Huntsman's Bag

[Tipus]

Love the bag amazing work !

I have a few quastions

How long did it take you to lace it?

Did you use one piece of lace? how long?

Edited September 5, 2008 by Tipus

[carr52]

Love the bag amazing work !

I have a few quastions

How long did it take you to lace it?

Did you use one piece of lace? how long?

Sorry it took so long for me to reply. I like to use small pieces of lace. About 8 ft. is the longest I'll work with. I think it's easier to make a splice than it is to fight with a long peice of lace. For the splice I skive the ends of the lace and use leather weld to glue the splice together. Not too sure about how long it took me to make it cause I tend to work on more than one thing at a time. But if I had to take a guess I would say it took about 3 or 4 hours. Not counting drying time for the stain and finish.

Tom

[badLoveLeather]

Nice lace. Use shorter pieces. The lace will stay crisp and good looking. 8' lengths make the end of the 8' look dogged and beat up. I generally use 18" to 20" lenths and have learned how to wet seam and hide the seams. It takes a pro to find 'em

My .2$

[BradB]

Nice lace. Use shorter pieces. The lace will stay crisp and good looking. 8' lengths make the end of the 8' look dogged and beat up. I generally use 18" to 20" lenths and have learned how to wet seam and hide the seams. It takes a pro to find 'em

My .2$

What is wet seaming, can you explain it or point me in the directions of a book or tutorial?

Thanks in advance!

Brad

[Tipus]

Sorry it took so long for me to reply. I like to use small pieces of lace. About 8 ft. is the longest I'll work with. I think it's easier to make a splice than it is to fight with a long peice of lace. For the splice I skive the ends of the lace and use leather weld to glue the splice together. Not too sure about how long it took me to make it cause I tend to work on more than one thing at a time. But if I had to take a guess I would say it took about 3 or 4 hours. Not counting drying time for the stain and finish.

Tom

OK, never thought of glueing the pieces - dont you have sort of a break in the leather? or you hibe it somehow?

is contact cement as good as the leather weld for the splice?

in the few projects I made, I used 30' of lace and it looked like a rag halfway through the lacing

probably increased the time I spent lacing ...

Thanx in advance

T

Edited September 14, 2008 by Tipus

[MADMAX22]

I can only add on a couple of things, contact cement wont hold like leather weld does. The contact cement is good for holding things while you sew them together. If you use leather weld properly it will hold leather like no tomorrow.

On the lace I use what I can handle. Smaller projects I try to make it one piece but larger ones its not worth it trying to fight with that much lace.

Another thing wax the lace, itll make it easier to lace up and also help keep it from fraying and looking bad on ya.

[badLoveLeather]

OK, never thought of glueing the pieces - dont you have sort of a break in the leather? or you hibe it somehow?

is contact cement as good as the leather weld for the splice?

in the few projects I made, I used 30' of lace and it looked like a rag halfway through the lacing

probably increased the time I spent lacing ...

Thanx in advance

T

Yes it does tend to get beat up and raggedy lookin when you pull 30' through sixty or seventy holes.

Wet seaming is using glue (ie; Barge, leather Weld, Contact Cement) to join smaller pieces. take a sharp knife ( I use an Xacto knife) to split one side of the lace on the top and one side on the bottom. Split the difference between the two so the glued piece is as thick as a normal piece. When I hide the seam when doing double loop lace I usually do it when tucking the lace under the cross lace. Make Sense? Would you like photos?

[trastu]

nice job, I like

color. a greeting

[BradB]

Yes it does tend to get beat up and raggedy lookin when you pull 30' through sixty or seventy holes.

Wet seaming is using glue (ie; Barge, leather Weld, Contact Cement) to join smaller pieces. take a sharp knife ( I use an Xacto knife) to split one side of the lace on the top and one side on the bottom. Split the difference between the two so the glued piece is as thick as a normal piece. When I hide the seam when doing double loop lace I usually do it when tucking the lace under the cross lace. Make Sense? Would you like photos?

Photos, as they say, are worth a thousand words!! It would be awesome if you have some to post.

[carr52]

Nice lace. Use shorter pieces. The lace will stay crisp and good looking. 8' lengths make the end of the 8' look dogged and beat up. I generally use 18" to 20" lenths and have learned how to wet seam and hide the seams. It takes a pro to find 'em

My .2$

Your so right Badlove. I'll be using much smaller pieces from now on. Thats what I love about htis site. Learning something every time I log on is the norm. Thanks all.

Tom