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What Does Bights Leads and Passes Refer to on a Turks Head? When you tie a Turks head, you are whether you know it or not creating Bights, Leads and Passes. When you first start out tying a Turks head, … Continue reading
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How to Tie a 4 Bight Long Turks Head This particular method is a great way of wrapping an object with a long Turks Head. I often use a two bight version of this Turks Head, but find that if … Continue reading
How to Make a Turks Head Bracelet In this video tutorial, I will show how to make a Turks Head Bracelet, also known as a Nantucket Bracelet or a Sailors Turks Head Bracelet. This type of bracelet is relatively easy … Continue reading
Tying a Turks Head on Your Hand In this short video I will demonstrate how to tie a Turks Head using just your hands. There are a few different ways of tying a Turks Head, some of the ways involve … Continue reading
Multi Bight Turks Head Often we buy a really nice hat, but it can always do with that little extra decoration to personalise it! So why not make a lovely Multi Bight Endless Turks Head Hat Band? The wonderful thing … Continue reading
The other day I went into the woods and cut myself a Thumb Stick or Hiking Stick. I thought it would be good to cover the handle with a Two Bight Multi Lead Turks Head covering knot. So here is … Continue reading
Turks Head Bights and Leads When tying a Turk’s Head you may want to know what Lead and Bight configuration is possible. The white areas of the chart show the what Lead/Bights can be achieved: … Continue reading
How to Tie a Turk’s Head Knife Lanyard This particular version of the Turks head makes an excellent knife lanyard. This is one of my preferred knife lanyards, as it is a little bit more unusual than the average lanyard. … Continue reading
Turks Head Cookbook The Turks head cookbook is jam packed full of different Turks heads. it starts off with very simple turks heads and goes on to more complex turks heads. There are even some that do not look too … Continue reading
During the sorting out of my father’s house I also came across the Ashley Book of Knots, this used to belonged to Rory Bell. This particular copy was actually leather bound (another skill that Rory had) Wow, I had the … Continue reading
How to Tie Zig Zag Hitching Covering Knot The zigzag hitch or the Zig Zag hitch is mentioned in Ashley’s Book of Knots #3610. This particular knot comes under the same category as Ringbolt Hitching. Initially these types of hitching … Continue reading
Decorative Grafting In this particular post I concentrate on Underhand Grafting, but there are a number of other variations of using Grafting as a decorative way of covering an object with your favourite cordage. The wonderful thing about Grafting, is … Continue reading
Des Pawson’s Knot Craft and Rope Mats – Book Review I personally have to say that I am a great fan of this book on knot craft. When I first started knotting, I started off with Ashley Book of Knots … Continue reading
Sailor’s Knife Lanyard Knot or Bosun’s Whistle (Pipe or Call) Lanyard Knot For those of you who have been following my work for some time, will say that I have already done the Bosun’s Whistle Knot. I recently looked at … Continue reading
Making a Rope Side Fender for a Boat Easy to Follow Instruction on Making a Side Fender. In this video, I will show you the process of making a rope side fender. The rope I used came from the Lydia … Continue reading
How to Rib Hitch or Vertical Hitch Rib Hitching or Vertical Hitching is a really great way of decorating an object. As you will see, this works well with Paracord, but also it can … Continue reading
Decorated Hiking Stick Walk Through (get it?) Sorry not a knot today, but a walk through on how I decorated a hiking stick made by Cosh Bushcraft. In this video I show the knots used and the transition from one … Continue reading
Mikko Snellman Ropeworks Rope Cord Supplies Review. Basically in this video you will be staring at a box and watching me open it. For most viewers you will want to slash your wrists after about a minute ? However, for … Continue reading
Turks Head Rope Mat The Thump Mat is not only decorative but also practical. On-board ships it was used to protect the decks in areas of heavy work and to deaden sound if something was dropped on the deck. Smaller … Continue reading
Decorative Knotting Projects If you want to make some decorative knotting projects, then I would personally recommend the Book by Des Pawson – Knotcraft and Rope Mats that can be found in the Books … Continue reading