1) The rope is horizontal in front of me. The strands are slanting up and to the right. This is a right twisted rope, correct?? I think its called hawser laid...
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Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the knottyers group. File :...
Hi Everybody, I have not contributed to the group for about two years now. My loss - but I have looked in now and then. What has rekindled my interest in...
Hello Frank I've just downloaded the file you gently share with us. I'm only taking a fast glance to it, and I can see it is very useful, the high quality of...
Hello all A few weeks ago I saw some pictures someone put in his personnal web page, In one of these pictures I could see a strange (for me) tool, it seemed to...
... Boy ... least a ... between ... the ... help. Graumont and Hensel in their "Encyclopedia of Knots and Fancy Rope Work" distinquish between the two loops...
... running ... Be careful. A taut line is not a good thing to hang heavy stuff on. The induced loads become huge at such low angles. ***Assuming a light...
Just got home last night from a 4 day cruise off California through islands., should have used more sun screen, when we coil we don't care what angle the...
... You should look at the kumi2 mailing list on yahoo. It is currently the most active mailing list on kumihimo that I'm aware of, and many extremely...
I made a new folder called Key Fobs inside the folder oldmanmoo. This is just key fobs. The picture link to the spiral bellrope put here in the last couple of...
Thanks, That sounds like what I have been doing. However, truckers rope just won't grip on smooth metal. I should probably go with a natural fiber rope. Thanks...
Does anyone know where I might find some "small stuff" in camouflage? I want to make a fob for someone who's been sent to the Middle-East and would like to...
Hi Loopy, If you want a camo line, there is a company I get paracord from that has one that is called camo. It is olive drab, brown, beige and green in a nice...
Hi Lily, On Ebay "emando22" has lots of 'buy-it-now' 550-type III-paracord(7 strand core) & other military gear -- http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZemmado22 ....
I put a pic up of a hitch in the folder Oldmanmoo in the fotos section. Found it on the internet. With the extra loops around the pole and the cinching of the...
You might try a telegraph hitch. I found this one in the on-line version of an army field manual. I have used this on smooth metal for an axial pull (I think...
Hello Lily I feel really flattered for your words, and I don't think I deserve all the credit for this ;). the idea of the pipes is great, better than my...
Larry-I tried unsuccessfully to find a web site for this company and even called their number. I left a message on the recorder. It sounded like a residence...
What you have discribed is not really knotting but actually "braiding". Japanise Braiding to be a little more specific. There is a book called "Braids 250...
Ik vind het een hele duidelijke omschrijving goed geillustreerd met foto's. De eerste keer dat ik een grommer wilde maken heb ik me de rambam ernaar gezocht....
I actually saw some good cord at wal mart the other day. Brand named survivor it appeared to be 1.5mm and I saw 2 color schemes orange/black and camo. This is...
The icicle hitch is sort of a modified magnus hitch. Supposedly someone used this to hang from a tapered wooden fid without it sliding off. Unfortunately I am...
Again with the moving excuse, but I remember a couple of months ago there was someone's PHD or MS thesis about knots and Marine archeology based on examining...
I learned a great lesson over the weekend! Never go to sleep with an assisted knife in your back pocket! No I did not cut my "hind off" but when it was...
