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I know that Alan Bell tried out volume 44 developer from a beautician once on horse hide, rawhide and goat rawhide. From the photo and what I can remember they all turned out pretty well. Of course he had them soaking on different time tables. One taking longer than the others. Brian...

Thanks troy. I am going to give it shot. But it wont be this year. I'll wait till 2016 or so. Brian...

I'm just wondering what the thoughts are on using hydrogen peroxide water mixture to bleach goat raw hide with is? The goat raw hide has what looks like its been de-haired with the ashes method. How much should I be mixing together if I have already cut string and a coffee can? Brian...

To resize width of string cut. I will twist the blade in the hole to the size I need. That's why I mark the center of the hole so I can use a measuring tape to approximate the width. But again, it also takes test cutting a short piece of string to see that the size is actually correct. I'll either twist the blade from center out, or clockwise to make a wider string, or counter clockwise to adjust the size of string to a smaller width. Again, test cutting a short run to confirm the size of string. Brian...

I used a piece of Teflon rod I bought through ebay. Took it to the local machine shop, or local plastics shop so they could stick on their lathe to drill the hole. But come to find out, Teflon is pretty easy to drill. You just need a way to make sure it will stay true while drilling. Which is why I took the rod to the machine shop. Then the machine shop cut the rod into 1/2 inch pieces for me. A regular stanley box cutter blade does the job real nice. You just have to grind the back of the blade to fit the inner hole is all. Now that I have used this cutter several times, I am sold on its use with goat rawhide for sure. I have not yet tried it out on horse rawhide, deer rawhide, or kangaroo rawhide, or rawhide for that matter. Brian...

Rawhide and Leather Braiding Rawhide and Leather Braiding II Here's the link; http://www.leather-braiding.com/english.htm They are both available in Spanish and English. Very good books to have in your library. Brian...

Pete. I have not been able to try it out on kangaroo leather yet. But from what another colleague has said to me is that it will work with kangaroo rawhide and horse rawhide. Brian... Hi Joel. What kind of info are you looking for on the cutter? Brian...

I finally made one the string cutters that I saw in Enrique Capones book number 2. In the video below is a demo of that tool being use to cut me some 1/16th goat rawhide string for a few knots on a project I'm working on. Hope you all enjoy the video. Brian

Thank you Bob. Brian...

Thank you Megabit. That means a lot to me. Brian...

Thank you Curlyjo. I am still thinking on this venture and also seeking the best possible wisdom and advice on how best to approach the scholarship program. I have a lot of work ahead of me for this. But the thought of doing this is more and more appealing as each day goes by. Brian...

Thanks benny. I think so also. Brian...

Thank you Buck. That means a lot to me coming from you sir. Brian...

No problem. I am thinking on the scholarship program very seriously. So I have this in mind. How many of you think that I as a braider would stand the chance at achieving a scholarship with the TCAA? I would love to read your thoughts on this. Brian...

This is just awesome. I'd love to get in on that scholarship program.

I've never messed with horse hair at that level either. I've only used horse hair as kind of like tassels at the end of a set of stampede strings. I think we should wait to see if someone that has more experience in horse hair will post. Brian...

Yep. I'd go with making another one myself. Brian...

ashes...

Thank you Buck.

This one was a special project. 18 inch necklace in Kangaroo lace. 8 plait black - Under 2, Over 2. 2 - 3 pass spanish ring knots. Brian...

Well thank you Peter T. Brian...

Well. The key fob made it to my new found friend in Florida. She takes a much better photo of it than I do. Brian...

for 8 inches. I usually start out with about a yard and a half for the oops factor. Brian..

The braid just seems to go really fast when you get it going. That's what I like about these braids. You spend less time doing the actual braid than you do the knots. LOL... Brian...

Thank you for the very kind comment Peter T... @GrampaJoel Thanks for the very kind comments. I like reading these replies very much. The ten strand whip makers plaits come in different varieties. Under 2, Over 3, Under 3, Over 3, and so on. But all of them remain a round braid. I braided mine with and under 2, over 3 sequence. Reason being is that I have found that the way the under 2 rolls in on itself at the bottom of the braid tends to fold in leaving the outside of the braid(Over3) with chance to fan out and bend much easier, or more naturally. It is also a quick braid once started. So I'm spending less time doing a braid. Now I have experimented with this type of braid and tweaked it on several occasions to reach a desired effect for draping around a neck line more naturally. It's a simple braid of Under 2, Over 3. I think this might be in several books. But I am uncertain of that. You might be able to find it in a few of Ron Edwards books. But again I am uncertain of that. @bucksnort; Thanks for the very kind comment Buck. Mean a lot to me coming from a place winner at the world leather debut. Congrats again mi amigo.