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    Quote Originally Posted by Hamish View Post
    The ample pleats are in what I would call a 'reverse Kingussie' style - very nice.
    Thanks for the review. What makes it a 'reverse Kingussie'? Is it the knife pleats directions?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kiltman View Post
    Thanks for the review. What makes it a 'reverse Kingussie'? Is it the knife pleats directions?
    My understanding -- it is knife pleats facing rearward on both sides, with one box pleat in the center back.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sydnie7 View Post
    My understanding -- it is knife pleats facing rearward on both sides, with one box pleat in the center back.
    hidden (reverse) box pleat in the rear...
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    Correct! Both Sydnie7 and Mipi are quite right - that's just how the pleating is.

    As I understand things, and I don't have such a kilt (yet), the pleats face forward on either side of the body in Kingussie pleating, with an obvious single box pleat at the centre back.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hamish View Post
    Correct! Both Sydnie7 and Mipi are quite right - that's just how the pleating is. [snip]
    Thank you for confirming the construction. That is a very nice kilt and has put "khaki twill" onto my shopping list for future X-Kilt. I'm going to try modifying the X-Kilt instructions to create a reverse K -- sewing it is no issue, my challenge is getting the math right!
    Proudly Duncan [maternal], MacDonald and MacDaniel [paternal].

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    Great review. Looking sharp as always Hamish!
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