You might have read with interest, as I did, the thread on mixing metals:http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/m...60/index3.html.

Turpin posted a picture of his wearing the Four Thistles buckle (3.5 inces diameter), sterling silver on brass, and I thought that you might be interested in close-up of his buckle:


In this photograph, Turpin's buckle is shown next to the pewter on brass buckle that I made for Joe Gondek:


There are several things that I like about mixed (married) metals: each metal shows off the other metal, and both metals compliment the colors of the tartan, any tartan, and the accessories that you wear. A good example of this is a picture that Matt Newsome recently posted:


See how the brass and pewter of Matt's Chi Rho echo the colors of the fabric and leather? If one could see shoes and bonnet, then one would see that the buckle works from top to bottom. You can't get that look with chrome!