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Eight-String Round Edge Leather Braid, Part 2
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Eight-String Round Edge
Leather Braid, Part 2
Schwert
- Skills and guides - DYI, Making things. -
Publication: Friday 22 June 2007
Description :A derivation of a Bruce Grant edge lace pattern that mimics Eight-String braiding.
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This pattern uses two strings of kangaroo lace. For this article it is used to braid a leatherhandle on a unique Gene Ingram fixed blade pocket knife.
This pictorial article is split into two parts due to a great number of images.
Refer to PART 1 of this article for the begining of this lacing tutorial.....
We left off in Part 1 by coming towards the butt curve. This sharp bend does present some difficulty. In leatherprojects you can sort of march-in-place by reusing holes multiple times to make sharp curves. However in steel thereis not enough room to make multiple passes, so just continue the pattern.
I lace loosely here until I get around the corner.
Then use my belting awl to gently tighten and place the lace for this sharp turn.
Take it easy and watch that the lace doe not cross itself on the back side not following the pattern. Tighten gentlyand fully however as this corner will eventually take some wear.
Once around the corners, just continue the pattern. Notice how the lace crosses itself in a nice pattern as it comesout of the holes. Do not look at the lace on the bottom at the start....this is what I removed to relace....
and then treat the leather with a good preservative like Pecard.
And the knife is finished.
Resources
David Morgan out here in Woodinville Washington not only carries braiding supplies, but has written definitive textson the skill. I exclusively use his hand-cut lace for my most important projects and his machine cut Australianimported kangaroo lace for projects like this edge lace.
Bruce Grant's Encylopedia This classic text is a must have for the dying art of leather work and this edge lace patterncomes directly from his text, modified to be a single over/under rather than a over two/under two edge pattern.
David Morgan Hand cut Kangaroo Leather The best.
Very nice machine cut Kangaroo Leather 90% of my projects use this lace. It is generally quite even and with few orno joins in a spool. Go ahead and order the 3 spools, you will be glad you did.
Other Tools
Gene Ingram #4 wharncliffe, (see more in my Ingram article) my most used knife. Specifically made for my leatherwork but used daily. The thin wharncliffe allows me to trim close and trim bundles. I would not want to braid withoutthis knife.
Belting Awl or fid. This is an essential awl for lace work as it is not sharp nor does it have any sharp edges. Lacecan be stretched and manipulated with it easily. Mine from a local leather store made by C.S. Osborne.
Braiding Soap as made by David Morgan.
1 pound lard 4 oz ivory bar soap 1.5 cups water
Heat water and shave soap into it. Once soap is dissolved, cut in lard. Stir over gentle heat till a creamy paste iscreated. Pour off to a plastic tub and cool. Lasts for years.