brant81 Report post Posted December 17, 2013 Hello Im wondering if anybody can help me find a tutorial or show me where I can find how to plait a nylon or paracord horn wrap. I know its not leather but all the saddlemakers on here surely know how to do it or where to find out how. I need to cover my calf roping saddle horn and would rather learn how to braid one myself rather than buy one. Thanks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TXAG Report post Posted December 17, 2013 http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=21654 And here is the specific post referred to in that thread...you might try sending a PM and seeing if he still has the instructions he can email you... http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=3611entry51981 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brant81 Report post Posted December 17, 2013 Ok. Ill check the links although I don't think this is what im looking for. Thanks for the help. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TXAG Report post Posted December 17, 2013 Do you have a pic of what you're trying to do? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brant81 Report post Posted December 17, 2013 I tried to post a pic but it wouldn't let me. Said posting images was not allowed. Any suggestions? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TXAG Report post Posted December 17, 2013 Yeah. Upload it to the gallery and then post a link to it here. Or use photo bucket, etc...or post a link to a pic of it somewhere else. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brant81 Report post Posted December 17, 2013 this is what im looking for. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TXAG Report post Posted December 17, 2013 (edited) Looks like a large/long turkshead knot to me...though the pic is so tiny, it's hard to tell for certain...now that I look at it again, I think I've seen it in the ABOK...I will go look through mine and see if I can find it...I just looked through it and it could also be some type of whipping. Really hard to tell from such a small pic. If you want to do it yourself, I would recommend reading through the threads I've posted in this section as I am focusing on learning turkshead knots too. I think you may find it is more complicated than it looks...it was, for me. Edited December 18, 2013 by TXAG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brant81 Report post Posted December 18, 2013 Hey thanks TXAG. I was thinking that was what it might be but being a newb to all this I sure didn't know. Thanks for all your help from one AGGIE to another. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bucksnort Report post Posted December 19, 2013 From what I can tell, it looks like continuous crowning. Basically you make one wrap & tie a overhand knot, then continue looping it thru your 1st wrap all the way around (like sewing a whitp stitch). Back at your starting point, you loop it thru the loops from the pass before & so on. Hope that makes sense, I haven't looked, but there may not be anything on the net to show how & I've never seen directions in a book. Grant shows a pic of a bosal where the heel knot is done with continuous crowning but no directions. I wouldn't say it was common practice, but it wasn't uncommon in the Central Valley of California to use this method for buttons on reins ect. I'm told it is a good way to use up short pieces, you just keep adding in as you go. I've only seen one set of reins done this way (but have seen pics on the net), it's kind of cool looking, different & simple. Hope this helps. Buck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
