maui paniolo

Got it worked out

It may be some time before I can get a pic posted, but its the folded honda that Rawhider did. He said braid down the rope and then back braid depending on which way you do it, it will be a pineapple or a goucho. I just end up with a mess. I m not sure if at the turn around it is O1 U1,or O2U1 or U2 O1.... Thanks for the help Megabit

I'm making a swivel honda, and I have braided 4 strands down a core an want to end and back braid it, but I cant get it to work right. Does someone have a road map? Thanks Tony

Thanks for the nice comments. It is a soft core 11 1/2" with a 8" nose button. I shortend the nose button from the first bosal I made to make it a little faster release. The blue and white were the colors picked by the guy that wanted me to make the bosal. They wouldn'thave been my choice, but had to admit the colors came out nice. The guy that bought it, is the ranch manager one of the big ranches here. He has really good hands as well as horses so he should by real well with a raggy hack. Tony

Have been away for a while, but finally got my 2nd bosal done. 5/8" on braided rawhide core 16 strand. It came out ok but I still think there is a lot of room for improvement form the bosals I've seen posted here. Cheers Tony PS Blackhammer I haven't forgotten about the post on Hawaiian saddles

Sheridan Leathers is also a good source. 888-803-3030 Tony

I'm using an old reata of mine. The bosals are pretty raggy and works well if the horse is soft, but need to learn how to make a stiffer core because my stallion gets a little bracey with it.LOL good thing I have others hackamores I bought. I also sold my bosal to a good friend, and he looks at and buys a lot of tack, so Im going to let he pay me what he thinks its worth. I may find out how good of friend I have, LOL he may pay me more than I think its worth, or less either way I'll be ok with that.. This will be the last order I take for a while I want to make some more things I want to do and if someone wants to buy them when they'er done then I'll sell them.

Very, very, nice. I'm working on my 2nd bosal and it too is sold, but didn't put a price on it. If you don't mind me asking how much did you sell it for? I hope mine comes out as nice. Tony

I Was going to go to US roping over Thanksgiving but my horse came up lame, so i'll try to do it then;)

Tried the gas/wax this weekend. Worked good to firm it up and beveling it. braids nice, it was worth tring, and may do it again in the future. the only thing I did slightly different is I only soaked for about 10-15min and that seemed to be enough. Tony

Thanks blackhammer, found it on pg11

Got It cut, Got my wife to keep things lined out (keeps me lined out too). sure is nice lace. White gas= Colman fuel. I'm also not fond of messing with the gas! Wonder how long the smell lasts? If it helps with beveling , I might try a sample and see how it goes. Thanks Tony

A friend wants me to make him a bosal out of roo.. got the body done; wants the nose button and heel knot, blue with white accents(wouldn't be my choice, but whatever). Bought the blue hide at sheridan leathers but it is thinner and softer than what I'm use to using. Having trouble getting the strings cut, hide side wants to wad up and I don't have enough hands to keep it straight and moving. I thought I had read on here about a combination of white gas and paraffin wax to soak the hide in then let it dry. Would this give it more stiffness? Thanks Tony

Mike I have three hawaiian sticks but prefer to ride my wade. Blackhammer asked me to do a write up on the differen't saddles, but haven't had time. I did take pictures but haven't downloaded them. I'll try to get them on soon. Tony

Looks great! It sure is a good feeling when you get the first one done. Tony

Great work Bret! What is the core in the 5/8"? Tony

Are the bosals in the picture ones that you braided?

I'm probable not the most experienced braider on this forum but my 2 ct. if you are buy precut lace of good quality it should be fairly consistant so you wont need to split and bevel. When finished dampen and roll between two boards. Depending on the size of the core you may need a wider lace or more strings like 8. Good luck Tony

Thank you The nosebutton foundation is the way Mr. Bell does his. The heel knot I used electrical tape. Just keep adding or taking off until it looks the way I want it. Then 2 layers of masking tape. I still had a lot of trouble geting my knot to cover under the bottom. I had put a penney there to cover the bottom and it was good until I tightened the knot then came off the penny. May need to use a lager coin on the next one.

Thanks everyone for the nic replys.

Very nice Quirt.... Thanks again for the lacemaster, it is working great. just started some deer rawhide for some reins. Will see if it works out.

Thanks Bevan I haven't been braiding very long, and this was my thrid prodject. sorry the pics aren't so good but it hides the mistakes that way . It is a 5/8"bosal, the core was from an old reate that I had. The tail of the rope got steped on by my horse, so I was able to cut off athe last 4 feet for the core. 16 strands to cover the core with an eight bight nose button and heel knot. Side buttons are 4 pass ring knots. I'm not sure on how long it took me, i,d work on it a while then take it apart to correct the mistakes, then work on it a whlie then take it apart then work on it........

I just finshed my first Bosal and wanted to thank everyone here. I don't post, but I do read, and the info I have received helped me a lot. I did it in roo thanks to the posts here and saved me in rawhide because I would have been cutting it out and starting over. Thank you again, because no qustion is a stuiped question. Toni