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Cannibal
09-21-2007, 09:21
Thinking about trying something new.

Those of you that use hiking kilts, where do you get them? I haven't been able to locate them on the usual sites (campmor, ems, rei, etc.) Thanks in advance.

Jim Adams
09-21-2007, 09:26
sportkilt.com
I love hiking with my kilt in the east...didn't care much for it out west.
checkout summer weight and winter weight and dress appropriately for the season.
kilts work great.

geek

Cannibal
09-21-2007, 09:30
Thanks geek!

Those things aren't cheap are they!?! Can you really put a price on comfort? Apparently so; it's about $80. :)

T-Dubs
09-21-2007, 10:00
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=160144254509&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=006#ebayphotohosting

I don't know if this is a good alternative or not. It's hard to tell any detail but it may be worth a try? Perhaps someone with sewing experience could tell us just how difficult this might be.

Tom

Obsidian
09-21-2007, 10:09
I've seen utilikilts with a booth at a couple of pride festivals. They'll fit you and let you try on a variety of kilts... Of course pride is in the summer so it might be a long wait

ScottP
09-21-2007, 10:18
You could just buy a $25 dollar woman's skirt from columbia and slit it at the hips. The Damascus and Hot Springs outitters probably have some of the old cancelled mountain hardwear ones.

Footslogger
09-21-2007, 10:18
This is the one I used (and still have) on my thru in 2003. Nothing fancy but gets the job done.

This is a better price though ...

http://www.travelcountry.com/shop/mountain-hardwear/mens-clothing-sale/mountain-hardwear-mountain-kilt-mens.html?RefId=29&RefType=Affiliate

'Slogger

Manach
09-21-2007, 10:40
I found a pretty decent wool kilt for only $80 on E-bay a year or so ago, and the seller had tons of them. It took some alterations (sewing down the pleats, for instance) to make it look respectable, but given that it's durable and cheap it makes for a great outdoors kilt.

Doctari
09-21-2007, 11:00
I made my hiking kilt (the one I was wearing at TD 07) & all of my other 4 kilts.

Here are all the kilt sites I have:
http://www.sportkilt.com/departments/sport-kilts/sport-kilt-specialty-fabrics/Pacific-Trail-Hiker-kilt.cfm
https://secure.utilikilts.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=46
http://stores.channeladvisor.com/Stillwater-Kilts/
I'm going to get one or 2 of the Stillwater kilts to hike in, they are (I think) lighter than my homemade one, which is wool.
I'll be getting the Gordon tartan, which is my family tartan :D

Cannibal
09-21-2007, 11:03
Doctari- Did you ever manage to conver Hammock Engineer to kilts?

Smile
09-21-2007, 11:07
Kilts rock!

ms doolittle
09-21-2007, 12:45
I wear a sport kilt, but the Mountain Hardware kilts are pretty popular.
http://www.google.com/products?q=Mountain+Hardware+kilt&show=dd

I bought one for Green Hornet this summer while he was on the AT. He said he loved it.

Gaiter
09-21-2007, 13:02
not a kilt but the macabi skirt has a mens verison http://www.macabiskirt.com/mens_home.php?PHPSESSID=5679f0834e49d79e8de1e5e04f 8b257e

Mr. Clean
09-21-2007, 13:13
I love my sport kilt, bought it way back for $50 - $60. I like mine so much (Black Stuart) that I may get another one. The selection is much greater now since I got mine and they even have several of clans that I can claim. Looking at the McLaren.
They are warm and cool at the same time, no restriction of movement, no chafe, and the looks from non-hikers are priceless. Just did an 8 mile loop in the Whites two days ago; it was cold in the AM and hot in the PM, and I was fine the whole time. And, I've never been bitten there, either...

Cannibal
09-21-2007, 13:24
Thanks for all the posts! I'll get something soon. First I have to go practice sitting like a girl without squishing anything.

The Weasel
09-21-2007, 14:43
Mountain Hardwear's kilt is about $50. I love mine. Real kilts, which are usable as God intended them to be, cost about $500, but nae Sassenach may wear them.

TW

Cannibal
09-21-2007, 15:07
Mountain Hardwear's kilt is about $50. I love mine. Real kilts, which are usable as God intended them to be, cost about $500, but nae Sassenach may wear them.

TW

I looked at a clan specific kilt that I could have bought (card carrying clan member; NOT KLAN) for a measly $1,400! Thought I was gonna fall over.

sarbar
09-21-2007, 15:32
If ever in Seattle, drop into Utilikilts. They do orders via the phone and internet as well. And they fit guys with beer bellies as well ;) You see a LOT of U. Kilts out here.

beeman
09-21-2007, 15:46
Any kilt that is using 7-8 yards of fabric is going to cost you. I have a regular and hiker sportkilt. I like them both. I have a utilikilt that looks like the worst of gym shorts with white stripes on the sides which I would love to sell. Heavy too.

The Weasel
09-21-2007, 16:12
I looked at a clan specific kilt that I could have bought (card carrying clan member; NOT KLAN) for a measly $1,400! Thought I was gonna fall over.

Buy the fabric, wear it the proper way, not the way some heathen designer thinks, and it's also your blankie, the way God meant it to be. Far cheaper.

TW

Manach
09-21-2007, 16:19
but nae Sassenach may wear them.

TW

Kiltless Man: So, what do you wear under your kilt?

Kilted Scotsman: Yer sister's lipstick, ya Sassenach bastart!

;)

Cannibal
09-21-2007, 16:21
Bum cover and blankie? That might be one of those points that He and I are going to have to agree to disagree about. :)

fehchet
09-21-2007, 17:52
Kiltless Man: So, what do you wear under your kilt?

