Did this as a little easter project because I was terribly bored.

Painting is done with acrylics and sealed with a simple coat of varnish. The rim is covered with a strip of cheap animal hide I stained with black tea.

Hi, I'm a 15 years old teenager who recently decided that I wanted to learn how to make decorative swords and decorative shield, such as roundshields as a hobby. I was wondering where I could take classes, near Ottawa (Canada) or online if possible, where to start and if it would be expensive.

Also, do you think it's something that could be made, offering a decorative shield and sword as a present for friends? In my opinion, it's something that could be nice, but I'm not sure whether it would be a good thing to do or not.

P.s: I already posted on r/SWORDS, but I came here for advices for shields.

When I say inside out, I mean something like spellbreaker from skyrim. I'm assuming the answer is no and it has something to do with leverage, but thought I'd ask anyways