Back Pain / Surgery and Kilts??

[Bruno]

Well if I wear kilts with no sporran or belt it's fine for now - but then they slip down and since I have no assitol so they'll fall off pretty quick without a belt.

I'm a bit nervous about thing post operation also - the belt actually lays right across the messed up vertebrae.

This getting old thing ain't for wimps :wimp:

An old friend of mine said that traditionally some Kilts used to have bracers These were strips of cloth fitted to belt level of kilt by buttons that went over the shoulders and crossed at the back to support the kilt very popular with Ghillies etc in the old days. They allowed the kilt to stay put while working a long day in the field. This would shift some weight to the shoulders and avoid the back pressure. Think of old Victorian military cross webbing belts.

[Tony Miles]

An old friend of mine said that traditionally some Kilts used to have bracers

Suspenders?? That might actually work - I could wear a waist coat or vest over them and they wouldn't even be noticed - any ideas on dealing with a sporran?? but then again at least a sporran belt is easy to keep repositioning all day long since it's looser

I'm going to look into that and see if it might work -

[Bruno]

Suspenders?? That might actually work - I could wear a waist coat or vest over them and they wouldn't even be noticed - any ideas on dealing with a sporran?? but then again at least a sporran belt is easy to keep repositioning all day long since it's looser

I'm going to look into that and see if it might work -

Attach some kind of sporan hanger to "suspenders" or attach a leather belt strap to the buttons on the kilt. Or possibly waist coat via a few straps and buttons !

[fluter]

Suspenders?? That might actually work - I could wear a waist coat or vest over them and they wouldn't even be noticed - any ideas on dealing with a sporran?? but then again at least a sporran belt is easy to keep repositioning all day long since it's looser

Try a waistcoat with lots of pockets, perhaps you can do without the sporran!