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thanks! Linda

Where you you get the stamps made? I am in Australia & work with roo hide. I'd love to get a stamp to make it look more professional & also to let people know who made it but I dont know where to start looking. Linda

I dont know if I'll be able to explain this because I dont know the correct jargon, but here goes. I use 6plaits alot for making dog leads. Anything more would be impracticle as far as selling it goes, most people cant appreciate the time & amount of leather that goes into them. Usually (as far as I know) most people do under, over, so it comes out as a simple diamond pattern with a 6 plait, so it's a bit fiddly, although it looks nice enough. I have a really old roo hide dog lead it's gotta be at least 50 years old & is responsible for me becoming interested in plaiting in the first place. It's a 6 strand but has a pattern, not just the diamond. I showed it to a friend of mine who said he'd never seen it before. He's a clever bloke though & within a few minutes had worked out how to do it. Here goes: You start with your 3 strands each side. Take the top strand on the left, take it round the back & go under one, over two. Then from the right, take the next strand in the sequence round the back & go under two, over one. When you keep repeating this you end up with a pattern of diamonds stripes down the sides & a two strand jump ???( I am sorry, I dont know how to explain it) down the other sides. I hope that makes sense. Linda

Am I right in thinking what we Aussies call plaiting, such as stockwhips, my humble little dogs leads etc, you in the US call braiding? Linda

Thanks for the welcomes! Linda

Hello, I just stumbled across this site and it looks like a good forum so I joined immediately. I live in Victoria, Australia with my horse and 5 dogs. I've been dabbling in leatherwork for about 8 years now, mostly kangaroo hide, plaiting & making solid roo hide dog collars. I'd never seen them until I started making them. I've had a bit of a look around and have to say some of the work here is amazing and I feel rather intimidated but then I tell myself, what the heck, I am here to learn, so please dont laugh at me if I ask something dumb. Linda http://s138.photobucket.com/albums/q253/ki...03-0309_IMG.jpg http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q253/ki...03-0371_IMG.jpg drats, I cant figure out how to post pics. Oh well, my work is pretty basic compared to what I've seen here The first pic is of a slip collar & lead, I hand cut the lacing, I find the quality is much better when you buy a whole hide & cut it yourself. the second pic is a 3ply roo hide dog collar, it gets very soft with use, kind on those delicate sighthound necks.