New X Marks the Scot Kilt PIn

[Rhino]

Yeah gotta agree, knotwork on the circle, solid on the cross, knock the crossbars off - excessive - and have a motto just dont like the kilt garment not costume thing. I just think it needs to say more in fewer words.
Cheers Rhino

[bubba]

Now we're getting somewhere. Symbolism beyond the design.

[Colin]

does it need to have a motto on it? I think the knotwork circle behing the X will be more than ample.

[GMan]

Now we are getting to the nitty-gritty, like Bubba said lets get to symbolism.

Glen

[Casey]

No motto.

This is diverse group and should be a diverse pin.

Casey

[Alaskan]

How many kilt pins do you see that are not long and narrow? Even the ones that aren't swords tend to be long and narrow.

Like these:
http://scottishkilts.net/store/celtic_kilt_pins.html


Perhaps there is a reason? Maybe they are long and narrow to provide enough weight to hold the kilt down without a)being gaudy or b)disrupting the tartan.

I don't know if there is a reason, or if it is just because everybody that makes kilt pins looks at what is out there and tries to make it similar.
I just think that we can make it unique and recognizable without reinventing the wheel.
If we were designing a new car we wouldn't make it with seven square wheels just because there are already a million cars out there with four round ones.

[Casey]

Sorry. Difficult walking with foot in mouth.

Casey

[Alaskan]

Casey, I hope you didn't take my post as an attack on your previous statement. I was mostly responding to what seems to be the most popular idea right now of making the pin a circle. I just had the car analogy pop into my head when I read your post.

I think the idea of an X with a circle of celtic knotwork would make a really great pin. I just don't know if it would make a good kilt pin.

[bubba]

I have a couple non-sword type pins, They work fine and look good. Nothing says it needs to be like every other pin out there.

[Doc Hudson]

I guess I'm in a minority. I like the four crosses on the circle, and I also like Alaskan's first drawing better than the Version B. I think that using Alaskan's lower knotted section and the four cross circle would make a mighty nifty pin.

That would make the bottom half of the circle knotwork and the upper half solid for engraving a motto.

Perhaps the motto should be: "'tis na a skirt!"