Kilt Pin or Not

[sorcererdale]

They should start making kilt pins with those strong magnet backs. Some of our usher badges for the theater have them. They work through even thick material.

DALE.

[Mumbles]

They should start making kilt pins with those strong magnet backs. Some of our usher badges for the theater have them. They work through even thick material.

DALE.

That would be really nice. Ive always been worried about tearing the fibers of my nice kilt, but I would love to put a kilt pin on it.

[gilmore]

That would be really nice. Ive always been worried about tearing the fibers of my nice kilt, but I would love to put a kilt pin on it.

I have heard that some people have two small round, reinforced button hole-like openings sewn in their kilt aprons to avoid tearing.

[Mumbles]

I have heard that some people have two small round, reinforced button hole-like openings sewn in their kilt aprons to avoid tearing.

Interesting...

[Fearnest]

So, my questions are, 1) Do you see a need for a kilt pin, 2) What is the origin of the kilt pin as we know it today?, and 3) If you use a kilt pin, do you take it off and on, or leave it where it is so as to not damage the fabric?

1 - Not for me, except for decoration.
2 - I'll defer to an historian of things kilted and kilt-like.
3 - The only time I use one, it's a military crest (or similar) with clutch-back pins, not a long safety pin type, so I think I have less concern for damage taking it off and putting it on. I'll take it off when not in use - less chance it will catch on something and enlarge the holes in the fabric that way.

I do have magnet-backed pins and patches I use on other garments (some came that way, others I've modified) and while I find I've never lost an item, I have had them do some SERIOUS sliding around on heavier fabrics - so that might be a concern for a heavier weight kilt.

[PiobBear]

I very rarely (hardly ever) wear a kilt pin; They serve no practical purpose, and like you I see no need to perforate a $400 garment. I too have heard previous horror stories of them snagging and tearing aprons, or extravagantly expensive or sentimentally valuable pins being lost forever.


As any expert in kilt etiquette knows, only proper and traditional method for a gentleman to keep his aprons down in high winds is by the weight of a suitably generous flask of usage beatha in his sporran; this works best if it's from Islay, and at least 12 years old (blends don't work worth a damn!). This method has the added benefit of having been repeatedly proven highly efficacious against cold, wind chill, fatigue, peevishness, melancholy, and general malaise. In stark contrast, a mere kilt pin has no medicinal value whatsoever.

[Mumbles]

I very rarely (hardly ever) wear a kilt pin; They serve no practical purpose, and like you I see no need to perforate a $400 garment. I too have heard previous horror stories of them snagging and tearing aprons, or extravagantly expensive or sentimentally valuable pins being lost forever.


As any expert in kilt etiquette knows, only proper and traditional method for a gentleman to keep his aprons down in high winds is by the weight of a suitably generous flask of usage beatha in his sporran; this works best if it's from Isla, and at least 12 years old (blends don't work worth a damn!). This method has the added benefit of having been repeatedly proven highly efficacious against cold, wind chill, fatigue, peevishness, melancholy, and general malaise. In stark contrast, a kilt pin has no medicinal value whatsoever.

ROFL