scrap soft leather that I could make this little tutorial up with, our friend
John M Cohea is sending me some soft leather, really appreciate that to John!
A tip, you will need SOFT supple leather, not the kind you would normally use
to make a sheath with, but something like deer skin, or Elk or Buffalo makes
for a nice soft strong leather fob
First you slice a piece of leather that will fit into the thong hole of the knife
using a ruler to keep the piece from moving, slice one side straight and then
slide the ruler back to the proper width and slide while pressing down firmly
on the ruler to keep the leather from moving on you.
Then slip the piece through the thong hole so you have equal parts on either side,
take a sharp knife, I like the wharncliff for this for it's direct point
and make two slits, each about as long as the leather is wide and spaced about
that same distance apart, like this;
then push one end through that first hole
then pull the leather snug up to the knife, you want to make it so the fob won't
slide around in front of the blade
with that up as tight as you want it to be, doesn't have to be tight tight, as you
do want it to pivot a little bit, just not a big loop, then on the other side you
will also cut in two slits, like you did on the previous piece;
and now we just alternate, insert the other leg into the newly made slit
and then put the other one through the other leg, part of that braiding thing...
until you end up with both 'good' or finished sides of the leather to the outside
I then take and roll the braid between my thumb and index finger, rolling it to
make it a bit smoother fitting
next post for the bead part, limit of 10 images per post...
