Quote Originally Posted by Tim Little View Post
Congrats on the haul; looking forward to the pix!

The sgian is a beaut -- I was ogling it only a moment ago myself. The open knotwork hilt is quite unusual. If "Heatherstone" is anything like Heathergems, it should look particularly spectacular.

And while the Tay is quite reasonably priced, I really can't justify the purchase of a new sgian myself, so I live vicariously through you!

EDIT -- Aye, this looks to be the item:



Well done, indeed!
Yep, as you can see above, it was a Heathergems stone. In addition to going reasonably well with the MacRae, the stone matches my Thompson Grey almost like it was made for it.

The only reason I grabbed it was that I'd gotten a rather minor year end bonus at work, and figured I had to get SOMETHING kilt-related out of it, and that cheesy little plastic $20 sgian that I'd been using was just too tacky for words. I expect that the plastic sgian will be relegated to duty during renfaires and such like (so I don't have to worry about something bad happening), and I'll keep the Tay for dressier occasions.

Thanks much!

Brian