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They fixed the link - I don't think they knew it was dead till I posted.

That's an exact picture from this ancient blog ... http://www.kingsmerecrafts.com/page121.html I'd second Johan's page, as a personal reference, he gives solid advice.

I've been collecting internet things for awhile. I've got 2 or 3 books on braiding - but honestly my head wasn't prepared for changing the way I think enough to use them. Example, worked on turkshead knots off Grant's book & couldn't get it - so found a pdf set on here (dead link & missing first file). Since the beginning was missing it took my another 3 months to go back & another month after that before I progressed at all. I pick the brains of the guys at tandysleather in Bloomington, MN for stuff & then internet. There's a local MN leather guild (http://www.leatherguild.org/) chaired by Johan Potgieter of South Africa and Ron another excellet cowboy leather worker. ( http://www.johan-potgieter.com). I'm an every three months type of leather worker, will spend a week or two figuring out a new design. I kicked off a blog where I could record the online stuff - lately I go here in these orders: etsy.com to help me see what is out there from other people & see if there's better ways than what I have in mind pinterest.com has tons of resources taken from books instructables.com .. I adapt their normal clothing or whip instructions to make my own stuff ... sometimes you have to dig some youtube.com, but it's not as good as instructables for me, though it's a great supplement to the ground work laid on instructables here ... I normally compare what is on instructables to a search of this website for differences on leather versus other types of material One of the things I really miss out on is advice like - which progression of skills to acquire for ease of learning, the substitute for expensive tools is always hand skill & tricks for "perfect" or less imperfect cuts. Example: I started cutting leather on my floor for smoother edges & setting up a full workshop isn't an option.

I believe, the author took the tutorial & published it - I have to imagine in order to make money he removed it and the permissions for people to repost it. The book uses whip in question shown in this picture - with slightly better photo quality...additionally, you can buy the book on amazon.com ... http://www.amazon.com/Leather-Lace-Bullwhip-Paul-Carpenter/dp/1447885562/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1431011402&sr=1-8&keywords=How+to+Make+Whips+%28Bushcraft%29

I'm not sure why but John's page doesn't load from here...here's the link I am able to open: http://www.lbbyj.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=2 I'm not sure why but John's page doesn't load from here...here's the link I am able to open: http://www.lbbyj.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=2

Yea, seconded beautiful braiding strands, what leather are you using for the black? I like your ring knots too

I've got "Leather Braiding" by Bruce Grant and would recommend against his books ... the one I have is poorly laid out, horrible pictures with no in photo labels and some resources aren't even remotely close to where they belong. Go with a modern braiding book of some type. EDIT: It's not that the book isn't useful, but rather for a beginner it's horrible & mildly difficult for the two leather guys I brought it too and asked what they thought. Personally, if you don't know which books or are just starting, goto youtube and put your request into the search there ... even look at the paracord braiders as they seem to be the most practical braiding. Here's an image only explaination of the 8 square or Herringbone: It's the 2nd braid and labelled by the same name ... LBJ & John is awesome! http://www.lbbyj.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=4

Very cool! I used instructables to build my first, based on some helpful paracord braiders ... haven't had any luck learning from books - just not my style. Do you have a core in there too? Did you use the bolster method (the strip of leather just wrapped once along the inner part of core)?

Don Ayres What's a good one in your opinion & what are you using now? What's good costs too?

What kind of hides do you do? It looks like a basic veggie tan ... Do you die your lace after cutting it the final time? How many ounces (estimated) do you cut your lace into? Do you do 1/8" lace with this process?

I'm always checking back here ... can someone repost the documents ... there's one missing or broken link (I think). I've never been able to make heads or tails of it - because it feels like I'm missing a step. I see people talking about the math, I'm rather curious about this ... is this math for keeping the braids without spaces or how much leather you need to cut? ...because I'd love to see the formula's on how much leather to cut!

Hand sewn? Those are beautiful!!

Drac is no longer here: http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=27426&hl=%2Brip+%2Bdrac He gave a great explanation of how to start & I offer my gratitude too.