Feathers...Don't want to beat a dead horse...but,

**azwildcat96** · 8th March 11, 03:50 PM

I have seen a pin/brooch that I rather like. It is an animal horn carved into what looks like a feather. See it here.

I don't want to really open this can of worms again, as it has been beaten to death here many times, so a short yes or no answer will do...

Is it in poor taste to wear such a feather as a kilt pin if one is not a clan chief?

**Chas** · 8th March 11, 05:30 PM

If you wear it on your kilt you will be fine - it is a good looking pin. If you wear it on your hat, you'll just look daft. And it is only eagle's feathers that come into question anyway. Wear it and make us all jealous!

Regards

Chas

**azwildcat96** · 8th March 11, 09:36 PM

Originally Posted by Chas

If you wear it on your kilt you will be fine - it is a good looking pin. If you wear it on your hat, you'll just look daft. And it is only eagle's feathers that come into question anyway. Wear it and make us all jealous!

Regards

Chas

Thanks, Chas. I value your opinion. And, so we're clear, I don't wear a hat while kilted, so no worries there.

**llyd** · 8th March 11, 05:37 PM

Just for the sake of wierd, I am currently wearing a heavy pewter clam shell for a kilt pin...odd..but effective...

**ThistleDown** · 8th March 11, 05:58 PM

A lovely pin. You will have no concerns in wearing it. Out of interest I have two "feather" pins I wear:

Lapis in silver

and tourquoise in silver

**Downunder Kilt** · 8th March 11, 06:05 PM

Great looking kilt pin azwildcat96. I'd wear it in a flash

**azwildcat96** · 8th March 11, 09:41 PM

Originally Posted by Downunder Kilt

Great looking kilt pin azwildcat96. I'd wear it in a flash

Downunder Kilt, I will wear it...if it has not been sold already.

**azwildcat96** · 8th March 11, 09:39 PM

Originally Posted by ThistleDown

A lovely pin. You will have no concerns in wearing it. Out of interest I have two "feather" pins I wear:

Lapis in silver

ThistleDown, Thanks for the reassurance. I have seen your peacock feather pin in other posts, and really like it. I've never seen another like it. Is it a commisioned piece?

**ThistleDown** · 9th March 11, 09:59 AM

Originally Posted by azwildcat96

ThistleDown, Thanks for the reassurance. I have seen your peacock feather pin in other posts, and really like it. I've never seen another like it. Is it a commisioned piece?

It may have been commissioned, AZ, but not by me. It was a gift and I suspect was originally from your part of America.