I Love Roo

[8thsinner]

Despite my desire for the last two weeks to start my next whip, for myself, A snake/bull hybrid...I have been avoiding the beginning for what ever reason.

The chris barr whip has somewhat inspired me to start.

Anyway, I have been prepping 40 odd strands today in roo, mainly with splitting using my completely low budget splitter and tested a few of the splits...

As the lace was from pre-bought stuff, It's pretty decent but not perfect, and it's off cuts from the last whip I did, anyway...I took some of the splits tested them and some where pretty damned strong, so I played about and made myself a ring in braided four strands with loop and knot, measuring about 2.2-2.3mm wide diameter. And a little bracelet tie thing in the same.

Well, cow would never be this strong I don't think, considering what I was working with. Not all splits were strong and the lace was actually very very wobbly through it's length due to stretchy spots and what not. But

It's strong enough that even in a fraction over 2mm wide I cannot break the damned thing. The finest 4 plait I have done until now finished at around 3.4mm and that was a cowhide nubuck.

Of course, I still have two fist fulls of splits scrap that will be binned...But I think I am going to aim in the future to make splits work for me so I can recycle as much as possible.

[roo4u]

roo has the highest tensile strength of any leather...cow doesnt even come close.