Mr. MacDougall,

You are correct. We have not ordered another run of X Marks Pins.

About a month ago Colin sent me two of his pins to repair, (If you remember there was a major quality control issue with run 2 and 3 and the studs kept falling off the back of them.) At the time we were discussing the failure of the pins here on X Marks and I happened to mention that I had two repaired pins in my shop.
Both pins were ordered in less than 20 min.

I thought I had made it plain that these pins were repaired and that the studs after re-soldering were better than when new but it seems I was not a clearly understood as I thought.

So, Lucky gets his pin. The un-re-soldered stud has fallen off in the mail and the lacquer finish has tarnished where it was heated to do the solder job.
I had no choice but to remove my own brand new X Marks pin, which has been on a kilt in my window since it came out of the box, and send it to Lucky.



On a happier note, I believe I have found a place that will do a truly great X Marks Pin. I have sent them the design and they are looking at it. I should hear something back from them in a week or two.