So I have been working on my hilt. Here are some progress pics.
So I decided to put a leather wrap. I first went into my leather bin and grabbed some lamb skin it was brown but it will do for now. I stitched it into a tube and slid it over my Aeon be sure to have the tube of leather longer than the area needing to be covered as it will shrink. I added O rings in the grooves for a nice grip.
I then melted so beeswax in a small tin. A lot goes along way.
Then I apply a coat of beeswax on to the leather
Then hit it with a heat gun and it will shrink the leather.
Once the leather is nice and tight. Run your fingers over it (it will be hot) and with a tool or your nails outline the detail such as the O ring
Once your done trim the extra off.
I guess this was a tutorial as well on a different style of leather wrapping. More to come...
Special thanks to swords4two. I tried this method out and think it came out very well.