I have two kilt pins. One is the "Dirk style" that is it looks like a dirk in its sheath with a large jeweled top, and inset flat gemstone types on its body. It was a gift from a young student my wife was mentoring in elementary school in a program called "lunch buddies" the purpose was to provide additional encouragement for the child to work hard in school. They became good friends during the 3 years the student had left in the elementary level and she gave my wife this pin as a parting gift. The current cost of those pins are well over $100.00 we made sure her mom knew of the gift.

The other pin is a Ross Clan Crest sword. Bought for the purpose of not having to move the kilt pin from kilt to kilt. The result of the last move was that the pin became dislogged and was lost at a wedding I piped at. My wife and I didn't notice it missing until we were on the way home and stopped at gas station to fill the tank. The good light made it easy to spot its absence. I went back to the reception area and searched. One of my friends said he had seen it and put it on a table. Of course, it wasn't there when we went to look. I was totally bummed.... and as I walked dejectedly out of the hall I came across a group of folks smoking under a awning. For some reason I just asked, "Has anyone seen a jeweled pin that looks like a sword in its sheath?" A woman looked at me, smiled and said, "One like this?" That was it. whew.... She was going to give it to the bridegroom since he was Scottish and may know to whom it belonged.

I give her the benefit of the doubt on that one.