Tutorial
012: Finishing off leather cord
By
Eni Oken - www.enioken.com
There are many ways to finish off a leather cord by
gluing the cord to a hook end, however, the method shown
here is sturdy and does not require any use of glue.
This finishing might be a little bulkier than other
solutions, but from a purist's point of view, it makes
for a more elegant piece of jewelry for not using any
glue or solder.
Step 1: Wrap the end of the leather cord
Take a length of 12 inches or more of 20 gauge wire.
Fold the end of the leather cord and make a simple wrapped
loop around it with the wire.
Step 2: Wrap
the other end into a loop and coil heavily and tightly
Wrap
the other end into a rather large loop and triple wrap
the base of the loop. Pinch the loop which holds the leather
cord, to make it a bit slimmer and continue coiling well
into the leather part. Try to fill up the areas that are
too thin to even out the wrap, by triple wrapping them.
The goal is to form a neat, tight wrapped cone.
Trim the leather cord and the wire.
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