Kilt Pin in Scottish Roe Deer Buck Antler and 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, smaller than his Red Cousin but no less hardy. It lived in the hills around Lairg, central Highlands of Scotland. It comes from a young buck between 1 and 2 years old, rarely do i get a chance to work these antlers. They are intricate, unique and couldn’t be more suited to be made into a kilt pin.
I then attach the hardwood, in this case some Surinese Snakewood, the hardest and most expensive wood on the planet. Snakewood is actually the heartwood of a relatively small tropical tree, this is cut by local workers and an axe is used to “peel” the sapwood to reveal the snakewood. This wood is famous for its grain that resembles a snakes skin. It is orange/brown in colour with black scale-like patternation. It is hard and heavy and finishes like a piece of stone. I then sculpt the wood until in joins perfectly and seamlessly with the antler. I then smooth the top to make it perfect. I polish the piece with natural waxes to give it a deep, long lasting lustre. This method retains the original 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 and tapers from 14mm at the top to 4mm 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.