I've attached a picture of a fancy hook I'd like to make.  The center hook and the two side scrolls are connected with a series of thin bands running around the middle.  I'm trying to find out what this banding process is called so I can get information on how to do it. 

Thanks,

EddieD

 

It is called collaring.

Dirty smith on you tube has a great video on how to do collars.

Just based off that picture the maker probably didn't use 4 thin pieces to collar that together, I would guess instead it's a piece of flat bar that he chiseled those marks in for decoration. That's what I would do at least, instead of trying to do the same process 4 times over, or trying to fold all 4 pieces at once around. I'm not saying it couldn't be done, just that a single bar would be easier 

Thanks guys...that is exactly the information I was looking for.  Can't wait to try it out!

Eddie D

Note that the top piece is chiseled very similarly to the collar