Sure, if you don’t want one don’t wear one! However, that rather misses the point of this topic, which is if you do wear one then where on the kilt should it be positioned.

However, I must admit to being intrigued by the reference to Queen Victoria. Do you mean that because the first use of the kilt pin is popularly accredited to Queen Victoria then it should not be worn because it is not “traditional”? If so, just how far back do we have to go before something becomes “traditional” and why pick on that date, whatever it is, as the benchmark? After all, Queen Victoria was crowned 167years ago, which seems long enough to me!