Quote Originally Posted by Hamish
I don't either, Adam. Modern kiltpins are really nothing more than decorative and somehow they just look out of place (to my mind) on anything other than a Scottish-made kilt. It's an aesthetic thing!
Quote Originally Posted by Bil
I would tend to agree with Hamish, but it is a matter of preference. Solid kilts have such clean, definable lines that I don't think that a kilt pin adds anything to the aesthetics. As for the function of a kilt pin, it seems that the same could be obtained with an oversized safety pin... it would give it a more "industrial - grunge" look that the kids dig. :-)

Just my 2 cents.
I would tend to disagree on this one. I think having a kilt pin in the proper place, even if the kilt isn't a "traditional plaid", could be a visual cue to otherwise confused onlookers that the garment you're wearing is a kilt, not a skirt. The trick would be to coordinate the style of pin to the style of kilt (i.e. no fancy jewels on a canvas duc kilt with studded belt!)

As a 43 yr. old man, I don't do "Grunge" very well. ;)

Sigh... Guess I'll have to get one of the other kilts if I want to show off my pins.