No more kilt pins

**Yaish** · 4th September 06, 09:49 AM

Originally Posted by davezero

Well.... I guess maybe I'll stay away from 'em for every day wear then.... Just use 'em for special occaisions.

Thats my new philosophy.

EDIT: My girlfriends dog is a 140 lb Malamute, dumb as hell but very very pretty, and very excited to see me. I think what happened is that his collar caught the kilt pin as he was rushing up to me and pressing against my leg, and when he spun away it snagged the pin and pulled it free.
Fortunately I was able to bend the pokey part back straight, and the tear is very small, less than a pencil eraser. It certainly underscored the danger for me though, even when I wasnt planning on doing anything 'active' in the kilt.

Magnets might help, but I'm not keen on the idea of losing a $40 sterling kilt pin either if they let go. I think I'll just keep putting it in my hat most of the time.

**pbpersson** · 4th September 06, 09:55 AM

Originally Posted by walkerk

I have several name badges with super strong magnets which allow them to be affixed to clothing without puncturing the cloth. Perhaps a similar system could be used for kilt pins. Anyone game for a business opportunity?

I say GO FOR IT!! I have thought about doing kilt pins with my UKs to help the apron stay in place during a wind but I don't want to start poking holes in my kilts.

It sounds like a great idea to me.....and I don't use floppy disks anymore for anything so I don't need to worry about erasing all my data, either.

Phil in Phoenix

**turpin** · 4th September 06, 04:14 PM

Originally Posted by walkerk

What an unfortunate incident. Kilt pins catching on something seems to be an ongoing problem.

I have several name badges with super strong magnets which allow them to be affixed to clothing without puncturing the cloth. Perhaps a similar system could be used for kilt pins. Anyone game for a business opportunity?

How many of you have kilt pins with a substantial percentage of iron, which would be needed for this I keep reading here about silver and pewter pins.

**GlassMan** · 6th September 06, 11:41 AM

Never had a problem with my kilt pin being yanked off by my dog but I did lose a couple of pins because the clasps came undone. Sadly one of them was my clan pin. But I can happily say that one pin I had thought was lost has been found during a serious car cleaning!