Silence... Honor... Remember....

[WalterF]

Silence...  Honor...  Remember...  

[Scoutmom103]

A beautiful rendering of a poignant place. 

[Handstitched]

That is just beautiful . Love the detail  

Well done 

HS

[Rbarleatherworks]

Absolutely Beautiful

May I ask how you did the Letters?

R-

[Gezzer]

VERY NICE !!!!!!!!!!

[Bert03241]

awesome

[WalterF]

I haven’t responded till now, because the post was meant to Honor those who gave everything when called upon.

 

This was the hardest project I have done! Not because of technical difficulty, but due to Honoring those who it represents and the place. My father was a WWII vet. Who served with the 85^th Div. from Camp Shelby thought the end in Northern Italy. During this time period he received the Bronze Star. He was a man short in stature, but not one who could be intimidated. I am also an Army vet. who had the privilege of serving on some of the very same places he trained on.

 

The photo this tooling is based off I took on Dec. 27,  2008 at 11:25 AM. During a bucket list trip to Arlington and the Mall with special emphasis on The Tomb and WWII Memorial. Gini and I were talking last week about the next project. During brainstorming Memorial Day came to mind and it was settled. Next was the process of going through the D.C. trip file to find this image. A ruler was used in marking lines on the leather, all the swivel knife work was freehand with numerous breaks due to my hands trembling. The letters were cut with a swivel knife, have heard many times to practice with your swivel knife so that you can cut on the lines. So true, had a couple waivers in it you may see. This was tooled on roughly 4-6 oz leather not sure of maker, it was there.

[WalterF]

10 hours ago, Scoutmom103 said:

A beautiful rendering of a poignant place. 

Yes Sir it is a powerful place. Thank you

10 hours ago, Handstitched said:

That is just beautiful . Love the detail  

Well done 

HS

Thank you, 

6 hours ago, Rbarleatherworks said:

Absolutely Beautiful

May I ask how you did the Letters?

R-

The letters were cut with a swivel knife

5 hours ago, Gezzer said:

VERY NICE !!!!!!!!!!

Thank you

4 hours ago, Bert03241 said:

awesome

Trying to Honor those who paid the Ultimate Price.

[PastorBob]

Well done.  Thanks for your service and your dad's sacrifice.  

[Rbarleatherworks]

Simply Beautiful ... Thanks for sharing with us

[WalterF]

9 hours ago, PastorBob said:

Well done.  Thanks for your service and your dad's sacrifice.  

Thank you, it was a labor of love.

1 hour ago, Rbarleatherworks said:

Simply Beautiful ... Thanks for sharing with us

Thank you

 

[DwightT]

Nice!!  Very fitting for the day.  Thanks for sharing.