Roo Bracelet

[Aggiebraider]

Hey Bevan,

I havent really decided what size im going to do for my first one. Id like to make a few bosalitas that are a bit smaller and use them as cavisons. I havent really seen anything like that and I think they would be kinda cool. I think im going to use a plaited core, just because of the problems some people have seen from twisted ones. My Hought books cover the twisted ones really well, but I still think they would want to untwist a bit. I still have trouble calculating what size core I should use when trying to think of how many stands to put in. Id like to make probably a 12 or 16 strand bosal, but just cant get my mind wrapped around what size core I should use. I did look through Alan's tutorial and saw that he takes his core and wraps it with lining leather so I will probably try that. If it works well it would be nice to be able to make up a bunch of cores the same size and just have them sitting around ready to go. As far as taking pics of my steps, this will be the first bosal I will have made out of leather. The ones I made in the past were using old nylon ropes with parachute cord nosebands and heel knots. I feel pretty comfortable with the construction and all the steps involved, I just need to actually make one. Now after saying that I will probably have lots of problems lol.

CW

[Bevan]

Hey Bevan,

I havent really decided what size im going to do for my first one. Id like to make a few bosalitas that are a bit smaller and use them as cavisons. I havent really seen anything like that and I think they would be kinda cool. I think im going to use a plaited core, just because of the problems some people have seen from twisted ones. My Hought books cover the twisted ones really well, but I still think they would want to untwist a bit. I still have trouble calculating what size core I should use when trying to think of how many stands to put in. Id like to make probably a 12 or 16 strand bosal, but just cant get my mind wrapped around what size core I should use. I did look through Alan's tutorial and saw that he takes his core and wraps it with lining leather so I will probably try that. If it works well it would be nice to be able to make up a bunch of cores the same size and just have them sitting around ready to go. As far as taking pics of my steps, this will be the first bosal I will have made out of leather. The ones I made in the past were using old nylon ropes with parachute cord nosebands and heel knots. I feel pretty comfortable with the construction and all the steps involved, I just need to actually make one. Now after saying that I will probably have lots of problems lol.

CW

I am sure you will be fine mate !!!

I supply a few natural horseman around my way and i must say 5/8 is what most start off with then when the horse gets light with that , they normaly slip in to a 1/2 inch , and so on as the horse gets better , i twist my cores at the moment because that is the stiffness they want , soon i will plait my cores which will make them a little softer , but i have had a bloke that wanted a bosal as stiff as he could get ,,, after asking what he wanted it for i understood then the levels of tuffnes and why you would want them that stiff , i must add they are no good in ruff hands ,, i am sure with the people i supply i will be making bosalitas for them when they get to that levell

[Aggiebraider]

Hey Bevan,

The Hought books are fairly good about explaining alot of the steps in making a twisted core, but dont go over the math needed to calculate the core size and the dimensions the string should be before twisting. I hate to ask you to do more work, but could you possibly make a tutorial to show those of us that havent made one just how you do it? I think it would be a great addition to the tutorials we have stickied here in the braiding section.

CW

[Spinner]

Sign that I'm a city boy...I didn't understand half of what you guys were referring to. LOL

The bracelet looks nice though!

Edited August 10, 2010 by Spinner

[rawhide1]

Aggie

Nice looking work! I like the color combo.

Mike