Ideas for leather lanyard with wood bead?

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Does anyone have any links or pics of some different knots and/or ways to 'configure' a leather lanyard (I think what I bought from Tandy was called latigo lace, but the package says suede lace) with a wood bead?

I did some searching and read a bunch of old posts, but it seemed like everything I could find was about paracord with elaborate, fancy knots that don't seem fitting to me with a simple leather lace and wood bead. I've got a couple of ideas using simple overhand knots, but I'm not too excited about how they look (please excuse the temporary use of scissors as knife stand-in in the photos!)

Thanks!
 

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Here's one I did for my favorite user. I just used some waxed thread for leather stitching and lashed the ends together. The wrapped thread adds enough bulk that the beads stay on well, and it looks fairly neat and tidy.

It's a lot like a hangman's knot, with the ends pulled underneath the wraps.

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Walter
 
Here's a picture of the fob I braid for my knives, it's a basic 4 strand round braid terminated with a turk's head. The turk head knot is strands from the 4 braid. I use the 2mm round lace to do my braiding. You could carefully split the latigo for smaller strands. If I get a chance in a bit I've got some and I'll braid some up to show you. The 4 strand kind of confused me when I started doing it but it's so easy once you learn it. After you finish braiding it, wet it slightly and roll it on a hard surface to give it a nice rounded look.

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Byork said:
Here's one I did for my favorite user. I just used some waxed thread for leather stitching and lashed the ends together. The wrapped thread adds enough bulk that the beads stay on well, and it looks fairly neat and tidy.

It's a lot like a hangman's knot, with the ends pulled underneath the wraps.

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Walter
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What kind of wood is that?

(sorry for posting off subject in the thread, but byork does not have email set up on this)
 
Sorry Mike, I enabled Email.

It's ambrosia maple. Ambrosia beetles leave those dark trails when they burrow through the wood. Sometimes called "Ghost Maple" too.

Back to the topic of beads!

Walter
 
Thanks for the ideas so far, these are much better than what I was able to come up with (as usual.)

Will, please don't got to too much trouble, but I am thankful for anything else you are able to show me.

Thanks all!
 
Sorry I don't have a better picture of this, but I've done it this way a few times: Wedge in enough leather to fit tightly through the bead, fill with CA then sand everything smooth. Comes out pretty nice imo.

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Thanks guys, I appreciate the pics and ideas! I'm not sure my bead will accommodate a braid unless I split the lace I have or get something else, but when I get some time I'll play around with it and see what I can do.
 
Hi Paul,

I've seen them done quite simply with hand cut lace that's narrower at the center and wider at the ends. You might want to try something like that?

All the best, Phil
 

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I don't know if you can tell much from the pic, but this is how I will do it sometimes.I cut a strip of furniture leather or deerskin roughly 7" long by 3/8" wide. Fold the piece in half and line up the edges. Make a small slit in the middle of the piece about an inch down from the fold.Drop down a 1/2" or so and make three more equally spaced slits of the same length. staying about a half inch from the end.Slide the piece through the thong hole, then pass one end through the first slit. Slide your bead on up to the space between the row of slits and the pass through.Then take the tail of one side and pass through the top slit on the same piece and pull through, Repeat this the rest of the way down, the do the other side the same way.Once both sides are done, cut the ends evenly with a diagonal cut, and your done. As long as you don't have a big floppy hole on your bead, it will stay in place and not fall off.

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Thanks Phil and John for your ideas! I guess I should have posted this before I bought the latigo lace, as I'm not sure it's the right choice for any of these ideas. I may try to braid it and see if it looks OK and will still fit my bead.
 
Paul, all of the beads I use are scraps left over from making handles. I just turn them right on the drill I use to make the hole. Files and sand paper cut them down to size fairly fast. It's pretty easy, just watch your fingertips and wear some eye protection.

Walter
 
Hi Walter, that's what I did as well (for the first time,) using Ironwood scraps from my last knife, in the pics above. I tried a few different things, but what worked best for me was to spin the wood in my hand drill as fast as it would turn, and then worked it agains my belt grinder with 120x belt. I tried files with it chucked in my drill press, etc. but it was going really slow and not working all that well.
 
John M Cohea said:
I don't know if you can tell much from the pic, but this is how I will do it sometimes.I cut a strip of furniture leather or deerskin roughly 7" long by 3/8" wide. Fold the piece in half and line up the edges. Make a small slit in the middle of the piece about an inch down from the fold.Drop down a 1/2" or so and make three more equally spaced slits of the same length. staying about a half inch from the end.Slide the piece through the thong hole, then pass one end through the first slit. Slide your bead on up to the space between the row of slits and the pass through.Then take the tail of one side and pass through the top slit on the same piece and pull through, Repeat this the rest of the way down, the do the other side the same way.Once both sides are done, cut the ends evenly with a diagonal cut, and your done. As long as you don't have a big floppy hole on your bead, it will stay in place and not fall off.

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John, Those are beautiful little knives?
 
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