Quote Originally Posted by Hamish View Post
I am absolutely with Matt on this. Never, ever, pin the two aprons together! If you should catch the pin on a piece of furniture, or some other immovable object (and it is easily done), you will rip or pull the fabric of one or both aprons.
I'd leave the pin off near furniture. Given the lack of gusty winds, save in the eye of a hurricane, they are just show. Kept even to the outer apron there are still more than enough chances for something to go wrong. If you must wear a pin I'd make sure that the area is fortified (some makers beef up the cloth in the region with some form of leather).
Personally, I have never experienced this but, in my 55+ years of kilt wearing, I have seen several instances of badly torn aprons where the pins had been caught.
And I'd guess all with their pins attached well mannered to their outer aprons.
Few kilt pins are heavy enough to hold down the apron in a wind and they really should not be thought of as being anything other than decorative.
Agree. There are occasions for pins but, in general, ...