The father's pendant was finally taking shape. The pendant was now going to be a sheild shape, looking like a family crest. The crest symbol is important because of the tradition that it shows. On the shield I was originally going to put a lion on, but that proved to be too average, not really a design at all. Men's jewelry tends to be very geometrical, and I wanted this to look different, but not that different. I felt that putting the lion on the sheild would alienate a lot of people who would love to wear a meaningful peice of jewelry that represents their family. I say this now, but in all acutallity I had the lion on the shield for about 3 months. The sheild instead carried a sword.