Prototyping a 6 Buckle Hanger

By looking at portraits and some of the very few extant hangers, a straight 6 buckle hanger seems to be fairly common place. We patterened out the main suspension piece and got it buckled up with 5/8 inch buckles that Clayton cast. Measured to sit on the natural waist with the sword just below the hip line. Next is the pad hooks, which Aaron is working on, and then attachment to the belt for some photos of it on a person with a sword in it.

The truly historical version of the piece will not have the top lobe, as we have not seen that in any artwork or extant examples (thanks Dan!). The pad hook is a trefoil/tulip shaped piece.

So far though, we all really like it!

Pictures so far