Quote Originally Posted by southpacifickilt View Post
i have two questions about these.

1.firstly i read in another x marks thread that salmon button are restricted to the dukes of argyll as salmon is part of their badge (not clan badge) is this true?
The salmon buttons are worn by the Duke of Argyll AND and the Chief of the MacLeans, in the case of the photos by Sir Lachlan Maclean of Duart and Morvern. Salmon are totems of many Westerns Highland/Isles clans and are badges of both the Duke of Argyll and Maclean of Duart.

Now, they are hardly "restricted" in any legal sense of the word. "Good taste" though, is another matter. The shield of my coat of arms bears three salmon, but it just wouldn't be done for me to have buttons made up as salmon. If Lord Lyon saw fit to grant me a badge of a salmon naiant, then I might consider salmon buttons, but I still would be reluctant to wear them in certain places.