Am I being mislead?

[Kizmet]

I was at a flea market today and browsed some costume jewelry sellers, looking for a kilt pin.

One man said, "Yes, I have one" and pulled out a round broach about the size of a silver dollar. It had one center stone and several 7-8 smaller polished stones - probably agate, but not rhinestones or faceted glass - around it.

When I've seen pics of kilt pins, this is not what I've seen. Was he trying to get me to buy something by being... gasp... dishonest?

I did see several pins that may or may not have been kilt pins at the flea market - several sword pins with faceted stones in them, and one knife that would slip very nicely next to a calf. I thought the Arabic scimitar was the wrong look, but it was the right size.

[Blu (Ontario)]

Kilt pins are available in different styles and shapes. It might have been a kilt pin... then again perhaps he was pushing a bit of jewelry that might pass for a kilt pin. I suggest browsing around on-line for something you like, then hitting the flea markets for something similar. I'm not aware of any hard and fast rules regarding what a kilt pin is suppose to look like.

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[Kilted KT]

My understanding of a kilt pin is a piece of jewelry pinned to the front apron of a kilt with a two-fold purpose. 1. to accessorize the kilt. 2. to help keep the front apron from flopping around and flying up with a breeze.

I've not seen any rules on size/shape of kilt pins, so I figure just about anything will work, if you so desire.

[cessna152towser]

No hard and fast rule so far as I'm aware as to what constitutes a kilt pin.
The X-marks kilt pin is round and fastens with two studs.

The kilt pin which came with my Mercy Kilt is basically a big safety pin.

Then there are clan crest kilt pins; there are dagger shaped kilt pins; crucifix shaped kilt pins; the lightning bolt kilt pin etc. etc.

[Iolaus]

Anything of aproximately the right size can be a kilt pin.

[Panache]

Kizmet,

To sum up: The right kilt pin for you is the one that YOU like on your kilt.
(Remember the story goes that the original kilt pin was a brooch from the Queen)

Cheers

[Raphael]

There are a few Trekkies use the communicators as kilt pins.

[Jimmy Carbomb]

Kizmet... I have been known to wear anything from my Elvis Presley "TCB" pin, to my Sinn Fein badges, to my House of Blues enameled guitar pin, to a simple silver kilt pin for the job.

There was a discussion on this once... about how some guys accessorize their whole look with such things. As long as the pin keeps the apron from flopping around in the breeze, it's doing the job!

[O'Neille]

Anything of aproximately the right size can be a kilt pin.

Agreed, I tend to use more traditional pins on my more traditional kilts while going with motorcycle rally pins on my more casual kilts. I do this because it's cheaper and I have more variety to choose from. O'Neille

[Nick]

There are a few Trekkies use the communicators as kilt pins.

I have a TNG communicator pin I've thought of using as a kilt pin, but it's really heavy, so I don't know how well it'd work.