Kilt Pin, Anchor Weight Or True Pin?

[veda_sticks]

ive heard of this before about wearing a kilt pin for weight. I recenlty bought a PV kilt (an 8 yard kilt which is supposidly 16oz which i doubnt it is that heavy)

ive had no problems in the gusty winds of glasgow, ive had the pleats messed up from gust of winds but its never left me bare.

When i was ;last at a wedding i hired a kilt, which was obvioiusly a real wool kilt 8 yard and quite heavy. the kilt pin really did not feel like it had any weight to make any kind of different.

i have virtually no knowledge of kilts and accessories, but it really doesnt make sense that the kilt pin functions as a weight. this is just my own personal observations.

Even with my light weight PV kilt i wouldnt feel a pin would offer any advantage to keeping the apron in place during wind. Unless it was made of lead.

[Dale Seago]

. . .but it really doesnt make sense that the kilt pin functions as a weight.

I have to agree.

In fact, this is the first time in my several years of kilt-wearing that I've ever heard of the idea that a kilt pin's weight was ever supposed to have anything to do with. . .well, anything.

[Chas]

I was always under the impression that the function of a kiltpin was to look good!

Regards

Chas

[Joshua]

ive heard of this before about wearing a kilt pin for weight. I recenlty bought a PV kilt (an 8 yard kilt which is supposidly 16oz which i doubnt it is that heavy)

Sorry for the threadjack, but I have to ask. Does the material have a smooth denim-like feel or is it wooly like an old army blanket?

If it's a smooth quasi-denim feel, it's poly-v and the best tartan poly-v is from Marton Mills, around 11oz. I've not seen PV that's heavier (in fact it's a common complaint among the kiltmakers that work with PV that it isnt available in a heavy weight as it's such a fantastic kilting fabric).

If it's wooly than it's possibly acrylic and not PV. My acrylic kilts are from SWK and I believe they are around 15oz.