[TheForge] Chasing and engraving

[Phlip]

I'm looking for some information about chasing and/or engraving, on steel.

My SCA Cooks have a project, to make tiles for Pennsic, primarily out of
foodstuffs, so, me being as wrong-headed as I usually am, I thought I'd tool
a leather tile on a smithing subject- likely an anvil or some such- and make
a steel (or iron) tile on a leather subject- possibly using one of the
overly prevalent oak-leaf-and-acorn themes from the Western-style of leather
carving.

Since the piece will be simply decorative, I imagine I can use any steel
that will take a tool print, so that being the case, what should I use? Will
any old mild steel do? And, what kind of steel would I need for my tools?
How should I shape the tools? Any help you guys can give me will be
appreciated.

Phlip

 If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
cat.

Never a horse that cain't be rode,
And never a rider who cain't be throwed....