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    Keagan is offline Oops, it seems this member needs to update their email address
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    In the beginning i wore two belts.....but now i have got only one

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    What kind of chord?

    The albanach article is very interesting and certainly makes a lot of sense.

    I'm wondering what kind of cord would have been used? Cotton, or hemp? or a cloth belt?

    Yet another sewing project to start (sigh).

    Kon,

    Of course Goynych is gaelic. It's the original spelling of Guinach.

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    for my Belted Plaid(s) i made a drawstring "belt", from the same material - works fine
    waulk softly and carry a big schtick

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    Two belts seems redundant to me.
    Rondo

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    Driod-Readers;
    I use two belts; the first is a braided elastic sort of belt I bought a WalMart. This is great as a 1st belt, it keeps the G.Kilt in place, no matter how you move. I then add a secound belt to hang goodies on. Oh, keep the buckle on the 1st belt to the side or back, in that way it will not rub on the 2nd belt buckle
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    I'm going to have to try this two belt idea out. In my mind I see belting up the first time to hold the lot in place and letting it fall then belting over the down folded tartan and lifting it back up.. I think it would look very sharp and that extra bit of security (anti-streaker) can't hurt. Again.. it would be nice to be able to adjust things on a second belt without doing that weird shuffle stance I'm doing now days trying to keep things where they were during adjustments. Great post!
    May you live as long as you want and never want as long as you live

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    I have only ever wore one belt, and it did the job.
    [-[COLOR="DimGray"]Floreat Majestas[/COLOR]-|-[COLOR="Red"]Semper Vigilans[/COLOR]-|-[COLOR="Navy"]Aut Pax Aut Bellum[/COLOR]-|-[I][B]Go mbeannai Dia duit[/B][/I]-]
    [COLOR="DarkGreen"][SIZE="2"]"I consider looseness with words no less of a defect than looseness of the bowels."[/SIZE][/COLOR] [B]- John Calvin[/B]

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oberu View Post
    .. it would be nice to be able to adjust things on a second belt without doing that weird shuffle stance I'm doing now days trying to keep things where they were during adjustments.
    Sewing down the pleats to an internal waistband and a few strips of velcro can be a godsend.

    Rondo

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    I've never done the two-belt thing when wearing a feileadh mor or "great kilt". It takes away a couple of inches (or "mor" depending on width of the outer belt) of the upper plaid that you could otherwise bring up onto your shoulders as a cloak. Just doesn't make sense to me if you want to maximize the garment's versatility.

    However, I also have a 4-yard single-width plaid that I used to sometimes wear as a feileadh beag, mainly going out hiking in the coastal hills. With the lower edge hanging at my knee and a belt at the top, there would still be a floppy fringe of extra material lapping over from the top of the belt at the waist. So I took one of these wide leather belts (2 & 5/8 inches) I'd adapted as a kilt belt (cut and dyed it myself) and put that on over the fabric and inner belt. I found that now I could easily hang things like my dirk from it and, as an unexpected side benefit, having that overlapping fabric "sandwiched" between the two belts kept the kilt VERY securely in place.

    It also just looked better that way.
    Last edited by Dale Seago; 26th March 12 at 04:25 PM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rondo View Post
    Sewing down the pleats to an internal waistband and a few strips of velcro can be a godsend.

    Rondo
    How then do you use it to sleep in?
    [-[COLOR="DimGray"]Floreat Majestas[/COLOR]-|-[COLOR="Red"]Semper Vigilans[/COLOR]-|-[COLOR="Navy"]Aut Pax Aut Bellum[/COLOR]-|-[I][B]Go mbeannai Dia duit[/B][/I]-]
    [COLOR="DarkGreen"][SIZE="2"]"I consider looseness with words no less of a defect than looseness of the bowels."[/SIZE][/COLOR] [B]- John Calvin[/B]

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