To Pin or Not to Pin?

[Doftya]

I took a hint from another member of the forum and made this recently:

[Dixiecat]

I'd find it bizarre indeed not to see a kilt pin!

You'll have a conniption then if you ever attended a highland games!

[Urchurdan]

Here are mine, the 'cockades serve to protect the apron, or so I believe....

[Scotus]

I took a hint from another member of the forum and made this recently:

Looks like a fly. Not my taste, but to each his own. Thanks for posting the pic.

[Dr Mac]

I always wear my kilt pin... www.smsmith.com/images/940/150-150/434425.jpg Never have had a problem with it snagging... hopefully, won't in the future.

[bunchdescendant]

Meet Mr. Spikey!

Ray
"Fear my kilt pin!"

[bigdad1]

Plain blanket pins on e-bay for $1.06

[ForresterModern]

I'm afraid my traditionalist credentials are currently under review, so my opinion probably doesn't count much, but I'll add that I enjoy wearing non-traditional pins with my traditional kilts. They usually have a story to tell - having been acquired as a memento from a trip, say, or are the result of the hunt for the perfect pin for a particular kilt. If I can't find something unique, a small work of a craftsman's art, I try to find something beautiful or whimsical.

Regards,
Rex.

I am with Rex and McMurdo on this one. I almost always wear a kilt pin of some sort (unless I just plain forget), and usually try to find something artistic in a metallic finish and or color that complements either the kilt or the other bling I may be wearing (brass for a brass belt buckle, for instance, or a triple maple leaf pin for my Maple Leaf kilt). I do have a family crest sword pin which was one of the first if not the first i acquired, but only wear it occasionally now, usually in a formal setting. Since men generally have so few occasions to wear something beautiful in the way of jewelry (unless you are into earrings or finger rings-I am not) the kilt pin provides one nice opportunity to do so and express ones artistic and colorful side at the same time. I almost always wear mine down right but not too low on the apron edge, and I usually center it on a prominent stripe in the tartan to give it even more visual prominence.

[SteveB]

Every kilt I own has its own kilt pin. I do have some sword and crest, as well as some unique pieces. For the snag issue. I have only had the kilt pin snag twice, once on the mount for the shifter in my car - no damage to the kilt, but did snap a piece off the pin, the second was on the door pocket in a hire car in Ireland - no damage to the kilt, just a scratch in the interior of the car. The OP asked what those of us traditionalists wear, and we seam to all wear a kilt pin. I use the "nappy pin" type on my lighter weight kilts.

Slainte

[Ancienne Alliance]

Please check out this link :

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/a...racle+brooches


Best,

Robert