Selecting a Kilt Pin

[piperdbh]

Yes, the simple pin is elegant, but a missed opportuntiy. Fill me in here...you said "unless you are in a 'pipe band". What are the traditional pins and the traditions? How do you tell a kilt pin from a brooch or is there no difference?

If you're in a 'pipe band, you wear whatever the 'Pipe Major tells you to wear, as he/she decides what comprises the uniform. By "traditional", I meant one of the claymore/clan crest pins.