I recently met with Gary Sessions about the status of the Texas Branch of the IGKT. Officially, it's still active, but there hasn't been a meeting in a while....
Hi Thomas, All I can offer is moral support, but if there is anything you need to know about how we have organized our group (Pacific Americas Branch) let me...
I live in Plano and have been a quiet member of IGKT an NAB for a couple of years. I have never been to a meeting of any kind except for a visit to the Center...
I was wondering, is there a New York branch? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam...
Hi Nelson, There are four Branches in the USA - the Texas Branch, the North American Branch, the Alaskan Branch and the Pacific Americas Branch. They have a...
so I successfully made a 17 strand french sennit for the knot board I am making for my scout troop. Now my mother has asked me to make a collar for her dog, I...
Okay, I'm not beneath begging. We only have three weeks to go before the IGKT-NAB 2007 in sunny, warm Florida. Of all of the planned attendees, I have verbal...
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Not sure what happened to my other post but here goes. Still looking for a guy to share the cost of a room. I have reserved a room w/2 queen beds. My wife...
Hi, Chuck. Subject to subsequent correction by the more knowledgable, I thinkthat a square-knot collar would b more effective and in either case, a standard...
yes i was looking at the pic, truly amazing work!!! so tell me more about the square knot collar, I did a quick google search but only came up with jewellry,...
never mind that was a stupid question, I realized after I sent the message you were talking of a square knotted sennit. ... thinkthat ... less "fiddly" ... ...
Consider a 'hybrid' between a buntline hitch and and anchor bend If you consider a buntline hitch as as "upside-down" clove hitch around the standing part of...
Excuse the cross postings. I have, for sale, RN4 sailcloth. This cloth is 24" wide flax canvas. Contact me off list. Frank I beg your pardon, mama, what did...
As many of you know from my past drivels, I am a proponent of using cyanoacrylate glue for many purposes in doing small fancywork, but getting some at a decent...
Hello all I am a newbe to knots and splicing. I got a great deal on a load of rope from a local HW store that was closing and some plastic fids. I went and...
Hey, I don't use a metal fyd, but I do have a metal marlinespike in tandom with a folding sailors knife. The marlinespike is about 5cm long and probably about...
I use a mini Swedish fid for nearly all my fancywork. It works perfectly for adding a pass and taking slack out. Haven't found another tool that could do a...
I use some stainless steel tubing that I cut off to a long slope. You can push them into the rope and then put the ends into the tube to pull back. I have also...
Rodger, that's pretty clever. I wonder where I can find stainless steel tubing, I'll have to keep my eyes open. Am I picturing your fid right, it pretty much...
You are correct in your assumption. I used tubing used in industry for compressed air, but you could find tubing at scrap dealers or even car boot sales. I saw...
Rodger, Drool is right. Cool stuff and these are the lowest prices I've seen. I do wonder what they mean about an internal snare with the straight fids. I'm...
