Ferguson Britt Inverlochy copycat W.I.P.

[Cowher]

I have my cantle mockups all done. I'm off to New Jersey tomorrow for business. When I get back I'm going to go to my leather shop to get my cuts done so I can start assembling it. I have been told a overstitch wheel will help me layout my stitches and I will also need a leather awl to make the puncture holes to sew through. I'm going to post the paper mock ups soon.

Does anyone know how to braid this? I'm especially interested in recreating the knot end

[triforme]

It sounds like you could use a copy of the magisterial Ashley's book of knots which has an entire section on such things.

[sydnie7]

Or explore this site -- a link that Artificer posted a while back. I've linked to a braid that may be what you're looking for but there are other styles shown as well. Haven't found the knot but the site has more links to follow. . . and follow. . . and follow!

[T-Bone]

Or explore this site -- a link that Artificer posted a while back. I've linked to a braid that may be what you're looking for but there are other styles shown as well. Haven't found the knot but the site has more links to follow. . . and follow. . . and follow!

That's alot of links!!

It might be a Turk's Head knot.
http://www.animatedknots.com/turkshe...matedknots.com

T

[Ryan Ross]

That's alot of links!!

It might be a Turk's Head knot.
http://www.animatedknots.com/turkshe...matedknots.com

T

The part below the loop is a variation on the standard turk's head knot, but I think the larger knot on the end is a more complex version.

[T-Bone]

The part below the loop is a variation on the standard turk's head knot, but I think the larger knot on the end is a more complex version.

Right! After further investigation it looks like a Manrope knot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkSfQ...eature=related

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[Cowher]

Right! After further investigation it looks like a Manrope knot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkSfQ...eature=related

T

Ya know I wasnt afraid to start this project and give it a shot but after watching that manrope knot video I know what overwhelming confusion feels like. Wow what a cool looking knot though! Thanks!

[artificer]

The manrope is the knot I use to finish off the top of my hammered cantles



The manrope isn't a terribly difficult knot to tie. The difficult part is getting all the various strands properly aligned and tightened. A fid will be your friend. http://northernwhipco.com/lacing_fid.htm

[auld argonian]

...thus, by the time you've bought all the tools and materials, you willhave spent as much as the original would have cost you...

Seriously, it's to your credit that you're undertaking this project. I always feel that one of the problems with society is that not enough people actually make things with their hands. I think that it leads to an undervaluing of craftsmanship and that people were just intended to physically do things that involve thought, manipulation and spatial cogniscence and ends up with a physical object that they can feel some validation from.

Maybe that's just the long way of saying that "idle hands are the devil's tools"

Best

AA

[T-Bone]

...thus, by the time you've bought all the tools and materials, you willhave spent as much as the original would have cost you...

Seriously, it's to your credit that you're undertaking this project. I always feel that one of the problems with society is that not enough people actually make things with their hands. I think that it leads to an undervaluing of craftsmanship and that people were just intended to physically do things that involve thought, manipulation and spatial cogniscence and ends up with a physical object that they can feel some validation from.

Maybe that's just the long way of saying that "idle hands are the devil's tools"

Best

AA

I heard something the other day on an EarthSky podcast that came already downloaded on my mp3 player that was along those lines. It was about some DIY network. The guy said, "become a participant in life, not just a consumer."

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