Clan Crest on a Kilt---Where?

[Jock Scot]

I may be an old traditional Scot, but for the life of me I don't understand your thought processes on this. However, I do fully accept that you are quite entitled to do as you please.

The modern kilt(some would say it is not a kilt) that you are wearing is not supposed, as I understand it, to have any connection to the Scottish kilt. Why then, put a Clan badge on it to give it a Scots connection? Why not get a kilt in the appropriate tartan if you want to signify your Scots connections and put that badge on a blazer where it belongs?

[English Bloke]

I hear what you're saying Jock but having worn a traditional kilt in a very (very) hot place I can understand the attraction of a light weight cotton-canvas kilt on purely practical grounds. I don't wear one meeself, I have one as part of my collection and I occasionally wear it inside the mansion but I haven't yet ventured out of doors in it and doubt I ever will.

That said I can also appreciate that those with a Scottish connection may still wish to advertise the fact by means of a badge. This seems to fit the purpose adequately. Don't get me wrong. Utility Kilts are not Scottish Kilts but are, all the same, often worn by people with a sense of Scottishness in them.

[macwilkin]

I hear what you're saying Jock but having worn a traditional kilt in a very (very) hot place I can understand the attraction of a light weight cotton-canvas kilt on purely practical grounds. I don't wear one meeself, I have one as part of my collection and I occasionally wear it inside the mansion but I haven't yet ventured out of doors in it and doubt I ever will.

That said I can also appreciate that those with a Scottish connection may still wish to advertise the fact by means of a badge. This seems to fit the purpose adequately. Don't get me wrong. Utility Kilts are not Scottish Kilts but are, all the same, often worn by people with a sense of Scottishness in them.

Point taken, but respectfully -- I think the issue I have, as a traditionalist, is that a bullion wire badge is traditionally worn on a blazer/club jacket. You do see some folks in the North America that wear them on day wear jackets with their kilt, but to me, it almost seems a bit much -- a blazer badge really belongs on a blazer. I would think an embroidered patch of the clan badge would look better on a modern kilt.

But again, this is just my opinion only. I can't speak for others.

T.

[BraveheartedO-fWolf]

I hear what you're saying Jock but having worn a traditional kilt in a very (very) hot place I can understand the attraction of a light weight cotton-canvas kilt on purely practical grounds. I don't wear one meeself, I have one as part of my collection and I occasionally wear it inside the mansion but I haven't yet ventured out of doors in it and doubt I ever will.

That said I can also appreciate that those with a Scottish connection may still wish to advertise the fact by means of a badge. This seems to fit the purpose adequately. Don't get me wrong. Utility Kilts are not Scottish Kilts but are, all the same, often worn by people with a sense of Scottishness in them.

Therein lies my reasoning. I want to show my heritage while wearing a kilt that I feel comfortable in. I am very proud of my heritage and mean no disrepect.