USA kilts vs. Celtic Croft kilts

[Galician]

Ah, thanks, Jamie. Yes, I just got a casual, and I had wondered what it would have been like if I had gone for the semi. Well, something good to knock around in, I'm sure.

[Panache]

I'm not knocking USA Casuals, I personally like the higher rise. Frankly the velcro closure would be great for travelling (no buckles to set off metal detectors). Hmmmm perhaps Rocky needs to add a "Traveller" model to his line up. The same ammount of material and the velcro closure as a casual with a traditional rise and wide belt loops.

Cheers

Jamie

[Galician]

That is a very good idea! If I were to travel, especially fly, however, my one complaint with the velcro is that the ones on mine did not line up well. There's contact for only 50% of the strip.

I'm sure that this differs with the size of the kilt, but I'm not sure that it would hold up on its own for the kind of stress put on it for someone of my girth.

[Nick the DSM]

id go with USAkilt, it seems they have better quality stuff then an economic kilt thats a dollar less.

[Chef]

I'm not knocking USA Casuals, I personally like the higher rise. Frankly the velcro closure would be great for travelling (no buckles to set off metal detectors). Hmmmm perhaps Rocky needs to add a "Traveller" model to his line up. The same ammount of material and the velcro closure as a casual with a traditional rise and wide belt loops.

I'm with you on the style of the semi-traditional, but I would guess if you asked Rocky he could probably accommodate the velcro request. Although I think velcro on the left and maybe adjustable plastic buckles on the right might work as well.

[Bugbear]

I thought a lot about this as I was going through an airport in pants on a trip a couple of weeks ago. I hate setting that metal detecter off and I make sure my pants and all don't have any metal. At the end of the trip, I kind of felt that A USAK casual would be best, but I'm looking into buckles that can be removed from the kilt and replaced with plastic clips of some sort, then the buckles replaced after the metal detecter and all. When I come up with some good ideas on how this can be done, I will start a thread.

I'm with you on the style of the semi-traditional, but I would guess if you asked Rocky he could probably accommodate the velcro request. Although I think velcro on the left and maybe adjustable plastic buckles on the right might work as well.

[James MacMillan]

I travel in Rocky's casuals which don't have buckles, velcro only. Works great!

[Tattoo Bradley]

I have three USAK casuals. And, I wear them often. However, after seeing a Semi-Traditional in person, I'm sold. My next USAK will be no less than a semi-trad. Either way you go though, you're going to be far better off than the acrylic you're already used to.

[Verlyn]

With the exception of one Amerikilt, all mine are USA Kilts. 4 casuals, 3 semis and another semi on order. I love all of them, but am partial to the semi for all the reasons listed. I look at the casuals as equivalent to dockers from when I still wore mostly pants and the semis are definitely dressier. As far as flying, the only issue I have had is that the buckles on the semis tend to set off the metal detectors, so will probably go back to the casuals (unless a high wind is predicted, then I'll brave the TSA). You can't go wrong with the work of Rocky and Kelly.

[Alan H]

It must be said that Celtic Croft DOES offer kilts in certain tartans that you can't get anywhere else without buying a tank. I've thought hard about ordering a box pleat from them in the Ulster tartan, and may still do that, someday. Since box pleat kilts have fewer creases in them, "falling out" pleats aren't as drastic a disaster as they are with a knife pleat kilt.