One of the things that irritates me about disk-made kongoh braids is that they're not as even and smooth as the marudai made ones. However, I noticed that some made (by other people) who selected thicker fibers had smoother, more attractive efforts. I decided to try using cotton thread in the #3 to #5 range:

5mm x 83" 16 strands, mebbe a 3 or 5 perle cotton weight. Completed approximately 16feb2015.

The end result was smoother, but still not perfect. I decided to attach the braid to my olive green backpack, as it's sometimes handy to have an extra tie-down cord; and for my next effort, returned to the finer fibers I customarily use.

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