New Knot

[daviD A Morris]

Hi All,

Just over 10 years ago I came up with an idea for a knot. The usual O'le Fiador knot is basicaly what I call a "terminal turks head" (not sure if that is the correct term) but tied with a closed bight at the top, which is what makes it a little more tricky to tie. The Knot that I have come up with, has the same appearance and sequence as a "spanish ring knot", over two under two five part sequence. but it is tied with 2 closed loops coming out one side, a closed loop and the 2 loose ends exiting the other side. Thus it is used as just a fancier (slightly bulkier) Fiador.

The second part of my "brag" here is that I then solid modelled the knot in AutoCad. This was a bit of brain strain for me, but I got there. It is the autocad modell that shows on my webpage how to tie it. I've had this displayed on my website for the past 10 or so years, and have occasionaly had some emails regarding it but my website is pretty obscure! Thought others might be interested also in this method of showing how to tie a knot. But maybe by now there is specific software out there for modelling knots.

Just wondering if this has been done before.

go to

http://home.exetel.com.au/damorris/

then click on link on left hand side to "knots"

"Bragging"

dam

[SCOUTER]

David,

Very nice indeed! Very nice webpage also! Love your "basketweave" stamp!

Thanks for posting!

This is the knot that my scouts love- simple but looks hard.

[rawhide1]

Mr Morris

Thank you for sharing!! Thats a pretty neat way of tying a fiador.

Mike

[HorsehairBraider]

Wow, that's very cool! I'll have to try that on one of my little tiny hackamores. That's a very sharp looking knot, and what a great idea!

[Rottmaster]

It's called a monkey's fist It's used for heving lines.

I have been making them for over 23 years.

[Drac]

scouter's knot is a monkey's fist, but david's isn't.