Kilt pin placement

[turpin]

Placement would be approximate, and, IMO, should be dictated by the tartan. What I mean is that the pin should be centered in some way related to the tartan, like over a crossing stripe or in the center of a square.

[Riverkilt]

Only thing that has worked for me is sort of eyeballing it in down in that lower corner of the apron. I just hang the kilt up and play with placement. Different for each tartan. Putting the kilt pin at a major intersection of the tartan pattern seems distracting, I like it to be on a plainer background part of the tartan.

Also depends on the design of the kilt pin. Just eyeball each one in.

And, as Ham suggests, get a different kilt pin for each kilt. That way you don't have to put it on and take it off unless you're gonna clean the kilt pin or clean/wash the kilt.

And, if you get it 'wrong' you'll know it when you're wearing the kilt, the pin just won't feel quite right. So readjust.

But there's no distance measurement like for military uniform insignia.

And, you can play. I like the looks of some of the two or three high kilt pins some guys wear.

Don't forget to run the pin part through a rubber band on the backside. That way if it somehow comes unclipped you won't lose the kilt pin, the rubber band will hold it.

Ron

[Streetcar]

I remember reading "somewhere"* that the pin should be "three fingers" from the bottom of the kilt, your hose should be "three fingers" from the bottom of your knee, and your sporran should be "three fingers" below the bottom of your belt buckle.

In practice, I usually give it a S.W.A.G.



* - "Somewhere", of course, being the same place that all apocraphyl knowledge comes from; such as the origin of the toothpick, how to pick a winning race horse and how to determine what a woman really wants.

[slohairt]

Probably whatever works for you is good. I'll echo the others here and say don't pin through both aprons! As to placement, my Gram always says 3 x 3: three inches up from the selvedge and three inches in from the apron fringe.

[The Wizard of BC]

From the Regimental Drum Majors website.

Worn approximately 4" up and 3" from right hand side of kilt front apron, in keeping with the set of the tartan.

That's 101.6mm up and 76.2mm in for those of you from strange lands.

[Mael Coluim]

This is all good advice. I like to place them on the double thick fabric (if it exists) at the edge of the outer apron. Right, never never pin the outer and inner apron together.

[bricelythgoe]

I know it is not common practice, but I don’t use my kilt pin all the time. When I wear mine to work, I don’t ever put it on. That is probably because I don’t have the greatest looking one in the first place. However, I have never had my apron blow open before. I have just found that I prefer the kilt without the pin (atleast until I get a nice one)

[runewolf]

I've got a nice little gold caiman, but I just can't bring myself to stick a pin through my new kilt.... Hands shake, forehead gets sweaty.... I'd never be a doctor lol.