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Eight-String Round Edge Leather Braid, Part 2 Schwert - Skills and guides - DYI, Making things. -
Publication: Friday 22 June 2007
Description : A derivation of a Bruce Grant edge lace pattern that mimics Eight-String braiding.
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Eight-String Round Edge Leather Braid, Part 2
This pattern uses two strings of kangaroo lace. For this article it is used to braid a leather handle on a unique Gene Ingram fixed blade pocket knife. This pictorial article is split into two parts due to a great number of images.
Refer to PART 1 of this article for the begining of this lacing tutorial.....
We left off in Part 1 by coming towards the butt curve. This sharp bend does present some difficulty. In leather projects you can sort of march-in-place by reusing holes multiple times to make sharp curves. However in steel there is not enough room to make multiple passes, so just continue the pattern.
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Eight-String Round Edge Leather Braid, Part 2 I lace loosely here until I get around the corner.
Then use my belting awl to gently tighten and place the lace for this sharp turn.
Take it easy and watch that the lace doe not cross itself on the back side not following the pattern. Tighten gently and fully however as this corner will eventually take some wear.
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Eight-String Round Edge Leather Braid, Part 2
Once around the corners, just continue the pattern. Notice how the lace crosses itself in a nice pattern as it comes out of the holes. Do not look at the lace on the bottom at the start....this is what I removed to relace....
Lace until both strings go through the last hole.
Both through the last hole from the other side.
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Eight-String Round Edge Leather Braid, Part 2
Take the first string and weave back, over, under and through
the third hole from the end.
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Eight-String Round Edge Leather Braid, Part 2
Take the second string and go under, and through
the second hole from the end.
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Eight-String Round Edge Leather Braid, Part 2
First string, goes under and over,
and under.
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Eight-String Round Edge Leather Braid, Part 2 Second string goes under.
First sting is then hidden under the braid along the knife spine.
Feed the needle in and down and out as far as possible.
This can be done in a couple of operations if needed.
Then feed the second string under the main braid trying to follow the pattern. Pull both of these strings snug. Leave the tails for now.
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Eight-String Round Edge Leather Braid, Part 2
Now back to the beginning of the braid. Feed the strings both through the first hole and then this will finish just like the top of the knife.
String two is taken over, under and through hole 3.
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Eight-String Round Edge Leather Braid, Part 2
And string one is taken under and through hole 2.
String two is taken under (missing image). String one is taken under and over.
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String one is hidden along the knife spine.
String two is hidden along the knife spine, again following the pattern.
Tag ends shown. Snug these and
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Eight-String Round Edge Leather Braid, Part 2
Trim closely without cutting the main braid.
Trim the other tag ends and use the belting awl to tuck any ends into the braid.
Squeeze, massage and push the leather into place, rinse well in warm water and press into toweling. Allow to dry
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Eight-String Round Edge Leather Braid, Part 2 and then treat the leather with a good preservative like Pecard.
And the knife is finished.
Resources
David Morgan out here in Woodinville Washington not only carries braiding supplies, but has written definitive texts on the skill. I exclusively use his hand-cut lace for my most important projects and his machine cut Australian imported kangaroo lace for projects like this edge lace.
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Eight-String Round Edge Leather Braid, Part 2
Bruce Grants Advanced Manual Bruce Grant's Encylopedia This classic text is a must have for the dying art of leather work and this edge lace pattern comes directly from his text, modified to be a single over/under rather than a over two/under two edge pattern.
David Morgan Hand cut Kangaroo Leather The best.
Very nice machine cut Kangaroo Leather 90% of my projects use this lace. It is generally quite even and with few or no joins in a spool. Go ahead and order the 3 spools, you will be glad you did.
Other Tools
Gene Ingram #4 wharncliffe, (see more in my Ingram article) my most used knife. Specifically made for my leather work but used daily. The thin wharncliffe allows me to trim close and trim bundles. I would not want to braid without this knife.
Belting Awl or fid. This is an essential awl for lace work as it is not sharp nor does it have any sharp edges. Lace can be stretched and manipulated with it easily. Mine from a local leather store made by C.S. Osborne.
Braiding Soap as made by David Morgan.
1 pound lard 4 oz ivory bar soap 1.5 cups water
Heat water and shave soap into it. Once soap is dissolved, cut in lard. Stir over gentle heat till a creamy paste is created. Pour off to a plastic tub and cool. Lasts for years.
Post-scriptum : Version 1.0 6/21/2007 Images
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