tooling leather for braiding

[buckskin1]

i wanted to get some feed back about cutting stings out of light weight veg tan tooling leather. will this work ok? i have some 3-4 oz. stuff that i cut some stings out of and beveled them have yet to do much other that a scarf slide. i had planned on trying to make a set of reins out of it but just have not gotten around to it.

[rawhide1]

i wanted to get some feed back about cutting stings out of light weight veg tan tooling leather. will this work ok? i have some 3-4 oz. stuff that i cut some stings out of and beveled them have yet to do much other that a scarf slide. i had planned on trying to make a set of reins out of it but just have not gotten around to it.

I've never tried it. It will be interesting to hear how it turns out.

Mike

[HorsehairBraider]

I've done this before. I made a whole bridle that way. I was worried about strength so I used a very strong core, but that may have been overkill. It works great and I use it to this day.

That was a while back and I did not have a good way to bevel the strings, so I can tell you for sure, it looks better if you bevel the strings. Hey, that's how you learn - by screwing up!

[Hilly]

I've used petite tooling calf for making strings. I only made a couple 4 strand braids, but it worked well enough.

[buckskin1]

thanks for the replies. was just wondering if anybody else had tried it i was planning on using a strong core even thought the strings appeared a lot stronger than i thought they would be.