If you have chafing from the kilt, you're doing it wrong... tho' it won't protect from chafing due to flabby thighs...Survival kilt, back in the day we had to make do with just a sporran. No fancy kilt accessorised kilts, just goats' wool and a lot of chaffing.
Certainly seems possible in dire straits as decent shields were relatively few and far between. But I'm a wee bitty doubtful about a Scot throwing their clothing into a blender, like what do I wear now?
During the height of the greatkilts, a leinam (sp?) was worn - a sing or double layer tunic to the knees or mid calves, along with knee-high hose (tied with a ribbon over the calf -- flashes are a fake of that look), and the kilt isn't going to get all that cut up; it slows the force rather than a shield's capability for an active parry. 4 yards, looped to hang elbow to wrist and forearm to knee (usually about 1 yard) is 4 or 8 layers of fabric (a short kilt), or 6 to 12 for a great kilt. Which depends upon fabric width and personal folding.Certainly seems possible in dire straits as decent shields were relatively few and far between. But I'm a wee bitty doubtful about a Scot throwing their clothing into a blender, like what do I wear now?