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[crow]

Crow I'm going to have to respectfully disagree with you. While its true that 99.9% of the material in How to make Cowboy Horse Gear is covered in The Encyclopedia of Rawhide and Leather Braiding there are some differences. Yes the pictures and diagrams are the same but the text has been edited and updated between the two. Some material has been added and other material has been taken out. There has been several times where I've been confused by one of them and read the same chapter in the other one which made more sense to me. So to say that How to Make Cowboy Horse Gear is irrelevant if you have The Encyclopedia of Rawhide and Leather Braiding is a little unfair.

Jason

no hard feelings. It was just my two cents and subjective opinion.

i`m thinking of buying "braiding fine leather" by David W. Morgan and any comments about this book are welcome.

brgd

Crow

[TwoCrow]

A book I like to refer to for making buttons and inserting interweaves is "Braiding Rawhide Horse Tack" by Robert L Woolery. The book isn't a great "Starter" book but helped me a lot with the "long button" and the inserting of different interweaves.

[paris3200]

i`m thinking of buying "braiding fine leather" by David W. Morgan and any comments about this book are welcome.

If you already know the basics of braiding I'd say skip this one. If your looking to learn knots, look elsewhere. In my opinion this book was written with a beginner in mind, but Morgan missed the mark. I found the directions and pictures difficult to understand. He also failed to explain some of the terminology he used before using it. I was very frustrated with this book but by cross referencing Grant's books and the internet I was able to muddle through it.

Unfortunately I have yet to find a good absolute beginner book, but that seems to be the nature of working with leather in general. Seems like trial and error, this forum, and reading every book you can get you hand on is the only way to learn.

Jason