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Thanks! I'm working on another one now that will be a little shorter...I just figured out how to do the interweave over the weekend. Made myself read one of Gail Hought's books until I got it. haha

Looks nice... I thought it was "Red Sox" though...

I think they call them rein knots because they're used to make fixed, non-movable knots on reins. I used to ride horses (a LONG time ago...seems like forever, to me)...and I had a set of reins with the same knots through them...

I found it on Sheridan's site by searching for 'colt'...it's $80 and it doesn't say anything about them not having them anymore...

I already did...right after I posted my reply above on the 29th. Waiting for their response.

Top to bottom... 7L x 6B w/herringbone interweave 3-pass Spanish Ring Knot 13L x 8B Vertical Stripe TH 3-pass Spanish Ring Knot 7L x 6B w/herringbone interweave Terminal knots w/2-pass 5L x 4B Gaucho knots All braided over two 4-strand plaits. I've been pretty busy learning lately...

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I think I've seen something about two strand rein knots too... Finished a keychain tonight...I'll post pics in a bit...

PM sent to OP re: springfield leather...

Brian, I tried soaping this roo lace thoroughly, but all it did was make it slippery and still felt like cardboard. Also, as slowly as Springfield ships, I can order from my guy in Australia and have the lace here...sometimes faster than Springfield can even bother to get it into the mail. I won't be ordering from them anymore. Cuts out a big supplier, I know...but it's not worth the aggravation to me...

My local farmers' CoOp sells bundles of scrap leather for repairs of tack...might try somewhere like that. Hobby Lobby carries a very small selection of small pieces of leather, but it is very overpriced in my opinion.

I received my kit today. Instructions are completely unusable. They are in some kind of broken English and don't make any sense. (i.e. sew these two pieces together, but don't sew them to the wallet. Makes no sense at all.) I'm going to write to them, but have little hope of making this thing without usable instructions. Also, their "free gift" is a tiny, little valet tray, about 3" x 3"...nice, but pretty much unusable for anything.

You could always put the bench on top of some cinder blocks...

Yep...same way you split lace you cut yourself... I have some really crappy roo lace I bought from Springfield and one color is about twice as thick as the other I got from them, so I have to split it before I can braid it with the other stuff I got from them. There are several splitters to choose from, depending on your budget and all. I use an Osborne #86 lately and it works great. Some other tools combine a splitter with a cutter and beveler...those are pretty expensive, but are nice because you can do all three tasks with one tool.

Hey, Tracym...you might also check into the rein knots...there are some threads that talk about them. I'll see if I can find them in a bit...

Thanks again for your help...now I need to figure out which knots I want to use on my lanyard...and what foundation (knots (which ones?), tape, etc.) to use for these...thought about using some small nylon cord to use for foundation knots, but can't seem to pick knots that come out the same width...grrrrrrr... Happy Thanksgiving also...

Have you tried doing a seach on here for "horse tack" (on the whole forum)? I think that would be a good place to start...then, once you have specific questions, post them here and people will (hopefully) answer them. Your question is pretty broad...I guess the first things you might want to consider are which pieces of tack do you want to make (I know you said bridles and breast colllars...did you want to limit it to that? Might be a good idea to focus on one or two items at first and then expand out as you get more experience..) and then do you want to make them out of straps or braid them? (That will determine which tools you'll need)... Then do searches as much of these methods have been discussed here ad nauseum in the past and those threads will be good for you to read to start out...then if you have questions about anything you've read that you need clarified or don't understand, post them then...

Successful...

Just tried it again and that seemed to fix it...took me about ten minutes to make sure the 13L x 4B was straight. I need a better way to figure out what size mandrel I need for a given knot tied with a given size lace. I guess that'll get better with experience...

Ok, I will ensure I have everything straight when I try to make this one again...thanks for your help...

So I've been trying to tie this knot lately... ...but for some reason, it is coming out slanted...the straight "stripes" shown there in the video come out at an angle on mine. Any ideas what I'm missing on this?

I ordered a wallet kit from them...hope it is good quality...

PM sent re: advantages of kydex over foam.