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Argentine Style Knife Sheath
This video shows a tutorial on how to make an Argentine style knife sheath. In this tutorial I used soften rawhide but they can also be made out of leather.
Argentine Style String Cutters
Making Argentine Style String Cutter is very easy. They can be made with different materials like plastic, wood, teflon, etc. This video shows how to made them using either wood or teflon and using box cutter blades. I have tried some blades that didn't work. At this time I use only blades made by Stanley. They work very good.
Cutting Strings
This video shows how to cut strings with the typical Argentine string cutter. These cutters are very easy to made. They can be used with goat, deer, horse and some other thin rawhide. It doesn't work for cow rawhide or for leather.
Cutting Thongs from a Round Piece
This video shows how to cut strings from a round piece. In this way very long strings can be obtained. To perform this procedure it is necesary that the rawhide is a little bit tempered. Brush it with water and keep it in a plastic bag for about 15 minutes before starting to cut strings.
Beveling Strings
Beveling strings is a process that remove the sharp edges of the strings. All four edges can be removed or only the top two edges on the hair side depending on the application and the craftsman preference.
Even Out Strings
Making the thickness of the strings even is necessary. This is an easy way to even out goat or horse strings. A cilinder with a grit 80 sandpaper is mounted on a bench drill. Then a piece of wood is fixed to the table of the drill. A groove in the wood regulates the final thickness of the string.
VIDEOS LACEMASTER
Cutting Rawhide.
Beveling Rawhide with the Braider's Shaft 1st Part.
Beveling Rawhide with the Braider's Shaft 2nd Part.
Beveling Rawhide with "The Vaquero" and a Hansen Shaft
Some tips on blades
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