How do you string your prize beads?

[Tumbledown]

I have a couple of beads I was awarded at recent shoots. Anyone have tips on how to start a string that can be added on to without redoing it every time?

Thanks!

 

[ord sgt]

I use a piece is tanned deer hide to retain my powder horn plug, so I don't lose it while pouring powder. It is a thin strip attached to the strap holding the horn. I have added trade beads to the horn spout plug retaining strap. This is one way to show the beads. Open up your imagination.

 

[smokeum54]

FROM THE HAIR OF THE BEAST I TOOK THEM FROM! Just joking, i don't really care about trophies but do have some decorative stuff just strung from leather strips and sinew

 

[necchi]

I have a couple of beads I was awarded at recent shoots. Anyone have tips on how to start a string that can be added on to without redoing it every time?

Thanks!

Don't make a string,
Stitch'm to your hat

 

[Omahkapi'si]

Sinew works good, so does a strip of deerskin.

 

[Gun Tramp]

For my trade beads, a double strand of five-ply waxed linen. Don't worry about re-doing them every time; that's the fun of collecting them.