Review: Stillwater Thrifty Kilt

[DTrain]

Sorry, but I'm new to the entire kilt thing. What is sewing down the pleats?

[Mr. MacDougall]

What is sewing down the pleats?

In this case, we're talking about sewing down the fell... the part of the kilt between the waistband, and where the pleats part from each other, about 3 or 4 inches. The Stillwater kilts don't have sewing in the fell, unlike most kilts. A couple of people have expiremented with sewing the fell, with usually good results.

[fluter]

Sorry, but I'm new to the entire kilt thing. What is sewing down the pleats?

from South Carolina.

We were talking about it over here in the do-it-yourself forum.

Ideally, the kilt is tapered to fit us from waist to hips (the fell). A custom made-to-measure kilt will be made to our exact waist/hip/length.

The SWK standard, like many off-the-rack kilts, has a standard amount of taper built in. The economy and thrifty models don't: the pleats are not stitched down to the hip-line. The result is that the pleats can flare a bit at the top. It does not stay up as well, for me at any rate, because I have a bit of a belly.

[BAM_Belegarth]

I got my Irish National tartan in about a week ago, and could not be happier with the purchase. I too wish for more velcro in the front for better adjusting, but since I work with a little bit of leather, I will most like add some strap to the side of the kilt to make up for the lack of velcro. I have been buying from SportKilt for some time now, and so do my friends. But since we need a couple of kilts a day at events, it makes more since to go with a cheaper kilt, and since we actually fight in ours....they tend not to last as long..lol

[acstoon]

Just ordered my Stillwater Black Watch economy kilt.
Can't wait... this will be my 2nd kilt.
I'm hooked!

Oh, great... 1st motorcycles, then aircraft, computers, skydiving... now this.
Thank goodness for a great wife, who shares my love of life.