New Exclusive Tartan – Cu Dubh!
PRE-ORDER – Cu Dubh Tartan – Limited Edition! USA Kilts has designed a special tartan for our friends in the tribal pipes and drums band, Cu Dubh! If you’d like to …
Going to the Renaissance Fair – Our Top Tips
There’s no better place to kilt up! Here’s some hard-won knowledge to help you make the most of the Renaissance Fair! 1. Hydrate! Fancy a pint? Better make it a …
Kilt Confidence!
We get asked a lot about what it’s like to wear a kilt for the first time. How do you deal with stares? How do you deal with negative comments, …
Golf – The Story of the Great Scottish Game
You can not think of Scotland without thinking of golf. But it may surprise you to learn that the progenitor of this game, perhaps the most popular pastime in the …
The Oldest Tartans in (pre)History
“The way they (the Celts) dress is astonishing: they wear brightly-coloured and embroidered shirts, with trousers called bracae and cloaks fastened at the shoulder with a brooch, heavy in winter, …
Happy Saint David’s Day!
St. David’s Day is celebrated annually on March 1st and is dedicated to the patron saint of Wales, St. David (Welsh: Dewi Sant). Born in Caerfai in Pembrokeshire sometime …
Danny Boy – The Ultimate Irish Ballad
The Secret History of Danny Boy It’s almost hard to imagine, but Danny Boy was once known much better by another name, and in fact the tune has a longer …
Hollywood Kilts – The Good the Bad and the Ugly
With Oscar Night coming up, we thought we’d take a look at some of our best-loved and worst-loathed pics of celebrities wearing the kilt. Now obviously, some of these famous …
Scottish Weapons – The Murdoch Pistol
The Highland, Doune, or ‘Murdoch’ pistol… …was a rugged yet beautiful weapon. And it was a home-grown invention. In 1647, a refugee Flemish blacksmith named Thomas Caddell settled in the …
Scottish Weapons – The Highland Dirk
The dirk (Gaelic: Biodag) is a long-standing personal sidearm… …as well as a useful thing to have on a picnic. That is, it was a practical knife for the field …