Excellent eBay seller! (what type of thread is this?)

[SUP]

Thank you @Aven I'll look at the video. Thank you, @DJole and @Dwight for your guidance as well.

[Aven]

Here are a couple of videos to add onto the loafer one.

Steel Bristles

Lisa Sorrell's Its a Boot Life  Start at 4:30.  

Its a Boot Life Hand Stitching  Start at 6:00

[SUP]

Thank you. @Aven.

I learn such unexpected things on this forum, it's wonderful!

I've been looking up boar bristles, to see if they are available. Not that I am anywhere close to even thinking of making shoes but its good to know. 

Found one seller on Etsy and one on eBay. There should be more since boar bristles are used for other things as well.

[Aven]

Steel bristles might be easier to start with. And you can buy a single guitar string size in bulk.  Or you can hit up your musician friends for the E string when they change their strings.

The boar bristle has to be split just right down to a certain point.  The thread is laid in the split and then the hard part begins, doing the magical incantations and hand movements to get the tread and the bristle to be come one.  I still can't find the video on threading onto the boar bristle.

[SUP]

E-string. I will remember that.  I think I will just try to learn this technique on some thick leather that I have. I don't need to make footwear for that.

It is nice to think that I am learning techniques that have been done for centuries. A lot of leatherwork is of course as old as well. New tools and techniques are easy to purchase and use and convenient too. But it is things like this that make leatherwork so much more fascinating, for me.

 

[Aven]

Boar bristles, linen thread, hand wax (coad) definitely old school.  Enjoy the rabbit hole lol!

[SUP]

LOL. That's me! Always disappearing down rabbit holes - the older the better. That's the fun of it! 

New ones too though. Check my experiment on the effects of different oils on leather. 

 

Edited April 14, 2024 by SUP

[Aven]

Rabbit holes are just so tempting.  You never know what bit of arcane knowledge you might find.  Yeah you might never actually be able to put it to use, but you know it.  I'm a magpie in that sense, I love collecting knowledge.

Thanks for the link I will check it out.

[SUP]

Yep. Knowledge is never wasted - I told my professor that once when I was a student when he found me reading a completely  different subject. Made an enemy that day. LOL

Incidentally that is not 'my' experiment. Others play as much a part, from @fredk , who is also conducting the experiment, @chuck123wapati who had started as well to those who give their input from their knowledge. Any input from you is welcome too. 

Edited April 15, 2024 by SUP

[Aven]

Took me a bit, but I found it.  Start at about the 4:00 mark.  She goes through the entire process of putting linen thread on a boar bristle.

Making Medieval Shoes By Hand