I like the romals you have

thank you so much for the video.

Thank you Jan 👍🏻

Jan thanks for the great tip. I sure appreciate your videos, I get a lot of use out of them and can’t wait to use this on a project soon.

How's your colt? Been a while we've seen a video

Thank you! May I ask which dye product you use?

Make a video on a long button

What is the diameter of the core and the width of the strings? About 4mm?

Did I hear you correct in saying that you wrote a book? If I heard you correct can you please tell me the name of it and where I can purchase it

Love Pat Puckett

I'm the one who asked you to clarify how you were doing those turnbacks and I appreciate you're doing this. Make's perfect sense. Nice job!

Thank you for this! So glad there are craftsman willing to share their knowledge to help others not have the same struggles.

Just in time! I’m going to use the two piece leather foundation for my quirt I’m braiding! Thanks Jan!😊

Very wise words and such common sense , thankyou I appreciate your words of experience.

What a worthless waste of carbon.

Nicely done my friend.

Those pliers are sure swell.

Thanks buddy 😊

Several people have contacted either Randy Roberts or myself with questions on the parameters for the quirt competition. While some may have the idea that these parameters limit the braiders' artistry, we beg to differ in opinion. We feel that by setting the parameters it will give an incentive to each braider to push his/her own boundaries. The parameters are : 1) you have to use the core supplied. Whether you sand it, taper it, whatever, it's all up to you. 2) You have to use the popper supplied. You can finish the borders, put a finish on it you can change the shape or dimensions, but you can not tool it. 3) you will have to use the ring supplied, but how you finish it, or attach it is all up to you. 4) you have to cut string from the soga supplied, so everybody works with rawhide that was processed the exact same way. 5) you will have to braid at least 1 button which may be the handle. 6) You may cut body string and button string however you like, how many strings you use to braid the body or however many bights your buttons have will be all up to you.

can we get critiques back on our work as well? i cannot get to the gathering but would love to have some feedback on my work along with the judging.

I’m in😊

Great idea! They did something similar to this in Waco last year at the Leather Worker's Trade Show. The project was a wallet. The patterns were downloaded and everyone tooled the same pattern. I hope there is a lot of participation on this one.

Randy Roberts Phone number : +1 208 477 8056

Make me think if I should get out the humidifier and put in the shop living in the desert.

Great video

would love to see some close ups and explanation of those len yule hide cutters in some of your earlier videos

Where would be a good place to order lacing needles?

Thanks for sharing that knowledge. I was left w/a question. I have a braided reata. I really appreciate how, when thrown, it wants to wrap around. For throwing and catching purposes, How does the twisted reata compare. Thanks again Jan

Thank you for your insights. They have the ring of truth to them. So instead of starting w/a reata, I will work up to it as you suggested.

Very interesting, thank you.

Thank you!

It was a pleasure to see those different headstalls. I appreciate you making this video. At seven minutes in, the bridle bit you are holding has lots of movement and an aligator-type spade on there. Do lots of horses like that bridle?

I can relate to the books falling apart, mine have had it several times over...

Hello Jan. I try to find those in several places but I couldn't find it. What is the name Sumac? SureFresh

Hey Jan, not sure if you take requests/suggestions...but if you are up for it....be nice to see how you do flat braids, some helpful hits, and how you finish the ends. Thanks for giving your knowledge to the youtube community.

Agree with you 100%, in the beginning it hurts a bit but if you restart there will always be an improvement back. "Your knife is the best teacher" Thanks for pointing this out.

You might be on to something...we should all fill up buckets and put them all over our braiding shops.

This is great. Thank you for sharing.

Good day sir . Watched your videos they are excellent. Might be handy for the starting young braiders is to know the math on how to size their string. I think its great that your putting videos out to everyone to keep this art form alive . thank you sir

Can you wash a rawhide? (Had a doggy vomit a lot on it). Thank you

Fairly disappointed because I'd hoped to see how you interweave the turnbacks. What are the chances you could use some scrap strings and show how to do that?

The braiding on the reata is so it doesnt cut into the animals neck like a twisted reata would

I'm asking for others how often those snapping the string happen?

Looks great buddy 😊

Great video Jan. But you only showed one turn back. Is there a chance you haven't put a turn back on the other end that you can video for us?

Nice to see how to get started, always the tricky part. Soaking/soaping above the working area and putting the strings in a bag are super tips.

I would like to thank you Sir for the video content that you create and I personally find it very interesting and usefull in my braiding learning curve. Looking forward for the upcomming rein making videos.

Goed bezig Jan! Bedankt

Cool! It's a bit of brain acrobatics because you initially hold the mandrell in your right hand and then switch. 😂But somehow simple and “sexy”! It seems a little different than how I once learned it. But the result is the same. I'll try it as you show it. THANKS!

Thanks for the clear instructions Jan. Though it might be necessary to point out that this logic works only for Turks Heads with even number of bights and uneven number of leads.