Leather pan handle

Dad put another leather handle for cast iron pans on his wish list, so I delivered. I used some unfinished tooling leather, cut it to shape, wet it, and formed it to the handle of my Lodge cast iron pan. The design is wrap around, with only the end sewn, so that it can slip on and off. I sewed the ends together with waxed thread using a baseball stitch.

Photo description: dried leather is pan handle, side view
Photo description: sewn end of the pan handle

I wanted to add some decoration to this so turned to my pyrography setup.

Photo description: starting the decoration with spirals done with a pen tipped pyrography tool
Photo description: completed pyrography in Zentangle style, with spirals going to stacked tear drops to clustered bubbles finished with parallel lines

I finished the leather with Resolene, a leather conditioner that will protect against food splatters.