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I am making a dog lead out of pre-cut latigo strap, from Tandy. And am keeping it simple, i.e. Hand loop, edges beveled only for the handle and the clasp at the bottom. It will be used all weather and off the beaten path. I stitched the handle and the clasp. And while the stitches at the clasp came out good, the stitches at the handle loop make Frankenstein's stitches look like fine art..! So, I was thinking of putting a simple long Turks Head knot over those stitches. I would use a mandrel to tie the knot and slide it down the lead and tighten in place. The strap is not round and I have only seen braided knots on round objects and that is my question. Will a braided Turks Head knot tighten around a stap or object with squared sides and still look good? I was trying to insert a picture but apparently the one photo I took is more than 1.46 MB, which is normally the message I keep getting! Thank you for any advice or suggestions, take care Richard

I have made a couple coozies. just a reminder, but if you remove the top and bottom circles and cut a cylinder and lay it out flat, it is a rectangle. The easy part is how tall to make it, but how wide is not so easy but not too hard. Look up the formulas for the Circumfrence of a Circle. Pi x Diameter, or 2 times Pi times the radius. For the coozie that will be the thickness of the leather times 2 and the diameter of the can or bottle multiplied by Pi(3.141). The Radius is equal to half the diameter. Also the Area of a Cylinder: Area is equal to 2 times Pi times radius squared plus height of cylinder times the sum of 2 times Pi times the radius. The first part of this formula is the area of the top and bottom circles of the cylinder. And the second part is the area of the cylinder, which is a rectangle when flattened. And the area of a rectangle is W x L or H x W and you know how tall you want, just have to find W. So by finding the radius of coozie and using that number in the second part of the Area of a Cylinder formula, you will have the area of the coozie, and you know how tall you want it, divide the area by the height and the width will be the result. Be sure to add a couple millimeters to the width or the coozie will be too tight on the can or bottle. Use the Circumference formula to figure out the bottom of coozie, if planning to do so. Hope this helps and I didn't didn't muck it up too bad. Richard

My opinion about why this site is so great, is the fantastic diverse people on it. It's a pleasure and honor to be part of it. I am in the aviation industry as a pilot for a Fractional Ownership company. After college I joined the army as a Warrant Officer, flying the Apache attack helicopter. Which was a good machine to be in during combat operations, Desert Shield/Storm. After that I flew for a commuter airline in Florida for 6 years, before my current job for the last 16 years, flying the 1 percenters around on their business. Got into leather crafting while looking at forging metal. After watching some videos of knife sheaths being made decided forging would be too hot,loud,and dirty( plus would probably make the neighbors unhappy). Anyway that's what I do when not doing leathercrafting. I just married off one daughter and have two more to go, so another words, I'll never get to retire, but aiming for 2025.

Spectre6000, Your enthusiasm and excitement on this topic is obviously genuine and it really makes me feel smile. I only had basic chemistry, but your explanations were placed on a level that even I could follow... sometimes. I would have liked to observe you and your friends discussion over cinnamon buns. And even more so after the beer came out! Thanks you

I did this as an exercise for practice and improvement. The leather was 3-4oz. The scroll sections were too small and detailed for my skill level so ended up nothing like the picture I traced...but was good practice. I want to improve my efforts in the areas of use of color and scene layout and execution. Please, what do you think.

I know he has been dealing with a family members health issue. And, I have his Johnny Ringo rig pattern

Good day to all. I was looking for information on cutting quality and consistent 45 degree beveled edges, especially on a piece of leather cut round. As in the bottom/top of a cylindrical project. Any gadgets? diy or for purchase. Also, what constitutes a though search of the forum, before opening a new thread? Thanks again Richard

Good day, To update all, again thank you for your help. I have made several koozies of different sizes, using the help I got here on the forum. I made templates and ready to make koozies at will. I attached a pic, I think, of the latest made. I made it for long neck bottles. Using what I learned here, it finished spot on. Take care, Richard

Sorry, meant Hair-on.

Good day to all, I am looking for reference material for working with fur-on leather. I really like the way it makes a bag look, when used as either panels or accents. Also, if there are existing topics on the forum that I can be pointed to, I would thank you. I don't know about you, but I go looking for something specific but always seem to wonder all over the forum. About 30-45 minutes later, I remember I was looking for something. Take care Richard

Well, I finished the koozie! I used the math formula and the strap method to come up with my measurements. I decided to use butted joint instead of the overlapped joint. The project came out great, the can goes in/out with just a hint of resistance from air pressure/vacuum. Thank you all for your advice, suggestions and experiences. Richard

Please, I would like be granted access the adult section. Do I get a secret decoder ring!? Thank you Richard

Yep, byggyns, I left out the step of multiplying the sum by pi. I will use it for initial project planning and verified by Jims strap method.

Jim when I think real hard, I usually lube the brain with some Makers Mark. I think I will think hard tonight.

Thanks again, I will try your suggestion.

I would like to thank all for their suggestions and support. I stumbled onto this site and I'm not letting go. I thought I had worked out a solution, but no, it must be a math formula above my pay grade so… I will use what I learned from you. Jim, awesome work there. On use of the strap; on the not so round projects, you just brought the strap around until it met back with itself and added some for the stitching? Thank you all again and good day!

Good day to all, I am new to leatherworker.net and have really enjoyed it. So much info and talent here it's kind of overwhelming. Anyway, I am making a koozie for a 12 oz. can, it's going to have a 2mm foam sheet lining. The leather I am going to use is 3-3.5mm. So after hurting my brain relearning some math, I cut some test pieces of foam and leather and test fitted...I sat back and scratched my head and went huh! The fit was almost perfect, the leather ends butted up nicely, However, I meant to have a 10mm overlap to glue and rivet. I gave consideration to the thicknesses of foam and leather, My question is; Is there a formula, rule of thumb, etc. to determining dimensions for cylinder projects like my koozie?

Thank you.