Pin 11

Another 2" round, pewter brooch depicting intertwined celtic birds. It's from ebay and it lives on my Black Stewart PV.

Pin 12

This is a 2" pewter brooch at the circular edge. It's actually a vertical/horizontal cross but I wear it on a cant because I think it looks better. Another good value ebay find that sits on my 13oz Randonnée Bretonne (Brittany walking) Kilt.

Pin 13

This is a bit of a gimmick pin that I spotted on the site of some online highland retailer (I forget which) but it's made by Gaelic Themes (who make the X Marks Clan Badge) and is not uncommon. It depicts three toothed cogs within a strap and buckle and bears the dog latin inscription "Illegitimus Non Carborundum" (if you don't know what this means and would like a long wided and rather dull description of the etymology of this phrase please click here) I was a bit ticked off when I bought it and it seemed appropriate at the time. It does make a conversation piece if anyone notices (not that they do) and it sits on my 15oz Lindsay Double Box Pleat.


Pin 14

A standard 2" pewter, Bruce clan badge which features (heraldically) A lion stantan Azure armed and langued Gules (not sure what that means actually, other than it's a blue lion, standing on a thingamebob and facing forward, looking left... or right, depending how you view it?... Heyelp!) within a strap and buckle and bears the Latin motto "Fuimus" which loosely translates as "We Have Been". This is the Bruce Clan motto, in case you hadn't guessed.
It sits on my 16oz Bruce Hunting and is a replacement for another identical one which worked it's way loose and dropped off... lost forever (sob!).

Pin 15

When I bought my 16oz MacDonald Dress Muted on ebay, it came with a MacDonald clan badge already attached. I am an odd mix of motives and though I can wear the tartan without any issues of conscience, I would find it hard to sport the badge. Not that there is anything wrong with MacDonalds, they are a fine bunch of chaps and chapess' all, it's just to the best of my knowledge I'm not one of them. (Why the Kilt then? I dunno, I just can. I guess I'm probably quite shallow.) Knowing that this would be the case, immediately after buying the kilt I trawled for a suitable pin using my favorite (and secret) search strings such as "celtic" and "brooch"... DOH!!
and turned up this. It's Pewter, 2.5" long with a pin and clasp fastening and was £3.70 delivered. Considerably cheaper than yer average pin and I think it's quite different.