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I did this little key fob for my pastors wife as a belated mothers day present. Colors used are; Brown Bad Whiskey Black Did a 4 strand round braid, lashed that off with some black tape so I could get a decent shape for the upcoming Pineapple Knot. Pineapple Knot started with a 9 part 4 bight casa knot as the base for my Pineapple Interweave. Finished off with some Pecards leather dressing. Brian...

If it be cleanin your shop floor, it has a worthy job and should be there. LOL...

WOW! Troy that is awsome work. I'd be surprised if someone did'nt come along and not buy it, or ask if was for sale. Just awsome is all I can say about it. Well, I take that back... JUST FRIGGIN AWSOME DUDE!!! Sorry for the caps one there. A moment of finger crampsitus... Brian...

Please do post your finished work with that experiment in your last post. I would enjoy seeing a couple of photos on that. I too am about finished with my dog leash and will be adding some overlayed fid work to it. This is why this subject is especially interesting to me. The broader my skill set the better braider I can and will become. I really love to use roo lace on all my selling products. So, these kinds of posts are really needed here and at my website. So keep up the really awsome work you are doing. I look forward to seeing more with great anticipation. Brian...

Hmmm... I found one, where the guy uses string that is flat to show you how it's done. Just not around a core. The technique is the same when putting it around a core. The strands that are going behind like he shows would go behind and around the core.

I had some scrap roo lace settin around. I just cut it even to the length I needed. Then I grabbed me a brass latch that I liked from home depot about $1.39 or somethin like that. Then I took the scrap, middled the 2 scrap strands on the latch and did a 4 strand round braid for just about the entire length of the scrap and then lashed it off at the end. That completed the core. I used the scrap roo because it is very strong. Since this is a free gift to a friend of mine, I used smooth calf skin lace from tandy to do the braided leash. But since his dog is not a show dog, I did not need to use roo lace. Actually, the braid is very simple once you have it started. It's an over 2, under 2 sequence. So, the actual part of keeping track of the strands is fairly easy. All it takes is a bit of patience, and taking your time with it and not rushing it. I know that one time in the braid, I got in a hurry with it and crossed one strand on the back side of the braid and did not notice it for about 2 cycles of braiding. Had to take what I had done apart up to the point of where I messed up and redo the rest from there. So ya see, don't be in a hurry to get it done. Speed comes with time and practice. The best advice I can give you right now is this; Never be intimidated by what you see. I did not get where I'm at with braiding and knot tying by being intimidated by what I saw others doing. I simply just jumped in with both feet and now I'm totally hooked to braiding. It also helps to have really great mentors who watch and teach you along the way. I have a really great braiding mentor. He has taught me more about braiding in a year, than what I have learned on my own in the last 15yrs of knot tying. He keeps me in check with my skills and reminds me with his own braiding that I'm still learning. Brian...

I have an update on the progression of the braided dog leash I been workin on. Here be the photos of it so far. I know you can't see it to well because of the braiding post. But the braid got too long to continue with it off the hook. I did more on it after I took the photo. So, I'm a little bit closer to bein done with the long part of the braid. Still tryin to decide on what type of handle I want to put on there, or if I just want to continue with a straight braided handle. Brian...

Yep it makes sense to me. Sharing the gold nuggets would take an awful lot of space. There are so many. A wiki would be an idea.

Here's a braiding fid I designed for my friend Mike. I hope to have it made for him some day. Stainless Steel with a Japanese Oak Handle and Candy Apple Red Engraving of his nick name.

Hi. Well the end button knot you have there is a Pineapple Knot. Since you got 2 rows on your pineapple interweave you started with a 7part 6bight Turks Head. You do have a good start for sure. Way better than I ever did. As you learn more about the turks head knot, it will get easier. But remember, practice, practice and more practice... Don't give up, just step back for a bit and think on somethin else for a bit, or do somethin else for a bit and then come back to it. I have gotten so many good laughs out of myself, if I was paid for it, I'd be as rich as Billy Bob Gates... LOL... Keep practicing and look for the gaps in the knots. You'll also learn a lot about quality roo hide. The best lace to braid with is roo lace that has been beveled at a 45 degree angle. I am still working on a braided dog leash. I keep plugin at it each day as much as possible. It'll get done one of these days. Anyway, good job... Brian...

I've been using that technique for a while. That basically starts as a turks head at least that's what you end up with before you make your passes for the ring weave. You can actually interweave two different colors with the ring weave. Brian...

Might be even more interesting if there were either pics or a video to see what you're talking about. I think I know what you're describing as the technique but I am not sure, if you know what I mean?

I don't know if you're living in the USA or not but here a good place to start. The US Gov has an online patent search located here http://patft.uspto.gov/ ... Good place to try and find if anyone has a patent on the object you're trying to reproduce.

Yep I agree Mike. But something of good news actually. Now, I'm not a big TV News fan at all. But when I heard and saw this video, I had to watch it and stream it to my website. Here's the link, http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5028407n CBS Sunday Morning News did the Vidcast. Somebody heard about knot tying. Brian...

Great job on the handle. Also, great job on the tutorial.

Okay. I could'nt resist. I had to have one made for me. PJ made one for me and sent it to me this past week. Wow! It's a bunch better than the Tandy one I have been using for the past couple of years. But now I have two and it's nice to have both.

Yeppers... That would be Microslop gearin up the browser for, yes if you guessed it Windows 7 release. The legacy mode you're speakin of is only IE wanting to know if you want to operate the browser in Windows Vista / 7 mode, or standard using a Windows XP operation. Now, Windows 7 is a big difference compared to Vista slop... They almost, 90% got it right this time. Yep, I'm multi-lingual PC, Mac and Linux OS's... I prefer the latter 2 over Microslop. But, being as I am in the I.T. industry, I have to be certified in at least 2 of the operating systems. As a technician I have encountered the same problem with IE8 as the first post mentioned on several occasions. The fix is easy like in the 2nd post and the most assured way of solving the problem in a quick amount of time.

That tool is now retailing for $375.00... I just looked it up last week.

Thank you Spence. The back braid took about 30mins just to get it like you see it in the photo. Oh, I forgot to say; that this is the first ever herringbone dog lead I have ever done. Seeing the replies being so positive is inspiring to me. So the finished product I hope will bring even more positive returns as the build is.

I really like your rack. Best of all of this rack is the incredible oak characteristics. Nice job...

Since the average height of the cattle dog is around17 to 20 inches about 1.5 feet, I would estimate about 3.5 feet long, or even 4 feet depending on how tall the handler is.

I would cut the strands but I am still waiting on my cutter/beveler to be completed. Yer too funny... LOL... I really like your sense of humor...

The core really was not big enough for the 36 strands. However, when and IF I get an order for one. I will definitely post it here.

Hi all, I have been working on a dog leash project to keep my braiding skills honed in and to keep my old fingers from gettin to stiff. Making with smooth calf skin lace (1/8), over thick scrap roo lace core at 1/2" in circumference. The braid is a 12 strand herringbone. This is not done yet. Close up of where I brought it together at the top end and the start of the herringbone braid. Close up of the actual herringbone braid operations. I have not decided on how I will do the handle yet. I do have a couple of options in mind though. I will post a photo of the completed leash as soon as I get it all done. Over all length that I have to braid.

If the bead hole is too small, a bead shop will carry a bead hole reamer which will aide you in enlarging the hole to fit the finished braid.