I have been playing around trying to make Turks Head Knots for a couple of years.
Last year I bought a small key-ring with a Turks Head Knot end and it started me off again.
Then this year Sister and Brother in Law bought a canal boat and on the tiller (steering stick) there is a brass pin which needs a device to stop it flying out. Hence the request for this. It hooks through a hole in the bottom of the pin and stops it from being accidentally lost.
I used ‘The Ultimate Encyclopaedia of Knots and Ropework’ by Geoffrey Budworth, which I found in a charity shop to get the ideas. There are many tutorials on-line too.
This is my sixth attempt.
They take a lot more rope than you would think and the real art is having the patience to keep tightening and re-tightening it.
The Rope was a polyester mix, which will be more weather resistant.
Jackie and Murray were pleased with it and Murray has been spurred on to make some rope fenders.
It is a very satisfying pastime, but it hurts your fingers a bit.
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