Took the plunge...

**Jock Scot** · 25th April 08, 03:03 AM

I am so sure that you are right to go for a tartan,it must make it easier for people to understand what you are wearing.Take ten minutes to read up a wee tad of the tartan's history,you are bound to be asked about it,if not today, then for sure you will be tomorrow.There is nothing more painful than seeing a kilt wearer floundering with their lack of knowledge of the tartan they are wearing.

**SteveB** · 25th April 08, 04:09 AM

Enjoy the addiction and the meteoritic rise in your social life. When outfitted with a day sporran, hose and flashes.... well life is grand.
Know a little about the tartan as it is a great part of the conversation. Where you are in art school, you may want to demonstrate a knowledge of the colour pattern, and the significance of them in the design of the tartan. Sure to be a bonus.

**Kid Cossack** · 25th April 08, 04:35 AM

Cajunscot must be slipping . . . (said in jest!) as usually by this time his Moderatorship would have pointed out that the proper name for this tartan is Black Watch!

In all seriousness, Jerry at SWK provides lightning service and a very nice kilt for the price. I think you'll like them. Them? Oh yeah---I doubt if the Black Watch will be your only kilt.

**Galb** · 25th April 08, 05:49 AM

Welcome to the kilted life. And welcome to the addiction. Since wearing my kilt on a normal, non-Highland game day, I've found that I really enjoy it. Thus, a new kilt, sporran and flashes are in the mail as we speak. Oh god, what have we gotten ourselves into?

**Riverkilt** · 25th April 08, 07:31 AM

Cincinatti...conservative????

Is that not the home of Weideman's Beer and their wild commercials...it was in the 60s...

Perhaps a population transplant happened sometime over the last 40 years...I just can't keep up anymore.

I'm with your other feedback. Art school...you're gonna be the bomb (do they still say that in Cincinnati?)

Don't know what sort of art you do, but take a look at the Utilikilt workman's too. A great kilt for artists. Okay to get "stuff" on it.

Ron

**brendillon** · 25th April 08, 10:30 AM

Originally Posted by Riverkilt

Cincinatti...conservative????

Is that not the home of Weideman's Beer and their wild commercials...it was in the 60s...

Perhaps a population transplant happened sometime over the last 40 years...I just can't keep up anymore.

I'm with your other feedback. Art school...you're gonna be the bomb (do they still say that in Cincinnati?)

Don't know what sort of art you do, but take a look at the Utilikilt workman's too. A great kilt for artists. Okay to get "stuff" on it.

Ron

Compared to some areas of the midwest (Cincinnatians generally consider themselves midwesterners) Cinci probably is fairly liberal.
For someone like myself for whom Cincinnati is a Grad School pit stop between Boston, MA and Boulder, CO, it's pretty conservative.
I'm also in the architecture department of the art school, which is more conservative typically than other departments in the school.
I like the look of the Utilikilt a lot, I just can't justify the expense for my first kilt.

**646guy** · 25th April 08, 02:33 PM

Addiction is an understatement....congrats on the first kilt. You'll soon want another about an hour after you leave your home and get all the compliments.

**Raphael** · 25th April 08, 03:42 PM

Your Blackwatch from Stillwater will become an everyday kilt because you are going to get another one.

For your benefit, learn about the Blackwatch and know who they are. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Watch

**Standard** · 26th April 08, 07:52 AM

Originally Posted by brendillon

Ok, maybe it's more like 'wading in' rather than a 'plunge' but I just bought my first kilt... A Blackwatch from Stillwaters... cheap, because I'm not 100% sure what I'm getting myself into and I'm not ready for a big commitment for an everyday kilt.
*gulp*

Congrats on the new kilt. BTW there are many of us on this list who are not full time kilt wearers, so don't feel like you have to make the step into that area. Just be sure to enjoy your kilt, and wear it as much as possible.

**brendillon** · 26th April 08, 11:31 AM

Originally Posted by Standard

Congrats on the new kilt. BTW there are many of us on this list who are not full time kilt wearers, so don't feel like you have to make the step into that area. Just be sure to enjoy your kilt, and wear it as much as possible.

I think I'm going to toss the kilt into my regular rotation of pants. I don't really have any special occasions for wearing one at the moment. Every day is pretty much the same, come to school and work my butt off, go home, sleep, repeat.

Here's a question though... How does one ride a bicycle whilst kilted?