Kangaroo Lace

[rickeyfro]

Quick question, when making your own lace what weight hide do you guys use?

[KnotHead]

Usually the thinnest weight we can find.

Quick question, when making your own lace what weight hide do you guys use?

[rickeyfro]

So Im assuming 3-3.5 is kinda thick to use as is?

Usually the thinnest weight we can find.

[jerryrwm]

So Im assuming 3-3.5 is kinda thick to use as is?

Depends on what you're making. Might need to split it down a bit for some of the items that are made.

Where did you find a 'roo hide that thick? Birdsalls?

You can make a decent whip with hide that thick. But don't try to make the overlay strands too narrow.

[rickeyfro]

Jerry, theres a guy that sells em on Ebay all the time but theyre usually thick like that, he describes them as "falconry Grade" whatever that means, Im gonna be using it to braid top and bottom leathers together on motorcycle seats in a mexican round braid so Im thinking maybe it'll work

Depends on what you're making. Might need to split it down a bit for some of the items that are made.

Where did you find a 'roo hide that thick? Birdsalls?

You can make a decent whip with hide that thick. But don't try to make the overlay strands too narrow.

[entiendo]

That's Amazing Oz, he's my supplier. Falconry grade is what they use for falconry duties. The raptor. I buy all my all mine .8mm-1mm for braiding. Any thinner than that and you have book binding. While .7mm you can braid with, you still have stretching and natural inconsistencies in the leather that will make it less than .7mm. If you are going to use falconry duty hide you are going to want to cut your string rather wide or you may have trouble with the string being square. That makes rather troublesome keeping the flesh side up, though working with thicker hides is more troublesome on the buttons.