Members Butch Posted January 17, 2008 Members Report Posted January 17, 2008 I have just recently started working with leather after first learning in Jr. High (Many years ago). I've been looking around the site admiring a lot of really nice work. Right now I'm mostly interested in Braiding leather and Leather Stamping, but mostly concentrating on Cowboy Gear. I've started with Spur Straps, but currently don't have any pictures to share with you. The first pair has a floral design and the second pair I did in basket weave. The basket weave is quite crooked and I would image it takes a lot of practice to keep straight lines. I bought Encyclopedia of Rawhide and Leather Braiding by Bruce Grant, but so far braiding knots has been uneventful. One more thing that will take a lot of practice. Take care. Quote
Contributing Member wolvenstien Posted January 17, 2008 Contributing Member Report Posted January 17, 2008 Welcome aboard! Quote
Ambassador Don101 Posted January 17, 2008 Ambassador Report Posted January 17, 2008 Hi Buch welcome to the forum glad you found us, there are many people here willing to help out when they can there are also lots of good tutorials on how to do basket weave, Don Quote
Ambassador freak Posted January 17, 2008 Ambassador Report Posted January 17, 2008 Welcome to our madness Brian. We're glad you found us. I haven't been dong this to long but long enough to know i can still throw down some total destruction on a piece of leather. It seems i learn something new on this board ever time i log in. So don't EVER hesitate to ask a question !!! Quote
Ambassador Beaverslayer Posted January 18, 2008 Ambassador Report Posted January 18, 2008 Welcome to the forum Butch, glad you found us. You will find that we are a friendly and helpful bunch here, got a question, just ask, someone will come along with an answer. Ken Quote
Members Butch Posted January 18, 2008 Author Members Report Posted January 18, 2008 Well here's my first Spur Straps that I made. The flaws are countless, but I'm completely open to critisizm. I laced the edges thinking it would look really good, but I don't like it. This is the second pair that made which I did a little bit better on. I think sewing the edges look a lot better than lace. I have to really practice the basketweave Quote
Members suzelle Posted January 27, 2017 Members Report Posted January 27, 2017 Butch, Well these ALL look lovely to me! Very nice work, and thank you for sharing! Quote
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