Pips for a Stand-Up Collar

[macwilkin]

I've got a patrol tunic that I will be wearing as a piper. It has a stand-up collar and I purchased some metal pips shaped like a Scottish weed. But, I'm confused as to how to attach them to the collar. Each pip has two posts at opposite ends on the backside that have eyelets to insert a pin through. I've never seen such before. What I don't get is how the pips are run through the collar. Am I supposed to puncture the collar in four places with holes large enough to fit the posts with eyelets through? So, I need an awl? This seems rather distructive with no mistakes allowed (unlike a badge that only makes a pin-hole). Advice? (I'm guessing, "measure twice; cut once", will come.)

Are you referring to "collar dogs", Jack? "pips" generally refers to the stars used by the British Army to denote rank, as in "pips and crowns".

Pictures would be great.

T.