Sword hanger with flair!

This past summer I made a hanger that had my first attempt at pierce work on the leather. It turned out pretty well and I backed it with a rich gold cotton velvet to make it stand out. I ended up cutting out 4 more hanger parts this weekend and picked one to try an experiment on.

I wanted to do some more pierce work and also try doing some tooling work. I've never done tooling before but I saw how a friend of mine did it, so I figured what the heck. This is my second attempt at pierce work and my first at some basic geometric tooling on a hanger. So far I like how it looks. It isn't perfect by any means but its a good start, and with practice I think I'll get closer to what I have in my mind's eye and really enjoy what I'm producing.

Because these posts are useless with out pictures...


A wide shot:


A bit of a close up on the work area:


What's that on the left side? Oh it may just be some buttons Heather and I are working on to cast.




More pictures will be forth coming. Its set to be a 5 buckle hanger, I just need to figure out what color to choose.