Rope For Rolled Handles

[mrtreat32]

Going to have my first attempt at making rolled handles this week and a few leather books I have mention the use of rope to form the leather around and to keep the shape of the handle.

I looked through my ohio travel bag catalogue and online but dont seem to find any sites selling filler for handles. Is regular old rope from the hardware store what people are using? Do I need a specific kind that is coated or what should I look for specifically.

thanks

[Dwight]

Plain, . . . common, . . . generic, . . . rope from the hardware store is my choice. Don't make many, . . . but it's what I use when I do.

Buy the white nylon stuff, . . . hemp can have chemicals in it that may affect your dyeing process or leach out when it gets wet.

May God bless,

Dwight

[oltoot]

Use a piece of heavy strap or skirting, rounded by edging. Either leave it wide enough to stick out from your rolled leather and provide for the at first stitch line to be about in the middle of the 'round' which will be finished to round by edging and or sanding or cut it down to fit inside and be used just like a piece of rope would.