Quote Originally Posted by turpin View Post
When the Wild Highlanders do their Great Kilt demonstrations at the various highland games they use either penanular brooches of a solid ring and piece of antler. The take the front portion and the pleats portion over the shoulder, one over the other, pull both through the ring, and slide the antler under the fabric. you can then tug the ends as snug as you like. The wool fibers sort of hold together and won't slip out of the ring.

I'm in search of a nice forged/twisted brass ring, about 2.5" to 3" i.d.
That's all very cool, but not "period correct" for the belted plaid era, roughly 1550-1750. It's so much easier, and historically accurate, to simply use a big pin! I can't understand why so many resist the notion....