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Molten metal and a black Workman's Ray Bowen - Blacksmith and Utilikiltarian - was interviewed in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution about his life as a kilted blacksmith, "Kilt gives blacksmith memorable edge". It is a cool Q&A article with a cool guy. Unfortunately, the AJC is not cool. I tried to get permission to reprint the article here for your reading pleasure, but the AJC wants 500 smackeroos for it!! After a fairly snotty email on Feb 7th, Joni Zeccola in the News Research department sent me another email that was more carefully worded: We do not allow use such as...

SEATTLE-September 19, 2005 - Picture a cargo skirt – for guys. That's the idea behind the Utilikilt. Steven Villegas created the first Utilikilt for himself while restoring a motorcycle. He says pants were too uncomfortable to wear. So, he fashioned a kilt out of some old army pants. Now, he's making cargo kilts for guys who are willing to be different and show off their legs. The Seattle entrepreneur says he's selling about 12,000 Utilikilts a year at prices up to $230 each. There's nothing frilly about the Utilikilts. They have tool pockets and a loop for a hammer. Of...