Show Us Your Kilt Pins.

[TheOfficialBren]

Attachment 19703 And finally, for no other reason than I'm a massive geek!

Bravo!

[ehiker]

The only one I have a picture of handy is the first one I bought.

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It is probably more of a brooch than a kilt pin, but it works just fine for the latter. It is hallmarked and has some great details to it, as well as a nice story. I bought it from a guy in Australia who was given it by his elderly neighbor. She was a British Ex-Pat who'd moved to Australia 40 years earlier and she'd brought it with her from the UK.

I have a few others that seem rather ordinary - a battle axe and a claymore - but they are all hallmarked sterling and have some interesting detail to them. The battle axe has a 3-leaf clover overlaid on it and the leaves are all inlaid with Connemara marble. I've decided to keep it patinated (i.e. tarnished). The claymore is an Iona from the 50's - an Ian MacCormick, if I remember correctly.

Of course, I have my XMarks. Always keeping an eye out for unusual or interesting ones... I've been hankering for a penannular or circular one lately, so that's my next target.

[Mikilt]

I just bought this at a second-hand store for $5

[ehiker]

Pictures of the afore mentioned axe and claymore, as well as one more I'd forgotten about. It is a tidge small, but the casting is crisp, the barrel clasp is strong, and it is hefty sterling. Great Celtic patterns and stamped "KELT" on the back.

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[LongShanks]

The maple leaf for a maple leaf. And an old highlander on watch.

[briansbarkery]

Pin(s) 08

This is a set of Led Zeppelin Runes. If you have no idea what they are, you are either much older than me or considerably younger, in which case it doesn't matter. They are pewter and fasten with individual clutch pins. They are also pretty good at gripping on and do usually stay in alignment. They sit on my plain Black PV and knocked Pin 04 off this prestigious spot on arrival.

I really like the Led Zeppelin Runes. I will be putting them on my wish list of kilt pins.

[LongShanks]

I'm old enough to know unless you read them from the bottom to the top you have backwards text.

[English Bloke]

I'm old enough to know unless you read them from the bottom to the top you have backwards text.

Really? Do you think so?

Plant, Jones, Bonham, Page... doesn't really matter what order they are in. They are individual symbols not composite parts of a single word. It's down to personal preference of the wearer, based on what appears most aesthetically pleasing to them... Isn't it?

Unless of course there is a rule I'm not aware of.

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I see the thread's been hi-jacked. Not to worry, these things happen. Nathan, go with:


The penannular.


the Bird,


the Frog


and the Wm Grant for posh doos.

[bniles]

I'll jump in.

My first pin was the maple leaf, which I don't think was really intended to be a kilt pin. It's certainly heavy enough and works great as one. The second is the thistle, which I got off ebay about a month ago. I saw it and it was basically love at first sight.

[briansbarkery]

Here are the latest three kilt pins that I just bought.

Attachment 19701 A dragon because dragons are cool (and I was born on St George's day)

Received mine through the mail today. It matches a ring that I wear a lot. I think it looks pretty cool!