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[entiendo]

THAT is what I was thinking rawhide...I mentioned it in an earlier post when I resigned myself to not being able to completely close the top. I have some tiny conchos that just might work.

I got these at a garage sale..like I also mentioned in a earlier post I have 1 round one in the bunch that will be simple to cover, but the rest are like these. Anyway being round might be easier but this shape shows more of the weaves.

[rcsaddles]

Very nice job. Do you really need to close the hole in the center? If it is just wood showing, it may just add character. Only throwing out my thoughts.

Hope I didn't come across the wrong way in my earlier post. I was laughing about being blamed for this while I was typing it.

[bucksnort]

Entiendo, looks great. I agree with Joe that there is no real need to close the hole. How many of these did you say you were doing? Joe, I knew you were joking. I was referring to the drawer pull you posted (very nice). Buck

[skyout]

That's really cool looking Entiendo.

Over at KHWW Pat Ducey has some tutorials that close up the poles of a TH. He has posted these: Turks head - closed end grids 7x8 / 5x8 / 3x8, 3L x 6B Closed End TH and also a Turks head pear shaped 12x4 & 12x7.

http://khww.net/viewpage.php?page_id=21

Hope it helps.

[bucksnort]

Joe, I went online & looked at some of the stuff at the World Leather Debut. The main problem I would have with an entry is that those people are GOOD. Maybe a couple of years. Hopelessly lost but makin' good time. Buck

[skyout]

Don Burrhus's Globe Knot Cookbook has some amazing ties that may work for you, too.

http://www.knottool.com/gk_kit.html

[shtoink]

I have been watching this thread with great intrigue and had an idea, all of the sudden...

I may just be cutting on the wrong side of the branch with this one, as this is nowhere near anything I have any expertise in, but here goes. What if you made a small patch that was slightly larger than the hole you wanted to be closing on the end of the drawer pull and then came up onto it like you did in the above picture? What I mean is, if there was a similarly patterned plug for your hole, you closed off your stitching and cinched it all down, it might blend in and even have sufficient friction to keep it all in place.

This is very likely to be a complete wild card, so take it with the proper prescription of iodized sodium. It was just an idea that seemed feasible to my limited understanding.

[rcsaddles]

Joe, I went online & looked at some of the stuff at the World Leather Debut. The main problem I would have with an entry is that those people are GOOD. Maybe a couple of years. Hopelessly lost but makin' good time. Buck

Those folks are really good. I will be braiding some rawhide item next year. Just don't know what at the moment.

[bucksnort]

I borrowed this pic from a post by rgerbitz. it is pinned. this shows what I was talking about with a piece of leather, which I think is what shtoink is saying also. I still think it looks great the way you have it. Buck http://leatherworker.net/forum/uploads/monthly_10_2010/post-5521-042769000%201287530680_thumb.jpg