kilt pin question

[GreenDragon]

ok. i am ready to be called a dumbass. bring it on. but..

what is the point of the kilt pin? i'm guessing to pin together the ends of the kilt that you don't want flying openly. am i right?

i see it in the SWK images,

like here:
http://pro.channeladvisor.com/storef...9&aid=35830638

and that's what comes to mind.

at first glance, it looks like a kilt pin is for decoration.

[Robin]

Better not pin the front apron to the under apron, this can seriously harm your kilt...and there's no need for it.

A kiltpin is decorative...

[davedove]

The main use of the kilt pin is as decoration. With the different designs, you can make your own personal statement. Other than that, the pin provides a little bit of weight to hold the apron down.

Most here will recommend that you do NOT pin the apron together. The aprons will not hang quite right if you do. Also, if you happen to catch the pin on something, it can tear a hole through both aprons.

[GreenDragon]

i thought so. no pins for this guy.

[O'Neille]

The purpose of a kilt pin is to give you someting to buy between kilts, that costs less than $100. O'Neille

[auld argonian]

No...the kilt pin goes thrugh only the top apron and the two aprons are designed to swing independently...you don't pin them together.

I'm sure that this seems counterintuitive but the weight of the material and the weight of the kilt pin are more than adequate to "preserve modesty"...unless the kilt material is really light weight, of course. Try it and you'll find out that it does actually work that way. Even the PV material that USA Kilts uses and whch they refer to as "11 oz." has enough weight to stay in place in a stiff wind with the help of a nice pewter kilt pin.

If you still need a security blanket...I sometimes augment my klt pin with a large Chicago White Sox button or a cluster of DC comics buttons from the comic con....sorry, all you purusts....just a little extra weight for the insecure.

Best

AA

[McClef]

There is nothing wrong with personalising a kilt with a kilt pin - in my view it gives that extra je ne sais quoi

When pottering round the house I don't bother with belt and sporran but still like to have a pin there, which as others have said, should never be used to pin the aprons together.

Somehow I feel naked without one! :rolleyes:

[cessna152towser]

I would definitely attach the pin to only the outer apron of any of my wool, or even acryllic kilts. However the very light weight polycotton Mercy kilt comes with the pin already attached to both inner and outer aprons and IMHO is best left pinned to both aprons if such a light kilt is to stay under control in the wind.

[McClef]

As you will be running in it Alex it might be sensible.

But have you done a test run with it to see if it would actually misbehave if the pin is actually only pinned to the outer apron?

Would be tragic if you had a tear on the Great North Run.