Kilt Pins

[OC Richard]

Don't wear one and never have. I find them an unnecessary bit of boy bling and more importantly, the majority are a hazzard to the health of the front apron.

I too am not a fan. I'm pretty much a "less is more" person, 40 years of piping having caused me to pare down my kit to the essential items needed for a smart professional appearance. Long ago I dispensed with kilt pin, sgian, waistcoat, and belt. I do have all these things but they're rarely worn.

Kilt pins not only serve no purpose but also, as mentioned above, can do positive damage. Stabbing holes in a $600 kilt doesn't strike me as advantageous.

Anyone who has dug through a heap of old band kilts, where the band wore kilt pins, has seen the damage done: the best kilts have holes, the worst have tears, sometimes big enough to put your hand through. It's very easy for this to happen, for example when a drummer unhooks his extremely heavy snare drum, and as it goes down it catches on the kilt pin. Or, a band is marching through a crowded pub and somebody's kilt pin catches on a chair.

What prompted me to stop wearing a kilt pin was me noticing that every time I got into my car, the pin would get pulled by the steering wheel.

I have a lovely kilt pin, made to order for me in the 1980s. The firm made this pendant but didn't offer it as a pin.



About the blanket pins, they've long been worn in The Gordon Highlanders