Progress On Latigo Hackamore

[brock]

here are some pics of where i'm at on the floppy hack that I was talking about any input would be appreciated!

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it looks a little crowded not very pleased with it but its for me so i can live with it i guess

anyone have any tricks on tying a turkshead out of the core or somthing along those lines to keep this rope from unraveling after it is being used?

[roo4u]

i would melt the ends of the rope before i covered it up that way it cant come apart inside the bosal from use. i used my cord sealer i use for paracord but a HOT knife or similar works also...just be careful to not melt more than you wanted to....been there dont that it way not cool.

after that maybe bind the ends with a rawhide ring knot that can shrink up real good and tight to keep end together.

[megabit]

Looks good.

[lilpep]

BRock if you want to do something that looks like a turks head it would be a footrope knot. an excellent example or tut is in KHWW.net under extended diamond knot or as part of dan alaskas LIttle lump knot tutorial at the alaskamuseum of knots. it can easily be done. all it is similar to a multiple string nose button just crown the leads and wall at the botom then proceed a as in a multiple string nose button. the other thing you i might do it crown them down and this will help build the base for your heal knot. hope it helps

[rgerbitz]

Looks good so far. You could also put a couple wraps of electrical tape on the ends of the rope, or even some super glue.

[lilpep]

actually on second thought super glue to keep from fraying is a good idea !!!

[brock]

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here is the finished product hope to get some replys with some suggestions on how to improve my work thanks!

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[Bevan]

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here is the finished product hope to get some replys with some suggestions on how to improve my work thanks!

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I recon ya have done a very good job mate , a little twist on the righthand side of the nose button but thats not the end of the world !!!! a few more and i am sure they will be as straight as a die!!

I cant quite see the bottom of the heel knot but have you put put a concho on the bottom or is that tape ??

THE HORSE THAT USES THIS BOSAL IS A LUCKY HORSE

Cheers

Bevan

[entiendo]

I can't find a thing wrong with any of your work. I love it! And I still do a lot of my buttons like you described for me. I still can't get over what a difference it makes. I also love that you are making a floppy hackamore. I'm not crazy about the rawhide cores in most of the traditional hacks.

Did you ever get that bridle made you were asking about?

[brock]

Here is the final product! It took a while for me to get them posted! Hope some of you could give me some feedback on what you think I could do differently next time. I must say I read somewhere on here from one of the more experienced people that he had tried all types cores in hackamores and he always goes back to rawhide and as I usually find out later that I agree completely!!! The rope core works but it dosent shape really nice like a braided core does!!! I'm still happy with the results its probably only the 20th hackamore that I've braided!

[megabit]

Looks good to me.

[rgerbitz]

Looks good Brock, the only thing I'd change is to cover the cut strings on the bottom. Other than that iverything else looks very well done.