Kilt pin design help please.

[Kiltferone]

I am a passionate woodworker and would like to design a custom kilt pin. The first thing that comes to mind is a hand plane. Now I have a friend who can cast it for me. I think the plane would look funny standing on end if I wear it vertical. I have not seen a pin going horizontal yet. Is there a reason way not? The pin would be about 3" long. I feel it would be much more recognizable worn that way. Another thought would be to have the overall pin be round and the plane be inside of that (not my first choice). I am still going over other designs too. Any thoughts on this would be great. Anybody wearing a pin that way?

[Mr. MacDougall]

I wear my aircrew wings as a kilt pin in their usual (horizontal) orientation on my Navy tartan kilt.

[McMurdo]

I think you could go horizontal with it. I think it will look fine.

[Panache]

I should think a chisel would be a wonderful kilt pin design for a wood worker.
From a distance it would look like a dirk or sword until people got closer and then see it was something much more personal.

Cheers

Jamie

[The Wizard of BC]

The Original reason for a Kilt Pin is just a weight to hold your apron down.
Now it is an excuse for us guys to show a little sparkly.
So custom pins are the perfect way to do both.

Wearing a pin horizontal is perfectly acceptable. (there are no written rules) However remember that the lower apron edge moves quite a bit and the last thing you want is for your pin to get caught on something and harm either the pin or the kilt.

That said, a woodworkers plane would make a perfect pin horizontal or vertical. Can your design be made so it is instantly recognizable for what is supposed to be?

An alternate idea would be a chisel. 1. instantly recognized as the tool of a woodworker. (It is the preferred weapon of the woodworker is it not?) 2. Can be worn vertical. 3. would be easy to cast with minimum detail required to make it recognizable. 4. and heck, what is a plane anyway but a chisel mounted in a frame.

Jonesing for pics.

[cavscout]

You could also consider using something like crossed hammers behind the plane to visually create the circle.

[SoldierSpike]

A sawblade could work for defining a circle as well, and could look really sharp if the plane was made from a contrasting metal.

Marc

[Kiltferone]

Cool, these are the answers I was looking for. Horizontal is no problem. I have thought about a "z" style design with a chisel, chisel by it self and a saw blade circle.
Thanks.

[CameronTaylor]

You could even do a hand saw if you want vertical.
My celtic boar goes horizontal (I call it Paddy's Pig after one of my bands).

One of these days I need to find a high-drive CAT like a D-11N, that be a sweet pin thinks I.

I like the circular sawblade and crossed hammer/chisel idea


CT - coke bottles on rocks

[Howard Clark]

I have an anvil shaped one that I wear in it's "normal" orientation, horizontal.