I'm working on my first kilt and have gotten about halfway thru it.There are also plans for at three more to follow.Anyway,I'm a competent blacksmith,so I decided to make the buckles myself.It wasn't until I started the fourth one that I rememberd where the scrap metal I was using came from.Believe it or not,it came from a factory that once made Levis.The factory closed several years ago and I got the steel from a friend who was removing the old machinery so it could be scrapped.I guess there is justice in the world after all.