Ravenswood Leather kilt

[LitTrog]

That there was a whole mess of p@nts in your last post. You're itching for expulsion, lad.

[Riverkilt]

Now you just need a leather cargo Rkilt to complete a leather kilt hat trick!

[tundramanq]

Ron, remember I beat ya to the British Tan RKilt? That's a first! Lead on to the poor house.
LT, I think I'm safe as long as I use p**t as a verb - it's no longer a noun here anyway

[Riverkilt]

Yeah, now that you remind me....gets worse every day....so soon you'll be opening the Contemporary Leather Kilt Museum....???

[tundramanq]

Shoot, half the time I AM a walking museum, definitely headed to relic status.

[seanachie]

Just another option to throw in the mix is AltKilt. I have a brown leather leather from Jeanie, and to my knowledge the first one she uses straps instead of the standard button closure. I am quite pleased with the kilt and Jeannie is great to work with.

[Zardoz]

So Tundramanq, did you get your Ravenswood kilt yet?

I stopped by their shop at faire this weekend to chat and Cassidy told me they had 2 or 3 kilt orders in the wake of the discussion here. They had sold some at faire as well, but I have not caught anyone wearing one yet. While I was there I took a couple shots of the red example they had on hand, sorry there are not more, but they were busy, and I had to borrow a battery from a stranger to get my camera to work!


Here's the front, showing the closure and the slash pockets,


and the back, showing the pleats and lace adjustment.

I'd not taken a really hard look at one of these before, and I was impressed by the detail and construction. And the weight, about 7 pounds.

Cassidy told me that they were also working on another leather model, this one to be more 'traditionally styled'; wider apron, knife pleats, buckle closure, etc. at a lower price point. She said she'd keep me in the loop, maybe I can be a tester!

[tundramanq]

Quick answer is not yet.
THE DETAILS:
5/6/12 - Ordered
6/22/12 - checked online status, it had shown "completed" for a couple of weeks. Sent email query. Reply stated that this was order processing completed and the kilt would be delivered by the promised date (?).
8/8/12 - Queried - Reply - Awaiting delivery of the Royal Blue Leather for this kilt.
9/28/12 - Queried - Reply - Leather arrived last week and has been cut. Awaits attention of the seamstress.

10/27/12 - Queried as I will be out of town for a while in Nov/Dec. To hold or redirect the shipment during this time if it can't get here in time. Not having a $885 box left on my porch while gone!

Eagerly await the reply. int: Maybe by christmas?
My only real gripe is they have to be prodded to get a status when there is a delay and a due date will be missed.

Zardoz, your picture makes me cringe a bit - I use 2.5 inch belts - those hangers are 2.75 inches spine to clip tips - close.
That color is not listed as an option - pink? The only one listed even close is scarlet.

[Zardoz]

Pretty sure the belt loops will handle a 2.5 inch belt. that color was the scarlet leather, it's darker in real life, I think the flash washed it out a bit.

[tundramanq]

A guy in a pink leather kilt - that would really confuse 'em.