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braided leather bowgrip
oneeye:
Your all very welcome but .....We still have another step to go ??? Hope it doesn't look to complicated its rather easy once you get going. It's much easier to learn using illustrations than pictures but everything I have is copyriight protected. :P I'll get the rest posted soon. Scott
ps . next step applique lacing for the front.
oneeye:
This time you may want to look up applique lacing. First we need to fill up some space between braids with lace and if anyone has a better idea than this please let me know. I normally just lace where I think it looks the best.
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lace through the upper 2 corner slits then come back around and go through them again.
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slide your needle through a lower lace and upper lace as shown and pull snug but not tight.
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place the needle back under the lace and back through the right corner slit and tighten everything up. (use an awl, you will break less lace) our starting point for the applique lacing needs to be in the upper right slit and this is the only way I could figure out how to fill the space up with lacing. The rest is cake !!
oneeye:
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continue these last three steps to the bottom of the grip.
JW_Halverson:
Amazing! That is beautiful work, thank you for sharing it with us. You did a great job in photographing the details so that dummies like me can "read the pictures".
Just one question. Could you wait until the lacing was done, then wet the leather thoroughly and wrap tightly with the cord to achieve the embossing?
Man, I got this one bookmarked for future reference!
Barrage:
Thanks for posting, that's a great idea how you embossed it.
One question - what kind of a needle is that? The lacing just fits right in the end? Never seen that before. Looks convenient.
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