Tom Sterling
Carving Netsuke
Here's how to make the bleed knot. Above is a strip of buckskin, about 5 inches long and tapered on both ends. Any sort of soft leather will work for this. I'm using buckskin so it will match the medicine pouch.
I've folded the strip in half to find the center, and about half an inch down from the center I've punched a hole. You can also make a vertical slit if you don't have a punch like the one shown. Since my buckskin strip is about 1/2 inch wide in the center, I'm using the largest size punch setting. Copyright Š 2006 Tom Sterling