Raven Report post Posted February 6, 2009 (edited) Well here you go - I finally managed to get my head around a turkshead. They ain't for the faint of heart are they? This one is a 7x5, as seen on this page - http://www.taylortel.net/~stwood/lesson2.html It was a struggle, about 3 times I reached the end to find one 'over' should've been an 'under', but I got there in the end Talking of ends, what do you do to get rid of the ends on a turkshead, it didn't say that on the lesson pages lol. It's made with some lace I cut from an old scrap of suede I had in th back room, didn't bother trying to bevel it though as it was just to try it. Oh, one last thing - is there any easy way of tightening these things up, it took me ages and I am sure it could have been done so much better! Edited February 6, 2009 by Raven Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TwinOaks Report post Posted February 6, 2009 Your running ends get snipped close and tucked under another pass...unless you plan on untying it at some point. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Raven Report post Posted February 6, 2009 Ah right, sounds easy enough Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HorsehairBraider Report post Posted February 7, 2009 Looks good! I hate it when my ends come untucked, so I'll try and put them under at least three if I can. If I am tying them on a pair of reins and the knot is not supposed to slide I'll bury the ends in the reins, as invisibly as possible, to help the knot stay in place. If the knot needs to slide obviously you can't do that. You have to bury them in the knot, again as invisibly as possible. As for an "easy" method of tightening... I'm not going to lie and say it's easy, but learn to tie hard and fast the first time. Then you don't have to go back through and tighten. It means you tie the knot in place, where ever it is supposed to go, and tie at the right tension. You can start a little bit loose and as the final turns of the knot go into place the whole thing starts to get tighter. It takes practice though... so I won't claim it's "easy". I *HAD* to learn to do that. You can not go back and re-tighten horsehair; it's too brittle and will start to break on you. Then you have to do the whole thing over again. That's no fun at all, so I learned to tie it at the right tension right from the get-go. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
