Quote Originally Posted by Thunderbolt View Post
...Putees, regardless of original use, I think have usefulness today. For instance, I live in a desert. everything that grows or lives in the desert is pokey, stingy, sharp or just plain miserable to be around. But I enjoy hiking and camping. I can say that a pair of putees would be helpful for me. It would save ruining a good pair of hose and my lower legs if I were kilted, and possibly give added protection against snake bites. All sounds nice to me, although I wouldn't trust them against snakes, but it might help....

T.
My point exactly. Regardless of origin, some items find added life due to their elegant simplicity. I'm not much of a fashionista but I do appreciate those items that simply solve a few of life's problems. WPG sells them for ~ $10 and that appeals to my thrifty nature. Would I wear them in the middle of town? Nope. But when out bushwhacking through the Idaho countryside - I say what "fits" with a kilt better?

One more thing - if I worried about what everyone else thought, I doubt I'd be a daily kilt wearer in the first place.

Cheeers!