Skinemax? 
I’m a security admin with more than a little bit of BOFH in me, and I’ve got a long beard. Guess that pretty well confirms that I need a kilt as well.
Hmmm… now that is tempting. I wonder if I can get the wife to agree to spend that much on something to wear for me.
My only concern is my undeserved beer-gut (I don’t drink beer! Dang it.)…
Not to push the point, Tristan, but they do offer a “beer-gut” cut, with the waist a bit lower in front than in back, so it hangs evenly (at least, they did…I haven’t been around the website in a few years, but I’d bank that it’s still an option).
Since one of their marketing ploys is to brag about how many beers you can carry in one of their kilts, they have to be somewhat conscious of the results of said beverage.
I’ll be the first to acknowledge that they aren’t cheap, but after buying 18 of the things (and not wearing pants for over three years), I’ve never regretted spending a single penny on them. They are absolutely worth every dime that they cost. If they sold stock in the company, I’d buy it.
Oh, DW. You don’t owe me an apology. I just got the impression that you were getting annoyed because you were thinking that I was sneering at your choice to wear UK’s. I wasn’t. Just trying to head that off at the pass.
Cool, then. I thought you were being a bit unjusifiably dismissive of the kilts.
So, no worries on my end, either.
clinks beers
Dijon You look three kindso’ sexy in your kilt and beard!
I salute you and I am off to try to get my husband to buy a kilt.
**Dijon ** … I was skeptical about the kilt thing.
But that look really works.
Something about the combination of great legs/broad shoulders/ID badge on a chain/“I don’t give a fuck” attitude. Not every guy could pull it off. But you are smokin’ in that picture. Do not doubt it.
I especially like the little, uh, triangular arrangement of decorative rivets, or whatever, on the front. rrowr.
Truly, they are teh sexy.
Crap, double post:
Glassy: They’re snaps, not rivets. They are (along with a belt, which is necessary to keep the waist from flopping foolishly) how the kilt stays together.
I really like the Workman’s model (I currently have three) because of all the hardware. In addition to the six snaps in front (which have become sort of a trademark…and do tend to draw attention to the area), they also have a set of snaps around the right side which are for the expandable “hammer loop” attachment, as well as a clip on the left side for keys or whatever, and snaps (and rivets) on the divided pockets. The first Utilikilt I ever ordered was a black workman’s, and it is still one of my favorite UKs (have it on right now, as a matter of fact).
They used to make another model with a single snap and a zipper fly (more like regular pants), but they didn’t sell well enough and were discontinued. I never got one of those, but don’t regret it. They looked silly.
Hey, Dijon Warlock…how’re you doin’?
You look awesome in a kilt!
I don’t know why guys around here don’t wear them…
You, sir, have an impressive beard. How long did it take to grow?
Not every guy can pull off wearing a kilt, especially when it comes to not flashing others while wearing it. 
AuntBeast, I could not imagine wearing skorts around. The last time I saw some, they were really unflattering and at that weird length between “hootchie mama” and “Grandma’s favorite gardening shorts” length. That, and they all seem to come in that stonewashed denim that makes them the skirt equivalent of Mom Jeans. I definitely prefer Bermuda shorts, as they’re just long enough.
Well, I’m doing without you at the moment (is there an appropriate answer to this question? I hope I found it! 
)…Thanks for the compliment (this thread is inflating my ego to Mr. Creosote proportions). I don’t know why guys don’t wear them, either. They are MUCH more comfortable than shorts in hot weather, which would make them ideal where you live; but most people aren’t familiar with them (or they’re afraid to wear them), which is probably the biggest reason(s).
Hard to say, exactly. The year after I graduated high school, I was in a community theatre production of “Fiddler on the Roof,” and they asked all of the males to grow a beard if they could. I did, but it was fairly sparse…however, I liked it and have never completely gotten rid of it since. Every spring when the weather gets warm, I’ll take scissors to it and cut most of it off just to air out my face, but I haven’t actually gotten rid of the thing entirely for a quarter-century. I absolutely hate to shave.
At least, up there.
That’s nearly as long as it grows, though; as is my hair in that pic, which also hasn’t been cut in 25 years. I wiill never look like ZZ Top.
As to flashing: one of the things I like about Utilikilts is that because of the snaps in the front, flashing is almost impossible by accident. If you wear them traditionally (nothing under them but socks and shoes), you might show a cheek or two if a breeze sneaks up the back, but the front pretty much stays in place (unlike a traditional kilt, which can say “HELLO!” to the world quite unexpectedly).
By the way Dijon, I meant to come back to the thread (and I promptly forgot) and tell you thank you for posting your lovely, manly picture. Since I was the first one and all calling for a “cite.” But I see someone has already beaten me to the Joey line, so I’ll pretend I said Mae West instead.
You do look really great and totally cool. Wish I knew anyone who’d at least give 'em a try.
[ ::: sigh ::: ]
I rather look like Little Fucking Lord Fauntleroy than
Little Fucking Buster Brown !!!
Yikes! I hope I don’t have nightmares from that single eyeball glaring at me…
Thank you for the link…I thought I was resigned to swimming in surf shorts and a t-shirt. But it does bring up my peeve…soft foam cups?? I’m already fat with matching boobs…I don’t need no foam cups to make my boobs look artificial???
That is one sweet beard Dijon Warlock.
I’ve been growing one for about 2 1/2 years. The chin and neck part under my chin is not quite as long as yours but the sides of my jaw and cheek areas seem not to want to grow very long so my beard looks like a “V” and not rounded out like yours, which I wish it did.
Oh well. I’m keeping it because I hate to shave too. I think god hates shaving as well and thats why he always has a beard in paintings and pictures of old.
Maybe it’s to prevent nip alert.
If I see those two fucking, I am shooting myself in the head.
My wife raised a good point, when I broached the subject with her…
“In Sacramento, you could probably get away with it. Here, in rural PA, not so much.”
Dang it.