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    Depends on the type of pin you want.

    Ulla Box Creations do some nice antler ones https://www.etsy.com/shop/UllapoolBo...on_id=20939076 as do J Boult www.jboultdesigns.com and Antler Sgian Dubhs https://www.antlersgiandubhs.co.uk/handmade-kilt-pins (who also have some ox horn pins, and I bought a rams horn pin from them last year) - although these are pretty easy to make yourself.

    Ebay is sometimes worth a look for vintage/silver kilt pins.

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    Nagle Forge is a California company which has some unique kilt pins. Their web site shows only a small fraction of their merchandise. https://nagleforge.com

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    I've no idea what your budget is, but the Ministry of Tartan (ministryoftartan.com) has a couple of nice vintage silver regimental pins for sale:

    http://www.ministryoftartan.com/kilt-pin

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    Sorry I'm going to beat the drum a bit for vintage kilt pins, which I very much prefer over anything I've seen being currently made.

    From the 1920s through the 1950s a number of Scottish firms made extremely elegant Sterling kilt pins which I think set the standard.

    (Forsyth 1960 catalogue)



    Here's my 1950s Henderson & Horner (Glasgow) kilt pin which I got on Ebay for around $20, with a 1950s catalogue offering that exact pin (Tartan Gift Shop, Edinburgh)



    Here's a thread I started about classic Scottish kilt pins

    http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...lt-pins-94957/

    These are always available on Ebay, often for prices below ungainly modern ones; here's a vintage Robert Allison Sterling silver kilt pin for under $40 https://www.ebay.com/itm/19462504749...kAAOSwJzlhslrh

    Makers include silversmiths

    Robert Allison
    Thomas Kerr Ebbutt
    Henderson & Horner
    Medlock & Craik
    John Fraser
    James Rettie & Son
    Hamilton & Inches

    and pipemakers

    Robert G Lawrie
    Peter Henderson

    Personally I really like being able to wear a piece of Scottish history for relatively little money.
    Last edited by OC Richard; 6th July 22 at 08:04 PM.
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    Lovely kilt pins!

    Quote Originally Posted by OC Richard View Post
    Sorry I'm going to beat the drum a bit for vintage kilt pins, which I very much prefer over anything I've seen being currently made.

    From the 1920s through the 1950s a number of Scottish firms made extremely elegant Sterling kilt pins which I think set the standard.

    (Forsyth 1960 catalogue)



    Here's my 1950s Henderson & Horner (Glasgow) kilt pin from the 1950s, which I got on Ebay for around $20, with a 1950s catalogue offering that exact pin (Tartan Gift Shop, Edinburgh)



    Here's a thread I started about classic Scottish kilt pins

    http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...lt-pins-94957/

    These are always available on Ebay, often for prices below ungainly modern ones; here's a vintage Robert Allison Sterling silver kilt pin for under $40 https://www.ebay.com/itm/19462504749...kAAOSwJzlhslrh

    Makers include silversmiths

    Robert Allison
    Thomas Kerr Ebbutt
    Henderson & Horner
    Medlock & Craik
    John Fraser
    James Rettie & Son
    Hamilton & Inches

    and pipemakers

    Robert G Lawrie
    Peter Henderson

    Personally I really like being able to wear a piece of Scottish history for relatively little money.
    Those kilt pins are really very nice!!!!
    I will be looking even more closely at etsy and Ebay for vintage ones now!!!!
    I was thinking of casting some before I saw these!

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