How To Improve Your Kilt Pins

**Riverkilt** · 5th October 14, 10:32 AM

Don't know - but doubt it. They fit the backs of standard short pins with clasps - replace the clasps. Those pins seem thinner than I remember blanket pins being.

**Pothuset** · 6th October 14, 10:53 AM

I have bad experiences with that kind of pins. The disk that should hold the pin often fall off, and the pin disappears. I have tried to tighten the spring and cut the tiny groove a little deeper, but I am not succeed. Do you have some good advices?

**Kalok Sundancer** · 8th October 14, 10:16 AM

Originally Posted by Pothuset

I have bad experiences with that kind of pins. The disk that should hold the pin often fall off, and the pin disappears. I have tried to tighten the spring and cut the tiny groove a little deeper, but I am not succeed. Do you have some good advices?

I have two types of "locking" fasteners for those sort of pins. One is kind of a "pull to release" sort of thing and the other actually uses little hex-key type screws that are screwed into them to bind them tightly to the pin itself.

I got them off of eBay in bulk. You might look into those.

**Pothuset** · 8th October 14, 11:16 AM

Thank you, I'll try eBay next time

**NUist** · 17th November 14, 04:28 PM

Fantastic idea - thanks for posting this. I have a new pin arriving soon (thanks Ebay!) and I'll keep the modification in mind.

**CelticSire** · 19th November 14, 09:10 AM

Just about any motorcycle shop will have the pin keepers that attach with the small allen screw. They're very popular with bikers, and secure virtually any post type pin. They are a bit small in diameter, though, so I would suggest using a backing of some sort to avoid having them pull throught the apron in the event the kilt gets snagged on something.

**Nathan** · 19th November 14, 09:32 AM

I used the elastic trick on a kilt pin and when the pin got snagged recently, instead of it getting lost, it pulled straight through the kilt leaving a hole, elastic and all.

If you're going to do that, I recommend the following.

1) Put a card behind the pin for extra strength.
2) pin your kilt pin through the doubled portion of fabric. There are some famous pics of folks with their pin further from the fringe, but it's riskier to have your pin through one ply of wool rather than two.

Cheers,

N

**GlockASP** · 30th December 14, 10:27 AM

Originally Posted by jhockin

Do the "pin keepers" fit onto blanket pins?
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No, they will not work on blanket pins at all.

**S.S.Muldoon** · 30th January 15, 10:42 AM

I'm sending my thanks to Riverkilt for cluing me in to the pin-keepers in this thread. They're pretty awesome.

**Riverkilt** · 30th January 15, 11:11 AM

You're most welcome. You may need to file off the point of the pin after you've secured it with the pinkeeper since the point of the pin can jab...it sticks out beyond the pinkeeper