On the advice of the gentleman running A Year In A Kilt, I purchased two kilts from his favorite retailer (Not sure if I can name them here) during their "Tartan Day" say. Scottish National and Heritage of Ireland. You'd think with all the Smiths in the world, that Smith tartans would be more popular than they are, but being as they weren't, these were my next choices.

So, they arrived in the mail today, and I dragged my daughter outside to get a couple of pics of me wearing them, straight out of the shipping bag.

16 oz., 8 yard PV kilts. My other kilts are two Stillwater Thriftys. And they don't even come close to these two.

Love them! And I think they look nice with my Aussie Oilskin, too.


That sporran looks pretty good with both of them, but I popped on a different sporran for the Heritage of Ireland.



Even the horses noticed I was wearing a kilt. (Really, they noticed it was time to put some grain out).


Heritage of Ireland. I like this tartan better than the Irish National or the St. Pats. The way it's woven, the orange appears much more "rusty."


I have to say, I'll never buy another 5 yard kilt again if I can help it. This one, in a pretty stiff wind, held it's own, with the weather we've had here recently in the midwest.

I've got plans to order 4 or so more before my birthday in August, and then I'll be doing a Year in a Kilt myself.