Quote Originally Posted by piobbear View Post
the story goes that victoria, having witnessed such an event, placed a pin on a kilted soldier's apron to preserve his modesty, thereby starting the tradition.

Think about it;
{a} it's a traditional heavyweight military kilt, not some flimsy rag off of ebay,
{b} it has an inner apron. in order for that to have happened, the wind would have to have been blowing in opposite directions at once (blowing the outer apron to the left, and simultaneously the inner apron to the right); an unlikely occurrence which in all my years as a sailor i've never witnessed.
{c} where was his sporran as all of this was going on?

It's been my experience that if it's windy enough to lift my apron, a 1 oz. Kilt pin isn't going to do much to anchor it down anyway (not half as well as a 9 oz. Flask of islay single malt in my sporran). In my opinion it's just a bauble; another bit for the highland shop to sell to you at an outrageous mark-up.
bravo !