Nick,
Congrats to your mother for the Silver Beaver. Not just anyone gets that privilege. If you've read any of my other threads, myself, jackson123, and animalk, are all in a venture crew here in dallas. Our crew specializes in living history. Specifically Texas frontier life in the 1870's. A group of us are the blacksmiths in the group that are also kilt wearers.
http://www.crew1298.org Check us out.