Kilted Scotsman: Yer sister's lipstick, ya Sassenach bastart!

;)

I cry "foul" on this one. Where are the monitors? Typical male crap and I am offended.

gardenville
09-21-2007, 18:47
I cry "foul" on this one. Where are the monitors? Typical male crap and I am offended.

You show your typical female crap and cry "offended". why should we "men" care. From your point of view everything we do offends you'all.

I have three kilts. One is a Great Kilt - 6+ yards of material and the other two are the typical skirt type.

I made all three. They are easy to make.

One even turns into a Balloon Bed at night.

The Weasel
09-21-2007, 19:17
You show your typical female crap and cry "offended". why should we "men" care. From your point of view everything we do offends you'all.

Hoot, mon....pay yon lassie nae mind. She dinna mean naught, and she dinna ken why a guid Scot would be so blathered at fuleish Sassenach questions.

TW

Gaiter
09-21-2007, 20:40
i was just going to post the whole song, but i'll provide the link instead, if your easily offended please don't click the following link http://www.thebards.net/music/lyrics/The_Scotsman.shtml

ps its a song about wearing a kilt

Cannibal
09-21-2007, 20:49
i was just going to post the whole song, but i'll provide the link instead, if your easily offended please don't click the following link http://www.thebards.net/music/lyrics/The_Scotsman.shtml

ps its a song about wearing a kilt

That is funny! :D

Skidsteer
09-21-2007, 20:55
Even funnier to listen to!

http://www.fugly.com/audio/588/Under_The_Scotsmans_Kilt.html

Cannibal
09-21-2007, 21:06
beeman & gardenville- I had no idea they used that much material. In that case, yeah the price is justified.

Jester2000
09-21-2007, 22:56
You could just buy a $25 dollar woman's skirt from columbia and slit it at the hips. The Damascus and Hot Springs outitters probably have some of the old cancelled mountain hardwear ones.

Here's a better idea. You can go to the Salvation Army and buy a skirt for a dollar. It'll give you an idea about whether it's worth it to spend more. Plus, people will look at you funny in the store while you're trying different ones on. And if you have some sort of complex, you can refer to it (incorrectly) as a kilt.


i was just going to post the whole song, but i'll provide the link instead, if your easily offended please don't click the following link http://www.thebards.net/music/lyrics/The_Scotsman.shtml

ps its a song about wearing a kilt

This, for those interested in very important trail history, was the song that was rewritten as "The Hiker's Skirt" by the Walking Party of Travelling Bills, the performance of which won first prize at the talent show at Trail Days in 2000.

Shockingly, no one exposed themselves.

Skidsteer
09-21-2007, 23:02
I'm still tickled about the 'typical male crap' remark being thrown out in a thread about men wearing dresses.

Bohican
09-21-2007, 23:53
I love my utilikilt, but think wearing it while playing football at the last company picnic might not have been the most career enhancing thing I've ever done. Looking at picking up a sportkilt before my thru.

Doughnut
09-22-2007, 08:10
I was searching eBay, and came across a company called Frugal Corner. 13 oz Kilt $51.00. Gonna try one in a solid color as soon as I can get it.

fehchet
09-22-2007, 10:57
I'm still tickled about the 'typical male crap' remark being thrown out in a thread about men wearing dresses.
I'm glad you took it the way I meant. Just tongue in cheek stuff.

Ron Haven
09-22-2007, 13:32
Thinking about trying something new.

Those of you that use hiking kilts, where do you get them? I haven't been able to locate them on the usual sites (campmor, ems, rei, etc.) Thanks in advance.there is a Scottish Museum in Franklin,NC that sells them.Here is a link to their site http://www.scottishtartans.org/ also I hear there is a place in Linville,NC http://everythingscottish.com/

BumpJumper
09-23-2007, 01:46
OMG...$500, $1400...for a skirt...????:eek: :eek:

I will make yall a dang wrap around skirt using a yard and a half of nylon material if ya want....for $50.

Geeze....what yall wont pay to have that "stuff" aired out.:sun

Gaiter
09-23-2007, 01:52
but the wool and how its made, and the amount of material that goes into, if your going to buy a 'real' kilt you should be worrying if you get it under a hundred

Manach
09-23-2007, 05:46
I'm glad you took it the way I meant. Just tongue in cheek stuff.

Whew! Thank you for saying so!

My second bloody post on WB, and I thought I'd done tweaked the wrong nose!

:banana

Ron Haven
09-23-2007, 19:17
OMG...$500, $1400...for a skirt...????:eek: :eek:

I will make yall a dang wrap around skirt using a yard and a half of nylon material if ya want....for $50.

Geeze....what yall wont pay to have that "stuff" aired out.:sunI hear ya.There has been several hikers who bought them in Franklin for around $40 to $60 range.

pure_mahem
09-23-2007, 21:59
did anybody check out the links you can get a economy kilt from stillwater kilts for like $38 really cheap to find out if you like it or not! by the way kilts rock!

Doctari
09-24-2007, 00:22
Doctari- Did you ever manage to conver Hammock Engineer to kilts?

Nah! But then it ain't for everyone.

Doctari
09-24-2007, 00:35
I have a great kilt as infered to by the Weasel, OMG is it heavy (likely about 5 - 6X as heavy as my regular kilt). I like wearing it, but don't think I'd want to hike in it. On the other hand, it weighs about as much as my pack & over quilt, & the pocket the extra material makes would likely hold almost everything else, soooo,,,,,,,,,,