Kilt Pin Position

[Colin]

I have to go with Bob C on this one. Personally I would rather have my kilt fly up rather than risk having any damage done to my kilt. If the wind is that strong, I am not going to trust one of those pins to hold together properly

[Nanook]

I have to go with Bob C on this one. Personally I would rather have my kilt fly up rather than risk having any damage done to my kilt.

To a soldier or ceremonial piper/drummer that's not a choice.

[cessna152towser]

I always wear a kilt pin, pinned through the outer apron only, as it helps weigh down the apron. IMHO, a kilt with no kilt pin just doesn't look right which is why I'd rather go through airport security in trousers than forego my kilt pin. The only kilts on which I would ever fasten the pin through both inner and outer aprons are my two polycotton kilts which are of very thin and light material and really need the pin to hold them in place.

[Blu (Ontario)]

There was some discourse on this subject I remembered from a couple of years ago with Robbie from Scotland.

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...ead.php?t=7903

[arrogcow]

No rules, but here is how I place my kilt pin. Put kilt on, then stand with your feet shoulder width apart (or at parade rest for the military guys). I place the line up the pin so it is dead center of my leg and that the bottom is right where the hollow above the knee becomes the thigh. Depending on the tartan I may move it slightly to the right or left to get the pin on a dominant stripe rather than the "base" color of the kilt. Since you're putting it on while wearing, make sure that someone else makes sure it is straight.

And once you put it on, leave it there, get a pin for each kilt and call it good. Trading pins around will ultimately damage the kilt.

Adam

[GatorUK]

I suppose wearing a small kilt pin and positioning it where the ladies have to bend over to get a good look at it does not factor into this discussion?

[PiobBear]

I'm sure the kilted military units have exact rules for placing the pin...

Kilt Pins...Worn approximately 4" up and 3" from right hand side of kilt front apron, in keeping with the sett of the tartan (italics mine).
Regimental Drum Major Association, Regimental Dress

If the wind is as strong as some are describing here, I fail to see what good pinning the outside apron to the inside will do. After all, if the wind is that strong it will take both aprons up with it! I'd rather have them loose, and that way maybe the outside apron will blow up with the inner one staying in place.

The traditional and correct method for dealing with this issue isn't by use of a kilt pin, but by the weight of a suitably generous flask of Islay single malt in the sporran (at least 12 years old). This method has the added benefit of being quite efficacious against cold, the wind chill factor, fatigue, melancholy and general malaise, whereas a kilt pin is pretty much useless.

[turpin]

The traditional and correct method for dealing with this issue isn't by use of a kilt pin, but by the weight of a suitably generous flask of Islay single malt in the sporran (at least 12 years old). This method has the added benefit of being quite efficacious against cold, the wind chill factor, fatigue, melancholy and general malaise, whereas a kilt pin is pretty much useless.

I like the way you think, PB. The contributions you have made to these forums in the few posts so far have been significant and enjoyable. Thanks