Royal Regiment of Scotland sample kilt

[Nervous Jock]

It's definitely longer (by 2") than the length I had asked for. I'm negotiating with Bill as I type this...

I have an issue kilt which is for my height this is about 1 inch to inch half longer than the kilts I have had made to measure so this doesn't actually surprise me, you'll probably find it comes up to the middle of your belly

[BruceK]

Middle of the belly is one thing. Under me armpits is somethin' else entirely... I exaggerate a little...

But it's interesting to hear that issue kilts are longer. Are the kilts simply worn longer in the military? IOW, do they typically fall below the top of the knee?

[Nervous Jock]

Middle of the belly is one thing. Under me armpits is somethin' else entirely... I exaggerate a little...

But it's interesting to hear that issue kilts are longer. Are the kilts simply worn longer in the military? IOW, do they typically fall below the top of the knee?

Ha Ha, know what you mean, I have a kilt which is for someone 188 cm tall (exactly my height 6'2""). The quick way we normally put them on is kneeling on the ground. My belief in them being longer is to ensure there is no gap between the top of the kilt and any jacket thats being worn, this would mean pulling the kilt up and making it too short or possibly to pull your gut in too (a bit like a corset!!)

[Retro Red]

Hey, Bruce, my RRS kilt comes well below my knee & that just ain't right.

I PM'd Barb T about the possiblity of hemming my RRS kilt, here's her reply -

"Well, I suspect that you got caught by the fact that "length" to a kiltmaker is the distance from the center of the buckle to the bottom. So, if your kilts are 24" overall, you need to give a kiltmaker a length of 22" to get a kilt that is 24" long (i.e., 22" length plus the rise). Ditto 21" for an overall length of 23". That's because the amount of rise can vary from kilt to kilt. It's the length from the center of the buckle that is the same for a particular size person.

I do know military box pleated kilts, and they would be extremely difficult to hem. It's possible to hem a heavy-weight, knife-pleated kilt, but a military box pleated kilt has too many little folds to hem well. I hate to say it, but I think you're stuck. What about selling it to someone else on eBay or in the forum?

Sorry for the bad news!

Barb"

So, that kind of explains how we both ended up with longer than expected kilts. I was going to write to Bill at Argyll Kilts & see if there was any chance of exchanging for a shorter version. Have you heard back from him?

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[Nervous Jock]

Is there a label on it with a NATO number on it

does it have a size in the format (example) 188/112/104, if to what does it say?

[BruceK]

I don't believe there is any label at all on the inside of mine.

[Nervous Jock]

Aye looking at the ebay add it only had this



Can't see a size

[Hugh Ledger]

Doesn't need a size thier would be a different NSN for each size. Just need someone to look it up.

[Nervous Jock]

Doesn't need a size thier would be a different NSN for each size. Just need someone to look it up.

Correct, but the issue kilts have a size and NSN on the labels, Bruce said there wasn't a label at all so there isn't anything to look up

[Hugh Ledger]

Well the pic above has a NSN in it. Or did I not read everything close enough?