Leather Braiding Supplies..

[czechmauseritis]

Wondering what the best leather braid is for braiding corner edges on book cases, or making a braided belt...

I bought some of the 'Tejas' brand lace at Leather Factory not long ago and was mucho under-impressed. It broke at nearly every splice and I wasn't happy about the consistency of either the thickness or the width...

Thanks beforehand for any info

[bullwhips]

The problem with machine cut lace is that you can't control weak spots, stetchy spots or splices. By cutting your own lace you can avoid all of that.

When shopping for machine cut lace you should try to get hand cut lace, it's a bit more expensive, but usually the person that cut it will try to avoid weaker spots. David Morgan's shop offers hand cut lace www.davidmorgan.com. Also I'd do my best to not use the spliced part of the lace in the work, I know that's not always a option, which is why cutting your own is better than machine cut lace.