bluebeard

Welllll boys, where are we at... O yea ,,THs..Actully the fisrt TH I learned to tie was a 5part 4bight.. Mind you that was after trying to tie it at least, no less than 50 times, no joke..sad testamony to my brain power.. still, it could have taken 100,,So, the reason I started this thread was to learn how to tie a button knot.As I was looking thru Bruce Grants book, "leather braiding" there it was, how to tie a Pineapple or Gaucho button knot.. As mister Grant said ,, "If tightened around a small spherical core it makes a beautiful button knot.. ahaaah ,button knot, thats the knot for me..Mister Grant starts with a skeleton knot(TH) of 5part 4bight ... He then raises it to a 7part 6bight TH and then gos on to show how to make the GBN..Im able to go from the5/4 to the7/6 ..I then work my way up to around step 11 or 12 and then.. bang-go.. what im supposed to be looking for is knot there... I do know that at some point i will prevail.. It's just a matter of knowing what to look for... As for the 5/4 TH up against the terminal knot.. they where on a knive lanyard that I saw and liked so thats how I did it.. Thank you all for your comments.. In many ways its a great world we live in, folks to talk to, things to do,,Still, in many ways its going to hell fast..signs of the times "A" (canadan thing,,,"A") anyway,May God bless you all and to all a goodnight...or morning, where ever you may be....(down under its goodnight) Bluebeard

hey mate , thank you for that.. Iv got a handle on the wall and crown 4 strand and the 5 strand 4 bight turks head.. Iv tried twice now to tie a gaucho knot from a 7 strand 6 bight turks head but i get just about there and things don't seem to line up.. Mybe on my third try all get it.. It makes me wonder how these knots were thought of in the first place.. Thanks again.. Bluebeard(rawhide1, you are right to say graybeard because it quickly becoming that...)

Thank you all for the help given. Good folks.. John, Im sorry that I used a pic of yours.. My apologies..I was just so impressed that i had to make one.. Thanks again... bluebeard

By the powers invested in me I now pronunce you 8 strand braid to become a terminal knot. O,, It didn't become a terminal knot. Damn, I wonder why Knot..So then how does it become a terminal knot. On this site I read that any# of strands can be made into a terminal knot. I can put a wall and crown on a 5part 4 bight braid..I can also stand on my head sometimes..But I can't tie it on a 8 plait..I know its done.. I see many examples of it on this site..Or rather ,I see what covers them , pineapple knots and turksheads..The book I do have I eventually get whats being shown..I tryed to tie the 5part 4bight turkshead over and over and.. lots.. finally I could see what I was looking for and now I tie very well..Anyway, I guess its one knot at a time...So apart from magic which i have none of, Hows one tie a terminal knot in a 8part herringbone braid.. P.S. this is my new roo stamp.. Bluebeard roo coming home6.bmp roo coming home6.bmp

Hey mates.. ( great aussie word, I love it,..)is there a tutorial for this braclet some where...I live in aussie land.. I would like to sell them on the esplanade on sunshine coast..( ocean front)I am out of work and it seems no one needs a old pegleg pirate around.. Iv made a jig that gos on my pegleg, It holds my wares and makes my braiding platform... I will show pics when I can.. Im trying to find things that look good to me and i would like to make.. Bluebeard

Hey mate, Thanks for that. I guess after you said two fours to eight and new that I new this.. AS for the end knot I don't care how its made ,just as long as it looks like the one in the pic..Bluebeard

Hey mates, Iv gone thru what iv thought is every leather braidding site on the web. Iv gone thru the whole braidding list on this site . I just would like to learn how to tie a" Button knot, stopper knot,or what ever the hell its called and how to back braid.. This is done on a herringbone 8 strand braid.. Really, Iv looked on the web for hours and searching images and sites And i have not found how to do this.. the pic shows what i want to make.. Iv got the Plating just fine, not so the button knot or the back braiding...The other knot a small turks head i think.. I think iv said that enough ways for some one to help me out... Thank you Bluebeard

Thanks mates, Its the first hide of this size iv seen..The price was around $200.00.. I guess i better go to work... thanks again... Bluebeard

Is this a good hide or a bad one.. I don't like the marks nor the color variations.. should it be more uniform thru out the hide.. its veg tanned..

Thank you all and may the great spirit show you the way before you dye.....Or something like that..

I would like to know what good the search tool is if it never works. It seems to pull up everything but what you are searching for.. Im searching for information on spirit dyes.. Can some one point the way.. Thank you

If one does not mind going out in the woods and getting fire wood then I would make a small building a short ways from your home/shop. In it would be a wood fired boiler . The hot water would be used for your heat and your domestic use. I'm living in Australia for a time But Iv seen it done in my home town where we get a good amount of snow and its cold. When I get back home I will use this type of heating...And as they say when using wood, it heats twice , once when you are out in the woods getting it and then at home when you burn it.. Bluebeard

Annnnd,,,,,,,,,,, first prize go tooooo,,,,,,, Oh heck, you are all winners. Thank you for your thoughts on this matter. Its a bill of a cap or visor . It needs skived and then formed over a mold to give it its shape. I like the looks of the old time skiver but where would one go to find such a thing as this? I made a devise that looked good in theory but as yet iv not been successful at making it work. (see pics) I believe I will use vacuum to hold the leather. I'm trying to figure out how I might do it with a round knife. Any more great minds out there??? I still have the door prize to give away..

How could one do this by hand,( until one makes enough moneys to buy a bell skiver)...???