Thursday, January 8, 2015

We doubt if you have ever seen rawhide braided so intricately.





Argentinean rawhide braider Pablo Lozano collaborated with Russell Yates (steel "D" rings with inlaid silver) and Chuck Stormes (leather lining and billets) to execute this elaborate Cincha featured in the latest issue of the Leather Crafters & Saddlers Journal. 

Composed of both round and flat (sixteen and eighteen-strand) perfectly braided elements, the cinch contains two hundred and thirty strands of rawhide.

Photo: Dickinson Research Center, National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.


www.leathercraftersjournal.com

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