc), which do you find you prefer?

Hi Mr. MacDougall,

You are right - this is not my first "expensive" kilt (not that I think 8 yard, 16oz, hand-tailored kilts are expensive! I truly appreciate the skill, the experience, the devotion and the time that goes into both the weaving and the sewing of such garments - but I understand where you are coming from!).

Since I have 8 kilts from Geoffrey (Tailor), and a further 17 from TFCK which is part of the Geoffrey set-up, I suppose that is an indication that I 'prefer' Geoffrey's kilts. However, I tend to favour a number of kiltmakers - it all depends upon what kilt I am looking for. As for Kinloch Anderson: I have four of their Breacans, but I have never asked them to make me a full-blooded traditional kilt.

Other traditional kiltmakers I would not hesitate to call upon again include: Alex Scott of Aberdeen, KiltStore.net of Edinburgh, Albanach.com of the USA, Barbara Tewkesbury of the USA, La Maison du Kilt of Paris, and Cornovi of Cornwall.

For the record, I have non-traditional kilts from R-Kilts of Canada, USA Kilts, Freedom Kilts, Amerikilts, Utilikilts, Bear Kilts, Savannah Kilts and, of course, Union Kilts - amongst others. Again, I would return to these whenever I particularly want one of their individual styles.

[Hamish]

Great looking kilt. Echoing many others, I love the colors especially the purple.

Purple, Sean? Purple?! There are no purples in the Craig ancient tartan - only dove grey, minty green, tomato red and black. Maybe your monitor needs a slight adjustment!! Alternatively, are you perhaps thinking of the Isle of Skye kilt I recently received from Barb.?

[Hamish]

As always the Master of Style.....Congrats Hamish... Ps.. Spasm sends his regards

Thanks David .............Oh, and "my man" sends his to you!

[Hamish]

Another great kilt Hamish. You must be running out of wardrobe space for them!

I ran out of wardrobe space several years ago, Niblox!! They now occupy one wardrobe in my bedroom and three wheeled garment rails in the Guest Room!

[Hamish]

Very nice Hamish. Looks like Geoffrey (Tailor) has done another excellent job.

I'll echo Mark here and ask for some info on the kilt pin. Quite intriguing.

Dee, see my reply to Mark.

[Hamish]

A Freelander question sir.

It looks as if you've taken the decoration/weight off the tie that holds the flap down....?

Is that for less flapping/thumping? Convenience? To keep from getting both sets of ties mixed up?

Thanks

Ron

Hi Ron,

Yes, well spotted!

Well, as McMurdo says "....it does not click that badly.....". Sometimes the drumming of sporran tassels can drive one to drink, but it wasn't that. I just found that, when tightened, those two decorative antler sections hung well below the sporran itself and, to be honest (David and Sten-Rune know of my thoughts on this) I just did not like that. Don't ask me why; something to do with there being just too many dangly bits in that particular region, perhaps!!

[Big Paul]

That is a stunning kilt! Well done!