Just out of curiosity...

[davedove]

Are not cows pretty much out there? What do they do when it rains . . . run to the farm house and pound on the door, yelling let us in, our skin is suede and it raining outside!!!

That's not the half of it. It's a real pain to get them back outside. All they want to do is lay on the couch, watching TV, and drinking your beer.

[NewKilt]

A suede kilt would probably look great, but if you got caught out in the rain, it could really get messed up. I never been able to understand that about suede. Are not cows pretty much out there? What do they do when it rains . . . run to the farm house and pound on the door, yelling let us in, our skin is suede and it raining outside!!!

That's not the half of it. It's a real pain to get them back outside. All they want to do is lay on the couch, watching TV, and drinking your beer.

I wondered why I felt so tipsy after eating that bowl of cereal with milk on today.

Darrell

[oneride]

I wondered why I felt so tipsy after eating that bowl of cereal with milk on today.

Darrell

tipsy? sounds to me like youi have to much blood in yur alcohol system..

[BLAZN]

I'd have to say it wouldn't likely go over well here (Arizona).

Suede around here would be stained rather quickly in sweat, or by the "mud rain" we get a few times per year.

Wool can be cleaned more easily than suede.

Ah, but not everyone lives in AZ. I certainly wouldn't wear one where I live presently... Hawaii is fairly well known for being a warm place. Now, when I get to Maine...

A suede kilt would probably look great, but if you got caught out in the rain, it could really get messed up. I never been able to understand that about suede. Are not cows pretty much out there? What do they do when it rains . . . run to the farm house and pound on the door, yelling let us in, our skin is suede and it raining outside!!!

Darrell

I'm pretty certain that if I make 'em, they'll be faux suede. Even then, as far as I can tell, I'm looking at $30/yd for material!

[Canuck]

Ah, but not everyone lives in AZ. I certainly wouldn't wear one where I live presently... Hawaii

Well Sir I was Honolulu in January and all of Feb. I pretty much wore my leather kilts all the time there! I was rather comfortable. Too bad we didn't meet. Maybe another time.
I'll tell you this for what it's worth, it's a different skill set to work with leather. Problem is they don't make 6yd cows not even in Texas!
All the best... this reminds me of a classic joke which isn't PC but the punch line is green side up (guys laying sod) Suede side IN! feels nicer to the skin!
Cheers
Robert

[Hamish]

Of course, Blu is quite correct - suede is just not a practical material for a kilt. I once had a gorgeous suede jacket, but it was the very devil to keep looking like something wearable! Having said that, if someone came up with a suede treatment that would reliably repel stains, watermarks, etc. then I'd be head of the queue to get one. But then, I'm like that!