Lacing Fid

[Davm]

Thanks everyone for the help. It has been quite an adventure.  I wanted to make a "western" holster with a rawhide lace in wraps around the edge.  I used a regular hole spacing wheel to set up the cuts but I made my own lacing awl (?) from a spare wood carving chisel (the cheap kits for $5 with half a dozen carving tools.  The rawhide was home made so I ground down the carving tool to a 3/16' width- which matched the rawhide.  In any event I was looking at a photo of an old holster and the lace had disappeared in a few areas but the holes were diamond shaped.  At the same time I started reading about braiding the edge. AND an order is in for said book, so a lot going on.  I subsequently found out that on the old photos, what I thought was rawhide lace was actually a white or natural calfskin.

[fredk]

On 6/19/2022 at 1:05 PM, Frodo said:

 

I know all of these as lacing needles

[Frodo]

34 minutes ago, fredk said:

I know all of these as lacing needles

They must call them different names in different placers,  I call them fids'

I call this a lacing needle, And I have no idea if I am right or wrong  

 

[tsunkasapa]

6 hours ago, fredk said:

I know all of these as lacing needles

I know them as 'Life Eye Lacing Needles'. Tandy carried them at one time, don't know about now.