A few shot I took during the making of this tubular rein.
The strip is only creased, to provide a stitching line on both sides. Due to the nature of this work, burnishing and coloring would be useless at this point. Here's the stitching phase:
I soaked leather into the water before stitching. Small core cord is not glued.
After the stitching, I proceed with usual finish, starting with beveling.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwLwUUzCt5lRfVx52pUs93D0TAQ3IHsDOQ75eNJgJmbCaEN9FLB_C0VFQA3YDCiH3LeKKeCVq0BucOcUPrcbC-iNzbNN4I_PRDntYaXT8_pYpDTBrQcjiQXyR7JiMDeczI5uaYl3FP-6Y/s400/redine_tubolare_tecnica_3.jpg)
But before that I used sand paper on the edge, for making both sides even.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgsa3QrNikAcxwRuTKNmhP5FdY8IBfzxeZJJ5y2VIGz1ou4vKaXrWcKEc-XwcUGiXLKk5Axy4yxVv1z6urDA9qD4-1ykQPIfJWLh6BKOOY5FLvEzT8P3vgwsbSy1O8_YoHFq8aSVwQx3Y/s400/redine_tubolare_tecnica_4.jpg)
At this point I soaked again leather in water for a few seconds, applied a layer of saddle soap and passed through the rein-rounder.
After the rounding phase, edge is almost done: alcool dye and acrylic finish and le voilĂ !