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what's your favorite scarf slide knot?what do you use under the knot for the body of the slide?

Thanks from a warm Texas :cheers::cheers: ....JCM

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i use 5/8 clear tubing from the farm store....for a knot with some shape to it...gotta go with a pineapple....for a nice smooth knot i love a 2 pass gaucho

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I like to use just a turks head knot with mostly a pinapple interweave depending on the the size of the strands. I usually use what bruce grant calls the heel knot. As for what i put underneath its usually a peice of 6-7 oz leather cut into a 1/2-3/4 inch strip and wrapped around a 5/8" dowel. If i am braiding rawhide i can usually get the leather to stay around the dowell while i braid, but if it keeps mooving all around I will just put a stitch of waxed thread on the two ends of the leather to hold it in place. This seems to work well for me and it keeps a 40"x40" scarf tight all day long.

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I layer my knots on the scarf slides. Spanish ring, then a 4 or 6 pass herringbone, with an 8 pass herringbone on top. The top button can sometimes have a second interweave.

I make them over a piece of leather on a dowel, then slide it all off. I think it was rawhide that suggested that. No glue or extra pieces required.

I don't make them much anymore though.

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leather collar on a dowel, smooth side in! I do different knots, no favorites. size of strings from 1mm to 1/8".I've put up to 5 passes on a scarf slide before.

Vaya con Dios, Alan

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