Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: Cameroo on May 31, 2013, 03:30:42 pm
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I was thinking that I could use some traditional-archer type of bling to wear around my neck, and came up with this. I cut some lace from a kangaroo hide that I bought a couple years ago, and then stole a cow bone from the dogs to carve out something kinda broadhead-ish looking. I had to round the corners a bit so that I don't wake up with a hole in my jugular.
Anyway, here it is. Thanks for looking :)
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t253/cbergerman/Leather/misc/necklace2.jpg)
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Turned out real nice..
Thanks Leroy
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Man you have skills Cam. That looks very cool. Ive been thinking the same thing. I need a little something to show my love of archery. I dont do truck window stickers.
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Nice! What kind of braid did you do?
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Badass! I love that. Wear it with pride.
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Thanks guys. It's just a 4 strand round braid. Very easy to do, just takes some time. One thing that I found helps a lot is to grease the strands while braiding (I used Crisco, but I've read that lard should be used). It helps all of the strands stay at the right tension and makes it a little easier on the fingers.
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Nice job on that, Cam. I'm not a jewelry guy, but could see myself wearing that.
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Nice round braid and bone head Cam.
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Very nice !
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Well someone talked me into parting with the last one I made, so I had to have another go at it. The antler pendant on this one turned out a little larger than it probably should have been, but other than that I was pretty happy with it.
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t253/cbergerman/640/antler_sm.jpg)
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Nice work,very cool.Much better than a gold pendant around you neck ;) :)
Pappy
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Nice work Cam, both really cool, dpg
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Lovely work! And great job on hiding the ends. Don't know if that was intentional or just perfect-angle pictures, but still really great pieces!
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Cam: I like the second one even better than the first. Maybe its the brownish color of the braid. Nice stuff!
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those are sweet cam, how much lace did they take
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Thanks for the kind words :)
Jessa - there is no trick photography involved :) I did my best to make the ends disappear into the braid. There is a section about 1 or 2 inches long where the braid is overlapped (you can see it where the braid is thicker), to give the ends something to hold together. Then I narrowed the tag ends of the lace and tucked about 1/2" into the middle of the round braid.
Matt - Thanks. I'm not sure which I prefer, I like both colors.
Bubs - I made this one about 26" in length. As a general rule, use double that length for each strand, plus some extra for wiggle room.
In this case I would have used about 60" for each of the 4 strands in the braid, but instead I used 2 strands that were about 120", and started the braid from the center of each strand, so that there weren't any loose ends when it came time to weave the tag ends back in.
I ended up cutting off about 18" from each lace, but just like tillering a bow, it's better to have too much material than too little!
My buddy Hatcha in Ireland was kind enough to send me some 5000 year old Irish bog oak that would be ideal for carving out some pendants, so I think I may be making a few more of these in the future.
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Much classier than a wall clock on a gold log chain around the neck!