Shoulder Plaid Pin/Brooch

[MacHenderson]

That sounds real neat Spike. Do you know how he blackens the steel? I'm always out to pick up new metal-working tricks.
My original plan was to make the tip of the pin a Scottish thistle, with some thistle leaves around the outside of the brooch. At this point in my meager skills, that's too complicated, but maybe at a later date.
Heya Cuz. We're gonna go with Henderson Ancient. We figured with the feileadh mhor being a historical piece, it would look best in the old-style colors. That, and we can get it real cheap from Sport Kilt in PV, as apposed to pricier wool.

[Raptor]

That sounds real neat Spike. Do you know how he blackens the steel? I'm always out to pick up new metal-working tricks.

I like that a lot. Nice work.
I've blackened tattoo machine frames by quenching in used motor oil as mentioned by spike. If you dont want to temper the steel to brittleness you dont need to quench straight from the forge. An hour or so in a hot oven is usually fine, & used deisel oil works better than that from a petrol engine.