Your first experiance with a kilt.

[Joshua]

I'll post my own kilted experience sometime soon. Was going to do it now, but after reading Duke of Delrio's account I seem to have gotten something in my eyes that's making it hard to see the keyboard.

Damn seasonal allergies...

[Duke of Delrio]

I'll post my own kilted experience sometime soon. Was going to do it now, but after reading Duke of Delrio's account I seem to have gotten something in my eyes that's making it hard to see the keyboard.

I'll make you a deal. I told mine; you tell yours; and we'll BOTH have a good cry. Unc would have loved it!

[longhuntr74]

In 2009, I was in Afghanistan. I was in charge of a staff section of about 10 very amusing and interesting people. We always had some sort of personal amusement so keep life interesting amidst the drudgery that a 12 month deployment brings.

One day, I had this bright idea that it'd be cool to make a kilt out of Army Camo pattern fabric (I'll admit, I thought it was an original idea until I started looking online and found SportKilt). As I was discussing this with my Lieutenant, she issued the challenge "You won't!" I did...or, rather, WE did...and the rest is history. Here's our picture back then...

[lukeyrobertson]

A dear friend of mine said, "Ah, you can't be a Robertson, turn 50 and not have a kilt!" She is a MacLean. Since my twenties, I "thought" about getting a kilt, but never could afford it. So, having come into some dollars and taking the advice of my good friend, I did it. My first wearing of the kilt was to the 125th Anniversary of the congregation I serve. 125 years ago the first Presbyterian minister was a Robertson who married a woman with the same name as my wife! It felt like a real honouring of the past for our church and fabulous way to celebrate life at 50. I am wearing my kilt as I type this post!

[kc8ufv]

A dear friend of mine said, "Ah, you can't be a Robertson, turn 50 and not have a kilt!" She is a MacLean. Since my twenties, I "thought" about getting a kilt, but never could afford it. So, having come into some dollars and taking the advice of my good friend, I did it. My first wearing of the kilt was to the 125th Anniversary of the congregation I serve. 125 years ago the first Presbyterian minister was a Robertson who married a woman with the same name as my wife! It felt like a real honouring of the past for our church and fabulous way to celebrate life at 50. I am wearing my kilt as I type this post!

Maybe this advise from your dear friend was actually a way to stop the aging process..

[Blackwolf]

I started off listening very casually to Great Big Sea. Their music is always upbeat and leaves me feeling good. Then I started to look into the culture behind the music.

In 2002 after going through some particularly rough years and going to turn 30 that year I decided to go on a trip by myself. Now I wasn't really alone as it was a Contiki bus tour through England, Scotland, and Wales. (I would have tagged on Ireland if I had the money and the time). But along the way I decided for some reason to get my picture taken in a kilt. When I was in Edinburgh and just having taken a tour though Edinburgh castle I found what was probably a tourist trap for a kilt picture. I didn't really care because in the end I thought I looked really good.





I wanted to show you all the picture. The funny part about it is the whole outfit is sewn together and tied up in the back. I was wearing shorts that day and the girl got me all dressed up and took a whole lot of pictures with different poses and weapons. All in all very fun.



Fast forward to New Years eve 2004. I still remembered wearing my "partial" kilt and our group was going to a black & white gala for this year. I thought this would be a great time to rent myself an outfit. Well I didn't tell anyone that I was doing it and they were all surprised. There were two other kilted gentlemen there and I had a great time. Unfortunately I could have bought my own kilt for the price that I rented it for. But live and learn.








Fast forward again to 2009. I hadn't worn a kilt since the New Year's eve gala but it was always in the back of my mind. Well the Canmore Highland games was on and I was looking though the vendor booths when I came across a MacFarlane kilt that had been made for someone else but for whatever reason they didn't take it. Now I had been laid off for a few months and spending any kind of money on something like this was not the smartest thing to be doing. I stared at it walked away, looked again, thought about it and ended up biting the bullet. It still had the basting stitches in it but I wore it anyway. (That was before I knew better). I had a great time and have continued to add to my collection ever since.