Members Vaquero1 Posted April 8, 2011 Members Report Posted April 8, 2011 (edited) How do you make your Core? i´ve heard about the problem, a twisted rawhide core gets out of shape and twists back after a while... so i only do 4 strand braided cores. i pull them very tight but my finnished hackamores has no life and they are much to soft. i don´t want to use tape and perhaps you can help me doing it better ;-) is there a trick to hold the twisted core without rewinding? have you ever made a (clockwise) twisted core with a counterclockwise twisted core over it? do you braid the core and the cheeks wet and soapy or dry? I braid the second core more wet than the others and even if i pulled a lot, you can see some space between the strands after drying... ;-( Edited April 8, 2011 by Vaquero1 Quote
Members Nod4Eight Posted April 8, 2011 Members Report Posted April 8, 2011 Good question and I'm interested to hear the replies. I haven't put together a full bosal yet but in practicing with some scrap pieces I've made some braided cores and they seem to be very soft or floppy, even after braiding over them. An idea I had was this - I know some people put hondas in boiling water for a short time to stiffen them. Would this work with braided core as well or would it be too stiff or brittle then? Quote
Members Vaquero1 Posted April 8, 2011 Author Members Report Posted April 8, 2011 (edited) Hi Nod, boiling water destroys totally the flex, the hide is getting stiffer but on my last honda the burner strip cracked because it takes out the glue... Edited April 8, 2011 by Vaquero1 Quote
Members roo4u Posted April 8, 2011 Members Report Posted April 8, 2011 ive read that alot of braiders like to use a piece of an old reata as a core.... Quote TRACY MONSTER FARM SPECIALTIES-custom tack for dog, horse and human
Members curlyjo Posted April 8, 2011 Members Report Posted April 8, 2011 If it's for a pretty good size Hackamore, braid it over a piece of Reata. Or a piece off a broken set of reins. Ebay ocasionally has some short reatas for sale cheap. 25' reata will get you 6 or 7 cores. Just cut them the length you need and hang them for awhile to get the curve out. Brad Quote
Members Vaquero1 Posted April 8, 2011 Author Members Report Posted April 8, 2011 ive read about old reatas too, but i see no difference between them and my braided cores... it doesn´t work for me- please help ;-) Quote
Members curlyjo Posted April 9, 2011 Members Report Posted April 9, 2011 It's just a matter of using something thats already braided and to short for anything else. I've had Bosals with twisted cores spin my heelknot sideways when out in the sun. If your happy with your own braided cores stay with them. Sometimes you can get braided material from over the border cheap and it might work for cores. Brad Quote
Members roo4u Posted April 9, 2011 Members Report Posted April 9, 2011 curlyjo...i think you misread his question....hes not happy with his own braided cores and is trying to figure out how come his braided cores are coming out so soft. Quote TRACY MONSTER FARM SPECIALTIES-custom tack for dog, horse and human
Members Vaquero1 Posted April 9, 2011 Author Members Report Posted April 9, 2011 roo4u- that is exactely what i mean. (sorry for my very basic english... ) Quote
Members roo4u Posted April 9, 2011 Members Report Posted April 9, 2011 your english is fine....probably better than mine, i wish i could help...i wonder if some of the difference between just braiding a core and using an old reata is that a reata has been stretched Quote TRACY MONSTER FARM SPECIALTIES-custom tack for dog, horse and human
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