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Lacing (leathercraft)

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Leather edge laced with flat lace in a round braid (also called Mexican braid)

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Leather edge laced with flat lace in a round braid (also called Mexican braid)
Close-up of a tooled red-brown leather piece, a lacing groove running along a carved design
Close-up of a tooled red-brown leather piece, a lacing groove running along a carved design
Coil of flat braided leather lace
Coil of flat braided leather lace

Wikimedia

A lace-cutting jig on a workbench with a spool of cut leather lace and loose strands around it
A lace-cutting jig on a workbench with a spool of cut leather lace and loose strands around it
Slotted leather edge, close view
Slotted leather edge, close view

Wikimedia

Punching lacing holes along a leather edge with a lacing chisel
Punching lacing holes along a leather edge with a lacing chisel

Wikimedia

Coil of flat braided leather lace, close view
Coil of flat braided leather lace, close view

Wikimedia

Close view of a curved double row of saddle stitching on tan leather
Close view of a curved double row of saddle stitching on tan leather
A bottle of leather conditioner beside a jar of Aussie leather conditioner on a counter
A bottle of leather conditioner beside a jar of Aussie leather conditioner on a counter
Lacing chisel against a ruler, showing the hole spacing
Lacing chisel against a ruler, showing the hole spacing

Wikimedia

A three-prong lacing chisel punching holes along the edge of a dyed red-brown carved leather panel
A three-prong lacing chisel punching holes along the edge of a dyed red-brown carved leather panel
A lacing fid opens a slot as natural lace is braided along a seam on brown leather
A lacing fid opens a slot as natural lace is braided along a seam on brown leather
Punching a lacing hole
Punching a lacing hole

Wikimedia

A lacing tool pulls natural lace through a braided seam on dark brown and red leather
A lacing tool pulls natural lace through a braided seam on dark brown and red leather
Coil of flat braided leather lace on a white table
Coil of flat braided leather lace on a white table

Wikimedia

A carved and dyed leather dragon panel framed by a natural braided lace border

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A carved and dyed leather dragon panel framed by a natural braided lace border
Leather edge laced with flat lace, back side of the Mexican braid

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Leather edge laced with flat lace, back side of the Mexican braid
A natural leather round braid laced along the edge of a pebbled brown leather piece
A natural leather round braid laced along the edge of a pebbled brown leather piece
A carved and dyed dragon panel set into brown leather, framed by a braided lace border

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A carved and dyed dragon panel set into brown leather, framed by a braided lace border
Close view of a carved cartoon dragon's face below a braided lace border on red-brown leather

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Close view of a carved cartoon dragon's face below a braided lace border on red-brown leather

Except as noted here, the photographs in this album by Eugene Pik are released under CC BY-SA 4.0: free to reuse for any purpose, commercial use included, with credit to Eugene Pik, provided adaptations are shared under the same licence. The 3 printed braiding diagrams reproduced here come from a book and stay under the gallery’s own licence. The photographs here that show the dragon carvings are by Eugene Pik and are not licensed for reuse: the dragon designs are another artist’s, used by him with permission for his own leathercraft only. Photographs with a “Wikimedia” link are also on Wikimedia Commons, under the same licence. How to use and credit them