blackhammer Report post Posted October 17, 2009 (edited) Howdy all. Been lurkin for a while now and thought I should emerge from the shadders. Ive been braiding for about four years give or take, mostly paracord whips and quirts for the folks round here. So I says to meself, "self, you need to make a reata". Good idea. I'll just knock one out frome chute cord then i'll step up to rawhide. And then I proceed to congratulate meself on what a wise and inovative individual I truly am. Folks, This thing very nearly caused me to turn to drink. Well, not nearly, it actually did. Six strand u2 o1 alternating plait over fifty foot 3/8 nylon core with san juan honda. I did use rawhide for the burner. I do not exagerate when I say I hope to never do anything that stupid again. But as an exersize in endurance, well, u can probably figger that out. Turned out to be more like 45 feet and I gotta say, Im pretty pleased. No pics as yet, but I'll post em up as soon as I can. And no, I do not want to talk about the difficulty involved in gutting 6 75 ft strands of chute cord. The horror. The Horror. Anyways, thanks for readin and keepin this forum alive. Edited October 17, 2009 by blackhammer Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rawhide1 Report post Posted October 17, 2009 Howdy all. Been lurkin for a while now and thought I should emerge from the shadders. Ive been braiding for about four years give or take, mostly paracord whips and quirts for the folks round here. So I says to meself, "self, you need to make a reata". Good idea. I'll just knock one out frome chute cord then i'll step up to rawhide. And then I proceed to congratulate meself on what a wise and inovative individual I truly am. Folks, This thing very nearly caused me to turn to drink. Well, not nearly, it actually did. Six strand u2 o1 alternating plait over fifty foot 3/8 nylon core with san juan honda. I did use rawhide for the burner. I do not exagerate when I say I hope to never do anything that stupid again. But as an exersize in endurance, well, u can probably figger that out. Turned out to be more like 45 feet and I gotta say, Im pretty pleased. No pics as yet, but I'll post em up as soon as I can. And no, I do not want to talk about the difficulty involved in gutting 6 75 ft strands of chute cord. The horror. The Horror. Anyways, thanks for readin and keepin this forum alive. Can't wait to see the pics. And just so ya know working with rawhide has caused some to drink and cuss more!! Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pete Report post Posted October 17, 2009 You know of course that the first thing that you tie onto will melt the para cord into your San Juan honda, and IF you were to dally, you probably wouldn't be able to get the melted nylon off of your horn and post. Just the same- I want to be there when you try it!!!! I'll be the one wearing nose plugs. pete Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lilpep Report post Posted October 18, 2009 very curios to see it, pictures pleeeeeeaaaase. sound like the bull flank i made for a friend, that was a project also, so i can sort of feel your pain. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HorsehairBraider Report post Posted October 18, 2009 Wow. Did you braid it all in one go? If so you are one tough hombre. How much does paracord stretch? You might have a really "humane" reata there... one that the critter can about run back to the herd with before he feels it... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blackhammer Report post Posted October 19, 2009 Wow. Did you braid it all in one go? If so you are one tough hombre. How much does paracord stretch? You might have a really "humane" reata there... one that the critter can about run back to the herd with before he feels it... Thanks all. This un wont ever see a calf, for the above reasons. There is some stretch and as mentioned, it'd probably burn through within the first inch of a hard run. I guess i just made it out of morbid curiousity. And no sir, I dont wanna think about braidin that thing in one. Makes my toes ache. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
