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Another vote for Y-Knot Lace! I became frustrated with the quality of the pre-cut roo from Springfield Leather and decided to try something else. I have been using the lace from Y-Knot for months now and it's an absolute pleasure to work with. The quality of lace has really taken my work to a new level, it just slides right into place with very little effort and hardly even needs to be rolled out. It was mentioned above that some pre-cut lace has a finish on it, this lace does not. It feels exactly like the scraps of veg-tanned roo hide I have for use as wear leather. Below is my first project using this lace.

I get mine at the local drugstore, they are with the shaving equipment. I looked at all the hardware and craft stores too before I figured that one out.

I don't know if this helps, but I just made a couple of simple whistle lanyards with break-away connectors that I got HERE. I have actually had a lanyard get caught in a moving piece of equipment, so it freaks me out to wear one that's not break-away. This is one of them:

Thanks for posting the video, Louie. Very nice, and helpful for me to see your hand position. The problem seems to be solved, I received a message privately that suggested I simply use more soap on my strings before beveling. I did so, and was able to bevel the last two strings for this project on one blade with no trouble. Thanks for the help everyone!

Thanks very much for the information, Brian and Shelly. Trust me, you are both a lot of help! Well. The more I learn the less I seem to know about this stuff, ha ha. This lace is spooled. It definitely does not feel oily. At this point I am so far from having the knowledge to choose a whole hide, not to mention magically turning it into (usable) strings, that that is just not really an option. I am beveling at 45 degrees, and that's what I beveled the calf and goat lace at, too. I have a lot of this lace, so I'll try soaking it in liquid saddle soap as Shelly suggests. If I don't have good luck with that, I guess I'll go buy some extra knife blades. Thanks again for your time!

Hello leatherworkers, I am hoping you kind folks can give me a bit of advice for this problem I'm having with beveling 'roo lace. I have done a couple of projects (dog leashes) in calf and goat lace and have had few problems beveling that. I was really excited to finally get my hands on some 'roo lace and went to start beveling it today and I can only get about 4' done before my blade starts chattering and I need to polish it (I am beveling by hand with a utility knife). With both the calf and the goat I've used in the past, I've been able to do both sides of several strings before I need to switch/polish blades. The strings that I'm trying to work with now are about 13' long so you can see how long it's taking me to get this done with switching blades every 4' or so. Does anyone have any tips to make this a little easier on me or is this just how I can expect kangaroo lace to work? Thanks for the help!