Homemade Heavy Kilt Pin ready for a Gale

**ronin6290** · 24th September 13, 06:24 AM

A happy Fall to all. My favorite season by a stretch. Speaking of which the Maine Winter winds will be billowing soon. I have been looking for a heavy kilt pin that should hold down my kilt apron in a gale. I found nothing I liked so I made this diddy from a polished river stone and a brooch I found at a yard sale I cut and reshaped. It's still curing up but I'll take it for a spin this week and see how it rides. Pretty pleased with the effort thus far. I intend to make more in different patterns. Hoping to make a trip into the Highlands to collect some suitable river stone before the snows. I used a rare earth magnet for the attachment since it is heavy and I didn't wish to damage the clothe.

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**Chas** · 24th September 13, 06:28 AM

I have always thought that natural kilt pins were most attractive.

**ronin6290** · 24th September 13, 09:01 AM

I agree Chas. Also the ones on the market mostly look the same to me. My old horse blanket pin has more character than most. Not that I've not seen some great ones on here.

**unixken** · 24th September 13, 09:57 AM

Just be careful you don't let these get too heavy. The heavier the assembly, the more stress the pin will create, on the wool. You might want to iron on a patch of some sort, to the back side of the front apron, in the area of the kilt pin, to reinforce the fabric, if the pins get heavy enough to separate the weave.

Myself, I'd prefer to add multiple lighter pins, rather than a single heavy pin.

**ronin6290** · 24th September 13, 11:34 AM

Ken that is a valid point. I did chose a stone that was very thin and flat and the brooch weighs practically nothing. A good thing to be aware of however indeed.

**TheOfficialBren** · 24th September 13, 11:53 AM

Aye. Ken raises a good point.

I was recently gifted two very nice kilt pins made by our own Macgumerait.

They are staghorn with some tasteful Celtic Knotwork. Simple but approptriate for all occasions. The weight is just right.

Weight has always made me shy away from kilt pins for the very reason Ken mentioned.

Do I always wear a kilt pin? No...but I do wear one when I want to look a notch nicer.