larrynjr Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 I was wondering what the general consensus is concerning kilts. Do you like them, do you or would you wear one? Should we make it a requirement to wear one to be part of IFI? just kidding! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McPherson Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Why laddie, do ya mean to tell me you're not wearing one now??? For shame! You will never KNOW the meaning of sex object until you wear one in public for the first time. McPherson Hunting for state occasions, black canvas Utilikilt for forging. Carpenter bluejeans for work, so the ladies will keep their hands off me. ;>) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomad Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Funny you should ask as I spent about an hour staring at the Utilikilt web site yesterday. I have been to the retail store, have the belt and am trying to find a buyer for my kidney so I can pick up a Workman's. Last big festival I went to I was in the whole 9 yards of Great Kilt though I'll whack off a couple yards before I do that again...... N Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habu68 Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Wore my Utili-kilt to m'daughter's St Pats party just this eve... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habu68 Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Be sure to check out the video ads for utilikilts. "fire" is one with blacksmith content. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrynjr Posted March 16, 2008 Author Share Posted March 16, 2008 I actually just ordered one from Amerikilts last night just before posting this thread. I like the look of the Utilikilts but wanted to try one and make sure I had the right stuff to wear one before commiting to the price of a Utilikilt. Habu, where did you get those moccasin boots? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habu68 Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Larry, It helps to go to a festival where they are selling the kilts. The fit on a kilt is weird, they have you stand in a three sided booth an drop trow as they wrap you in FREEDOM.... Just beware of the lasses with the Regimental Inspection Mirror On A Stick. BOG. The Mocs come from Minnetonka-By-Mail - Minnetonka Moccasins Specialty Retailer nice boots good for dancing. You know what a Scot wearrrs und'r da Kilt dun't ya lad? why socks and boots, dun't ya know... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete46 Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Down Here Id Get Kill't For Wear'n A Kilt! But I Do Like Habu's Boots ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habu68 Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 da's why ya be wear'n the dirk handy in the garter, laddie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 I wear 'em all the time. Have all different kinds, too (traditional, casual, greatkilt, Utilikilt, etc). Long time member of X Marks the Scot online, as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete46 Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 I Have Some Scottsmen Swing'n Around In My Family Tree[momma's People Are Kinabrew] So Maybe That's Why Kilts Look So Comfortable To Me ! Chiggers ,ticks ,& Redneck Friends Keep Me From Wear'n One!:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrynjr Posted March 16, 2008 Author Share Posted March 16, 2008 I've always been interested in them but haven't really been in the right place / time to go for it. The only part of my heritage I really know about is from my Mom's side, German / Swedish. My dad's side was adopted in about 3 generations back so no one knows for sure. I may not be blood Scottish but the freedom sounds very fine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzonoqua Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 may I bring to your attention this photo given to me by the man who runs our local museum- of the Smiddy where I now live/work- its from around the 1920's give or take a decade. You can just make out the man wearing a kilt to rasp the horse's hooves... I think its staged though, as the other lads in the photo are wearing leather aprons, covered in soot, and wearing dark colours, I am not sure in that day they would wear a white shirt to work!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habu68 Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 White Shirt: My Great Grandfather circa 1910 striking for his apprentice; Staged ??? It was his camera.http://www.iforgeiron.com/gallery/data/500/medium/FrankPolzin.JPG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Czar Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Do you like them, do you or would you wear one? well how else are you going to get free drinks on skirt night? :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don A Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 A kilted farrier???!!! Now, there be a man! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 I'm a true american mongrel so I have some scots in with the irish, german, cherokee, french...but the kilt is too recent for me; done a lot of forging in a tunic though. I've also worn lederhosen to Quad-State when the weather is appropraite on Fridays... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philip in china Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Habu, that's not a dirk it's a sien dhu. A dirk is a sword! You must have heard: "There was a scots highlander At the battle of Waterloo. The wind blew up his Philabeg And showed his skien dhu." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratel10mm Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Phil, a Dirk is a long dagger. Size wise, it (very roughly) goes: Sgian Dubh (in modern dress worn in the stocking top, apparently at the behest of Queen Victoria) Dirk Basket hilt sword hand & half sword 2 hand sword Claidh Mor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rstegman Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 As Red Skelton said in one of his bits, "I used the chase anything in a skirt, until I ran into that Scottsman...." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habu68 Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I stand corrected....I never was one for hand to hand combat... i lean toward range and knock down power... never bring a knife to a gun fight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratel10mm Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 That's a nice trebuchet. It looks very like the one at Warwick Castle. Although they used man powered wheels like a hamster's exercise wheel where you walk inside the wheel to turn it. The photo above looks like the wheels are to small for someone to stand inside? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete46 Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Good Way To Train A Racing Pig! In A Kilt W/ A Trebuchet. Oh There's Money In This Idea :somewhere ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habu68 Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 the wheels are 5' o/d, arm 22' 350 lbs, arm sling and a-frame give a release point 42' off the ground, counter weight is rated to 2000 lbs (we have fired it at 1100) Range 900' with a 10lb bowling ball at 1100 lb in the counter weight. accurate to 6' at 900ft. The firing of a burlap wrapped ball with 2 cups of coleman fuel at ten-o-clock at night into lake Estes brought the stands to their feet and a call from the police and fire marshal. It was a Beautiful Thing. more Pic's and movies at Mad Splatter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firegirl Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Well, I'm not allowed to wear one, but I must say...I LOVE guys who can pull off wearing a kilt!!! And I am one of the official kilt checkers at the Renfaire :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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