Wearing the Kilt Pin

[Jock Scot]

Remember to put the pin through a piece of rubber to keep it from being lost if it ever comes open.

A very wise and sensible thing to do, particularly when combined with the pin "catch" being placed on the downward end of the pin when placed on the kilt.

[LKM]

Just one. I’ve never had an issue with the aprons flapping and that’s even with the lighter PV fabric of my kilt.

I wish that was the case in the Rocky Mountains. In most parts of Colorado the kilt apron will flap in most gusts of wind, heavy weight wool or PV, and the kilt pin does nothing to hold it down. It might have once been the idea that adding some weight would help in wind, yet testing the idea shows that it does not help. This is especially true if the wind gusts over 30 mph (48 kph). I think most people will agree that this myth has been busted.

If you choose to wear a kilt pin, where it in a placement that looks good to you. It's jewelry; what jewelry we choose and where we wear it is a matter of personal choice.

[tpa]

If a kilt pin is heaavy enough to have any effect in the wind, it would most likely damage the fabric. My magnetic ones do have a minor effect in light winds, because they are heavier than those with pins, but as everyone has pointed out are not necessary for modesty purposes.

Many times my pins have been saved by the elastic band they are pinned through, the usual notification being the pin poking into my leg, if the clip is at the bottom. If the "security" clip is far enough away from the kilt material I sometimes secure it as well with a smidge of Blutack, but you don't want the Blutack to get attached to the kilt and I talk from experience.

On a final point, if your kilt is of light weight material, having a pin which pins horizontally lessens the stress on the material compared with a vertically mounted one. I tend to use circular style kilt pins (brooches) which have offset horizontal pins (so it hangs rather than tilts) with my PV kilts.