Continuous Braid Bosal

[Amanda Powell]

Anyone know how to do a continuous braid bosal? You obviously can't just go about it like a normal round braid.....would it be more like doing a really long nose button?

example: http://www.tcowboyarts.com/exhibitions/2005/nate-wald-2005-gear

[Aggiebraider]

Without being able to zoom in and actually see the braiding, I would guess Mr. Wald made his core, laid down the foundation for both the side buttons and the nose button, then braided over top. Not sure how the execution of this would work, but I assumed he use a boning tool and smoothed things out as he braided up to and over and of the foundations. The rises and falls of the buttons would be tricky otherwise. I have never seen this style done before, and for using gear it would work great since your bottons wouldnt be made from extra strands, and would be impossible for them to work themselves loose since the ends are down in the heel knot.

Interesting find!

CW

[roo4u]

aggie is right...you make your core and then do your buildup of the buttons and then you braid over everything. the challenge of this is getting everything covered using the same amount of strands. but then thats why nate is one of the best braiders in the us.

[Alberta Bound]

If i were to hazard a guess, I'd say that he used interweaves to account for the larger diameter where the side buttons and nose buttons would go.

[Amanda Powell]

Yeah, I figured you'd set up the buttons on the core and then braid over, just wasn't sure how the braid over would work, since the buttons have a significantly bigger diameter. Adding more interweave does seem like it makes sense though. Thanks!!