Tim - come in and join the club!! Or should it be Camino Clan??
Direct ancestry is no longer important, many men throughout the world now wear the kilt. The first thing you will find is how
amazingly comfortable it is!! Our 'plumbing' isn't really suited to trousers and that tight cloth up around the groin, not at all. You will notice the difference immediately.
A great site, that trekkilt one and I do like their hiking kilts - very functional.
Two websites for you - the first where you can buy good every day working tartan kilts at about the same price. Very well made .. and although a hard-wearing and easy to clean Polyviscose material the 8yd kilts move - 'swing' - the same way that a heavy wool kilt does. Although my Clan is Horsburgh both my 'hiking' kilts are Scottish National Tartan. You can buy all the accessories on there too and I wear a zipped bag to the side on my belt as you will find that the sporran doesn't hold much at all.
http://www.heritageofscotland.com/casual_kilts_men
The second website is all about kilts and why a man should wear one!!!
http://www.kiltmen.com/index.htm
A number of things happen on a regular basis when you are out in a kilt. Regardless of your age or natural beauty (or lack of it
) all women immediately sit up like Meerkats when you appear, and, yes, you do get asked quite often what is worn under the kilt (nothing of course, all is in perfect working order
) - and you will get a number of men who want to have their photograph taken with you. It seems to be a secret desire of many men to wear the kilt and you will get into conversations about the comfort, practicality and so on. Though - this is all with wearing tartan - the plain and modern hiking kilts that are appearing are a much rarer site and I don't know if the responses would be different or the same.
In the square at Castrojeriz I came across three men in kilts; two together and another who coincidentally turned up at the same time. Two were in their late twenties/early thirties and the third was in his sixties - with their sun tans and Camino-worn clothing .. well .. it was like walking into the Braveheart film (without the swords).
You go ahead Tim, be brave (heart) enough! - you will be very self-conscious at first but that soon drops away. One thing though. If you wear it too long it will look like a skirt. If you wear it too short it will look like a skirt - you have to get the bottom edge exactly right. The hem needs to fall at the middle of the knee (trust me on this!!).
If you are a little nervous about wearing your first kilt it may be worth starting with a tartan one - recognisable and accepted by all - and then moving on to the newer plain hiking kilts when you feel more confident. Just a thought.