Square Peg in a Round Hole

[RKCrowe]

I am making a dog lead out of pre-cut latigo strap, from Tandy. And am keeping it simple, i.e. Hand loop, edges beveled only for the handle and the clasp at the bottom. It will be used all weather and off the beaten path. I stitched the handle and the clasp. And while the stitches at the clasp came out good, the stitches at the handle loop make Frankenstein's stitches look like fine art..!

So, I was thinking of putting a simple long Turks Head knot over those stitches. I would use a mandrel to tie the knot and slide it down the lead and tighten in place.

The strap is not round and I have only seen braided knots on round objects and that is my question. Will a braided Turks Head knot tighten around a stap or object with squared sides and still look good?

 I was trying to insert a picture but apparently the one photo I took is more than 1.46 MB, which is normally the message I keep getting!

 Thank you for any advice or suggestions, take care

 

Richard

[KnotHead]

Yes.

[RKCrowe]

Thank you.

[bucksnort]

No problem, should look nice.

 

[RKCrowe]

Thank you bucksnort and KnotHead, I did tie the knot and it looks good. I'd put a pic up but can never get them to upload.

[GrampaJoel]

I braided this entire set around a rectangle core I cut from harness leather.

As long as you pull your strings tight it works just fine. 

Also to me it actually wasn't any harder to do than with a round core.

Joel

[RKCrowe]

GrampaJoel,

your work looks great! That is what inspires me to do better.