Well, I don't know what I was thinking before because I have tied PKs with 4 bights. They were some of the first I learned. So I pulled one of them out for a gander and sure enough, the ends are completely closed up. The pucker effect is obsolete in these as the 4 bights form a square. Here's a couple of pics, hope they help.
Here's the 8 part X 8 bight Type 1, 2 pass from the 5p x 4b TH in University of FL colors, GO GATORS!
Oh, and my grandson's favorite drink. LOL
Here's the bottom of the PK. Sorry it's a little blurry but I hope it's clear enough to see clearly the opening is completely closed up by the bights forming a square.
On PKs with more than 4 bights, I've done numerous things to "hide" the wooden core at the pucker. I've glued leather under the bights and I've tucked cord in the accent color as well as the base color just to hide the hole. Dan Alaska told me once that I shouldn't have a hole there, even w/larger bight PKs, but .... I haven't been able to accomplish this either. Another thing I've learned is PKs with larger # of bights don't lay down flat at the ends, they kind of pucker up. My 1st trophy PK with a sharks tooth I lost about 3/16" of the tooth in the "gap" between the core and the cord. The red and black one in the link from my prior post was adjusted for the gap.
Well, hope it helps some.
Rick
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