How To Finish Off 4 Strand Round Braid

[walletman]

HI ALL

NEED HELP MAKING A 4 STRAND ROUND BRAID FOR A WALLET

I KNOW HOW TO DO THE BRAID

I HAVE FIX IT TO A TRIGGER SNAP AT ONE END AND WANT TO FIX

ONE TO THE OTHER END TO BUT DONT KNOW HOW

TO FIX /TIE/BRAID AT THE OTHER

AT THE WALLET END I WANT LONG TAILS

http://www.redmoon-s...l/003001000044/

http://www.redmoon-s...01000002/order/

LIKE THE ONE IN LINK

ANY HELP WELCOME

[aspanol]

Sorry to "hijack" your thread. Just a qn from me. What would be the kind of leather used for this braid? and also what oz are we looking at? Thanks!

[walletman]

hi

its a bout 1mm

do,s this make a diffrance?

thancks bob

[Aggiebraider]

The easiest way to finish this braid without making a more difficult pineapple knot would be to make a terminal turk's head knot. If you have any braiding books at all such as any of the Bruce Grant books, you should be able to find a terminal turks head. If you cant find the instructions, let me know and I can try and explain it to you.

Hope this helps,

CW

[TwinOaks]

If you want the 'tassle' end follow Aggie's advice. You could also make an eye and braid the end back into the main body, or make what effectively is a butt splice. Here's a link that you might like. it shows the 4 strand braid on a snap with a terminal eye, you'll just have to click the tutorial for the dog lead. http://myriam.dakotabraiding.com/

[aspanol]

How thick will the width of each strip be around?

[Aggiebraider]

It would all depend on how big you wanted the finished diameter and if you were wanting to use a core. I think 1/8" lace that is beveled makes a very nice 4 strand braid with no core. It pulls together nicely and ends up fairly thin. That size would probably work best for this application.

CW