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Leather Cord

• Things to Consider Before You Use Leather Cord
  for Jewelry Making

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Leather cord

• There are things that you need to put into
  consideration before you order leather cord for
  making jewelry. Many people voice concerns like
  not getting genuine leather, not getting finished
  leather, curled leather and so on. Some of the
  leather cord manufacturer even supply cords that
  give more of a plastic look instead of the rich
  leather look. Before you buy leather cord, there
  are things to consider

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Types of Leather cord

• 1. The diameter
• The diameter of leather cords may vary from a few
  point mm to nicely rounded ones. Depending on the
  jewelry or accessory that you are planning to
  make, buy a leather cord of suitable diameter.
• 2. Type
• The pattern in which you want to keep the leather
  cord is essential too. If you want a braided
  leather cord as the base of your fashion
  accessory then you can buy flat cord and then
  braid it yourself or you can buy braided cord.
  There are flat cords, round cords, cuffs, leather
  strings, leather strips or cords and you can pick
  any one of these, which is best suited as per
  you.
• 3. Curled or straightened
• Most of the stores curl wrap the leather cord on
  a spool, the result is that when you uncoil the
  leather cord, you will notice that the leather
  coil will show curls. To give a good finish to
  the jewelry, it is important that you straighten
  the leather cord. There are many ways to
  straighten the leather cord, the most effective
  and most popular way is to take the leather cord
  and wash it under hot water. Once you have washed
  the leather cord under hot water, keep it aside,
  if the diameter of the cord is more, keep any
  hard object on the curled areas.

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Leather cords

• 4. Finish
• The finish of the leather cord is extremely
  important. Nobody wants to buy expensive leather
  cords that look more like plastic cords. The
  lovely texture and look of the leather should be
  very much visible and it should come out nicely.
• 5. Stiff or supple
• There are accessories where you might require a
  rather stiff leather cord but then there are
  those fashion accessories where you require the
  leather cord to be supple. Before you use the
  leather cord for jewelry making, make sure you
  check the leather cord on this. To check if a
  leather cord is supple, take one end in your hand
  and let the rest of the cord fall to a natural
  curve. If it falls towards the ground to a nice
  curve, the cord is supple, if it sticks out, as a
  wire would, then it is stiff. Buy leather cord as
  per your requirement and you can always order for
  leather cord online samples to check on the
  quality, texture, finish, glossiness or
  supple/stiffness before you go on and buy leather
  cord in bulk.