Kilt Pin in Scottish Roe Deer Buck Antler and Surinese Snakewood, Scottish gift, kilt gift, wedding gift, groom gift, best man gift, mens gift

This beautiful Kilt Pin is part of my well established range of Scottish Deer Stag Antler and hardwood pieces. The antler itself comes from a Highland Roe Deer Buck that lived in the Lairg area, Sutherland. Smaller than his Red Cousin but no less hardy.

I have capped the antler with some Surinese Snakewood, one of the hardest and most expensive woods on the planet. It is the heartwood of a relatively small tropical tree and is reddish brown with black markings running throughout that resemble snakeskin. The iridescence on this super exotic wood has to be seen to be believed, when the sunlight hits it it it looks like its on fire! The amazing pattern of this wood also gives it its other name of Letter wood. Its almost unsurpassed hardness gives a finish like glass.

I then polish the piece with natural waxes to give it a deep, long lasting lustre. This method retains the original creamy white colour of the antler without any yellowing as other finishes such as varnish will give. I then attach the pin with three small pop rivets, this gives an ultra secure and professional finish, i could have used glue but i always prefer to over-engineer my products so they last. This Kilt Pin would make a fantastic Scottish gift and complement any kilt.
It measures 107mm long x 85mm wide and tapers from 26mm at the top to 3mm at the bottom.
As with all my pieces, i use pyrography to apply my “UBC” makers mark, in this case on the rear of the Kilt Pin beside the pin.