Paracord Bosal

[Aggiebraider]

The biggest piece of advice I can give you about these is to be careful if you are actually going to use them. The nosebutton on this was really nice until I pulled it around to do the heel knot and when I did that, the strands were too crowded and it got pretty lumpy on the bottom side (strands had no where else to go) and EXTREMELY HARD!!! I have to be really careful or I can make one bleed pretty fast with this one. You probably want to make the nosebutton a little on the gappy side. It might not look great on the top side with all the gaps showing through, but it wont sore a horse'e nose. I know a buddy of mine makes a lot of bosals with paracord nose buttons and gets along great with them, but he doesnt plait the cheeks. That might be the trick to keeping it a little softer. I just dont really like how abrasive it is on them (and it might be my hands as well LOL), so I dont know if I will ever make another one of these. It doesnt really save you anything in the long run even when comparing the price of materials. When you can braid a nice using one out of about $50 worth of lace and core material and sell it for a couple hundred, trying to cut the price with paracord is silly because it takes the same amount of time to make it either way. If on the other hand you dont plan on using this, it can be a good way to practice all of the steps and have something real to show someone.

I think on this one it was a 12 plait cheeks and I used tape for the foundation of the nosebutton. I have since changed to using all leather foundations for both my heel knots and foundations, but the principles are about the same as the way Gail explains it in her books.

Hope that helps,

CW

[MBRopes]

Thanks, I think I just get the leather supplies and do it that way then I can use it and your right about t the same amount of time to do either. Might as well be in leather for function and they look very nice! Thanks for your help! MB