Rolled Dog Collar Question

[Babbs]

Can someone tell me how a rolled dog collar is made, type of leather etc. ?

Thanks for any Info and Instructions you can offer to a newbie

[roo4u]

when i made rolled collars i just used latigo because thats what i made my leashes out of....but ive seen them made out of english bridle and harness as well. i used 9/11 oz latigo. i made them by hand and i used a groover to cut groove lines in the flesh side so that the leather could roll smoothly and come out close to round. i used a stitch line groover to cut the stitch line, a stitching punch for the stich holes and then hand stitched. i then use a saddlery edger to get a really round edge on my strap.

[Babbs]

Thanks so much !!

when i made rolled collars i just used latigo because thats what i made my leashes out of....but ive seen them made out of english bridle and harness as well. i used 9/11 oz latigo. i made them by hand and i used a groover to cut groove lines in the flesh side so that the leather could roll smoothly and come out close to round. i used a stitch line groover to cut the stitch line, a stitching punch for the stich holes and then hand stitched. i then use a saddlery edger to get a really round edge on my strap.

[CeilingUnlimited]

Would love to see a video of how that is exactly done? Seeing it done would be easier for me to understand as I really,really want to learn how to do it! I want to learn how to make rolled throat latches for leather horse halter's as rolled throat latches are the most preferred by People who buy leather horse halter's. I also would love to learn how to make rolled traces and breast plate neck straps for a fine driving harness. So I really want to learn how to do rolled leather! : )

[Mijo]

the attached pictures are of a prototype rolled leather leash I made over a year ago. what roo4u listed in their post pretty much summarizes what I did. I used handle #18 & #20 from the Art of Making Leather Cases V2 as a guide to make this. I started with 10-11 oz latigo and split it so that it was thin enough to roll, however the sections attached to the hardware and the handle itself have not been split. There's a core of scrap latigo running down the length of each section, I made a previous prototype w/o the core and it lost the rounded shape over time. without the core the leash would fold over onto itself like a kinked garden hose.

I love the design of this leash and the way it feels in hand. the only problem is that the leash is way too heavy for small dogs, which is who my clients are and my own dogs. Consequently I never bothered to make a matching collar.

I hope the pictures help you out.

[sangmort]

the attached pictures are of a prototype rolled leather leash I made over a year ago. what roo4u listed in their post pretty much summarizes what I did. I used handle #18 & #20 from the Art of Making Leather Cases V2 as a guide to make this. I started with 10-11 oz latigo and split it so that it was thin enough to roll, however the sections attached to the hardware and the handle itself have not been split. There's a core of scrap latigo running down the length of each section, I made a previous prototype w/o the core and it lost the rounded shape over time. without the core the leash would fold over onto itself like a kinked garden hose.

I love the design of this leash and the way it feels in hand. the only problem is that the leash is way too heavy for small dogs, which is who my clients are and my own dogs. Consequently I never bothered to make a matching collar.

I hope the pictures help you out.

Thanks for sharing! It looks really well done Beautiful work! ~

[mrdabeetle]

Here are the instructions for the handles spoken about by Mijo:

[sangmort]

Here are the instructions for the handles spoken about by Mijo:

WOW! Thanks a ton! ~