why I don't lose my kilt pin

[Riverkilt]

Someone mentioned the erasers...I couldn't figure out what they meant. This, with the photos, is very clear to my addled brainpan. Thanks for passing that on.

Is this a great board or what?!

Ron

[MacTavishOfJapan]

It sure is Ron, I'd never have thought of either of these solutions myself. Cheers.

[sjrapid]

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[sjrapid]

Turpin, that's a really neat solution for long clasp pins. Thank-you!

For short pins with clasps, ref the discussion about erasers above, the other thing I've sourced from craft shop/hobby lobby type outlets to solve this problem is small bubble-pack of ear-ring mounts and backings/bushes.


They're about £3 a pack. I discard all the post and scroll stuff I don't want and keep the large bushes, which have a piece of silicon rubber inside them which grips the kilt-pin's pin very tightly.

Best regards

[neo71665]

Someone mentioned the erasers...I couldn't figure out what they meant. This, with the photos, is very clear to my addled brainpan. Thanks for passing that on.

Is this a great board or what?!

Ron

hope this helps about the eraser, I'll try to get closer shots if you need them.

[Abax]

Now if you have a hobby shop that sell r/c plane parts, you can get the same thing, cheaper and with more in the package! Just a thought.

The hobby shop will call this part a wheel collar. They are available with different inside diameters (hole sizes).



Abax

[cessna152towser]

Clever idea. When I attach a kilt pin to a kilt, I normally add a dab of super glue to the pin mechanism so that it won't slip loose. You have to be careful though not to spill any on the kilt.

[Hamish]

Someone mentioned the erasers...I couldn't figure out what they meant.

Nor could I Ron! However, in all my kilt-wearing years, I have never had a kilt pin so much as come loose let alone be lost, and so I have never worried about erasers or rubber bands. Since some of my many pins are quite valuable, maybe I should consider the possibility of one of them working loose and follow this advice.

This, with the photos, is very clear to my addled brainpan. Thanks for passing that on.

Is this a great board or what?!

Ron

Oh, it so is, Ron. It so is!

[Monkey@Arms]

Just wanted to add my thanks, and give this useful thread a bump. I'm sitting in my office right now, and my kilt pin decided to fall off twice today for reasons unknown. A quick search of X Marks, a snip on a wide rubber band, and now I'm good-to-go for the rest of the day. Tonight's the big SF Chinese New Year Parade, and I'll be watching from from the comfort of a friend's law office overlooking the parade route in my SWK done up in my Official Family Tartan without having to worry about where my pin has gone to.

Gung Hay Fat Choy!

Jake

[cessna152towser]

I've lost kilt pins in the past, especially when running kilted half marathons. Nowadays, once they are attached to the kilt I put a drop of superglue on the fixing mechanism (taking care not to spill any on the kilt) and they'll stay attached to that kilt.