Round Leather Lace Making Without any Special Tool

[nottotell]

Hello, this is how I cut leather lace. Technic is very simple and does not require any specific tool, just 2 nails, piece of wood and a blade.  I am adding youtube link, you can see there how to do it. 

 

and youtube link.....

 

[Grumpymann]

OMG!!! That is so simple and so GENIOUS !!

THANKS!

[nottotell]

Thanks, happy that you like it. I love learning these old methods. they are simple and smart:)

[chuck123wapati]

Thank you !!

 

[Woodshed]

I will put that to use. Thanks!

[fredk]

As above     clever and easy

[garypl]

I don’t need any lace, but I’m going to make some just because it’s such a cool process!

[maxdaddy]

Thanks for creating and sharing that video!

[Stonegate]

Thank you for sharing! Will be making some today.

[Leather20]

Wow this is amazing!!! I do have a question, I notice you used a cinder block to roll the lace on, can you use any hard surface or is a slightly rough surface nessacary?

[Stonegate]

I made some yesterday to try this method out. Worked well for me. Rolling on a slightly rough surface gave me the best result. I did try my marble slab first... was a more effort and not so great results. That prompted me to go into the shed and grab an extra garden paver stone - that did the trick.

Thanks again to the OP for sharing.

[nottotell]

14 hours ago, Leather20 said:

Wow this is amazing!!! I do have a question, I notice you used a cinder block to roll the lace on, can you use any hard surface or is a slightly rough surface nessacary?

Any hard smooth surface is ok, for down part and upper part, just need to be heavy, i had this wood piece and it worked well but actually if you use heavy marble piece for rolling it is the best, it will be faster,.

[nottotell]

1 hour ago, Stonegate said:

I made some yesterday to try this method out. Worked well for me. Rolling on a slightly rough surface gave me the best result. I did try my marble slab first... was a more effort and not so great results. That prompted me to go into the shed and grab an extra garden paver stone - that did the trick.

Thanks again to the OP for sharing.

Nice, the key is heaviness i think, if you can find heavy marble piece it would work well too. happy that you tried and it worked.

[JayEhl]

very clever, simple yet eloquent  solution

 

[Viles]

oh man! thank you

[DJole]

That's got to be a permanent sticky link for the forum. 
Very simple and inexpensive!

[blue duck]

Thanks ! I love it. Have any more old tricks by chance?

 

Edited January 11, 2021 by blue duck

[DesertStormGrunt]

After busting my buns half a day to figure a way to cut lace, I finally came up with a homemade solution, but yours is simpler and better.  I'll have to try the "Twin Nail Method" for cutting lace and see if it works well for thinner or softer leather.  Thanks.  (Of course I'll try the tip for making round lace, too.)

[dfrensdorff]

Fantastic!  Thanks for sharing!

[Nailbanger]

Thank you for sharing that,,, excellent, going to try it on some thick leather

[RichardClarke]

Brilliant i bought 25m of lace recently .... In future will give this a go ... Thank you for sharing Nottotell

What mml was the leather you used in the video ?

[nottotell]

On 1/28/2021 at 11:44 PM, RichardClarke said:

Brilliant i bought 25m of lace recently .... In future will give this a go ... Thank you for sharing Nottotell

What mml was the leather you used in the video ?

Thanks Richard, I used 2mm Veg. tanned leather.

[RichardClarke]

Thank you Nottotell , did wonder as it looked bigger to me on the video, will give this ago ... Another skill  ... 

All the best Richard 

[battlemunky]

This is excellent! Definitely one of those "why didn't I think of that" kind of things. Thanks for sharing!

[Canacius]

Pretty slick. Not gonna lie