[Jack Daw]

Because a lot of people wear the brass with brown, I choose to wear nickle to be different. I have not been arrested and charged.

[ShaunMaxwell]

Thanks for the input... I appreciate it!

[JakobT]

While brass and brown is nice, I like all the metals I wear to have the same look. Since most kilt buckles are nickel, and there's a lot of other nickel or silvery hardware on other accessories, I'd elect to go with the nickel finish, myself.

[ChattanCat]

brass and brown here.

[Sir William]

I tend to follow the more "traditional" line by wearing brass with brown leather (including belt, sporran and shoes) with day wear and wearing silver with black leather for slightly more formal occasions.

[Highlander31]

I tend to follow the traditional thinking as well. Brass with brown and nickel with black.

[Tommy Hunt]

Depends on the brown. Here's my preference.

Brick: Nickel

Chestnut: Nickel & Brass

Black: Nickel

Tan: Brass

Brown (cool in temperature): Nickel

[English Bloke]

If you're not making your own stuff, Get whatever is best value for money and wear it how it comes.

[Bugbear]

Well, if you have three buckles on your kilt, that lower one is going to be a problem, and so will the strap color unless you have a daywear kilt with brown straps and brass buckles. That could never be worn as evening wear, so you will have to have a second kilt that has black straps and silver buckles. You could always lop off the lower buckle and strap, but then it would look like you don't have the lower buckle and strap on your kilt... because you don't.

I'm just joking, but I'm sure there are people who would notice all that.

It would be interesting if someone came up with a buckle set that had removable center pins, I'm not sure of the term, that would allow for a buckle to be changed on the kilt without involving a knife. I guess the lower strap would also need to be removable/exchangeable.