Finished 2 Rein Bosal

[wantmorelandandcattle]

Here's a couple of picture of a two rein I just finished. Since I haven't posted anything in a while, I though I would share this. Hope you like it!

[KnotHead]

Nice work. How many hours into this do you have?

Brian...

[lilpep]

very nice i like the patern changes you made. is this a single string with interweaves or a multistring nose button?

over all looks very nice.

[rgerbitz]

Very nice! I to think the pattern change looks good.

Rob

[HorsehairBraider]

Great work. Your nose button is beautiful, and so is your heel knot.

[wantmorelandandcattle]

Thanks everyone, sorry it has taken me so long to get back with you.

I'm glad you all like it, I've got to post some more things. I always find the slightest little imperfection in the items I build and pass them off as mediocre. A little at-a-boy always perks me up and makes me want to get back to work! Thanks!

Knothead - I couldn't begin to tell you how long it has taken to build this, I don't keep track of that very well. If I had to guess, probably 7-8 hours. For a bosal this size with this amount of strands (12), it takes around 2 hours to complete the bars/main braid; the nose button takes about 3-4 hours and the healknot about 2 hours. The pattern changes and different colored interweaves take a little more time, but not too much. There also is the additional time making the strands and building the core.

Lilpep- This is a multiple strand button. It's 8 strands with the addition of the coffee stained interweave on the ends of the noseband. I try to use one string on the healknots, but this one ended up being 2. Oh well!