Kiltedsawyer,

I've wrestled with the same question, as a serious kiltie and someone who studies cultural patterns. The answer for me comes down to identity: wearing the kilt is a outward manifestation of one's identity. Now, what exactly it signifies is a different thing for each of us: but traditionalism and Celticism has much to do with it. For me, as a Canadian is the largely secular and Republican United States, it is a way of signifying my cultural identity as a British loyalist and my religious identity as a Anglican with affinities for early Celtic Christianity.

Oh, yeah, and as Nervous Jock said, "it's a cracking bit of gear."

-- Cirthalion