Leather lace "permanent" knot

[novembeRain]

I've made myself a leather overstrike protector for my axe and done a simple "shoe" lace with leather lacing along the back but I can't think of any small knots suitable for finishing it off. Obviously, a bow's just not suitable.

Any suggestions?

 

[crosslandkelly]

A pair of barrel knots.

 

[birchwood]

Lace it back through the holes until tight and either cut it off or pull to the inside and cut off. If it's tight it won't come undone, if you are worried about it put a dob of Boston inside

 

[birchwood]

Lace it back through the holes until tight and either cut it off or pull to the inside and cut off. If it's tight it won't come undone, if you are worried about it put a dob of Bostic inside

 

[Seagull]

Assuming there's a need to keep the sleeve tight, you could use the same technique I use for "leathering" the eye of a wire splice.
Just heave the lacing tightly and having very slightly enlarged the last of the hole pairs, cross and tuck the ends so that the ends can make another half-turn, which leaves them emerging on the underside. For extra friction, you could take another turn with each end, though I have never found it necessary

Then simply Reef Knot the ends tightly , then push that knot beneath the edge of the sleeve, where it will not be subjected to damage.
Regards
Ceeg

 

[novembeRain]

I ended up using a reef knot on its own. However, I hadn't accounted for the leather stretching slightly over time - the result being that, after re-tightening the lace twice, there's no gap between it's ends now and it doesn't seem to matter how tight I get the lace - The leather still slips quite easily

 

[saxonaxe]

Take the leather sleeve off, wrap the axe handle with double sided carpet fixing tape and then refit the leather sleeve then haul it taught, finish the lacing as Seagull suggested.

 

[birchwood]

Assuming there's a need to keep the sleeve tight, you could use the same technique I use for "leathering" the eye of a wire splice.
Just heave the lacing tightly and having very slightly enlarged the last of the hole pairs, cross and tuck the ends so that the ends can make another half-turn, which leaves them emerging on the underside. For extra friction, you could take another turn with each end, though I have never found it necessary

Then simply Reef Knot the ends tightly , then push that knot beneath the edge of the sleeve, where it will not be subjected to damage.
Regards
Ceeg

Which is what I said

 

[Robson Valley]

If wet leather shrinks when it dries, would that not snug up any knots?.