What Is This Twist Thing And How Do I Replicate It?

[lcmattson]

I don't even know what it's called. If I knew that, it'd be more than helpful. Anyway, I want to recreate this dog leash for a friend. She wants this twist thing to make the handle of the lead, and to attach the clip. I kinda loosened it to look at how it works, but it's confounding my mind. There's no hardware anywhere on the lead, aside from the clip. No rivets or anything, no stitching...just this twist thing magically holding everything together.

I have the feeling that it's super easy once you have the hang of it...

[25b]

http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=59551

Edited September 17, 2015 by 25b

[lcmattson]

Thanks a bunch!

[TomG]

Don't thhink it's called a bleed knot. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but that knot has a twist before it's woven. I know hop to do them, but can't remember the name. I beleive a bleed knot is just a couple of slits and interwoven without the twist.

There was a thread on here a while back with a link to a Youtube video that showed a guy with shakey hands doing them. It wasn't the way I do them, but it worked and is probably easier the way he did. The difference is he used what looked like 6/7 oz leather and I'm using up to 10 oz Latigo.

I'll see if I can find it.

[TomG]

Yup. I was right. Here's a link to a blood knot leash.

http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=34597&hl=%2Btwist+%2Bknot

Still lookng for that video

[TomG]

Here you go. 1 way to do it..

[lcmattson]

Thanks!