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	6 Lead by 7 Bight video demo 1
Home The Sailors Cross Knot The Globe Knot Kit Turks Head Tubes The original Turks Head Kit Samples from the original TH Cookbook The Turks Head Cookbook Volume Two Samples from the TH Cookbook Volume Two What is a turks head? Pricing and Ordering Information Custom work Gallery Why Knot? Contact Information Links Disclaimer	The following is a series of short videos that show how to tie a 6 Lead by 7 Bight Turks Head on the Turks Head Tool. The videos introduce the Turks Head Tool, the Turks Head Cookbook recipe format and some basic methods that may be used in the tying of turks head knots. First, some terminology: Leads - Bights - Single - Doubled - Tripled To briefly illustrate some basic terms, I will describe the following three turks heads. They are all five-bight by three-lead knots. The one on the left is a simple but complete knot. The middle one has been doubled and the one on the right has been tripled. My apologies for the huge video files. If I were to shoot them any smaller, the details of the crossings would not be visible. They are between 9 and 60Mb in size and may take a while to download on a slow connection. Video Description duration and size Click on the image to play the video Related images Introduction to the Turks Head Tool This particular tool has a band of tape upon which the pin numbers have been written for clarity. 1:22 - 15.6Mb Photo of TH Tool Preparing the cord on the Turks Head Tool Start with about 2M of 1.6mm nylon cord. The ends of the cord have been melted with a flame and made into a point for use with the threaded needle. Setting a slipknot on the back of the index hole and put the needle onto the end of the cord. 2:26 - 32.3Mb Introduction to the Turks Head Recipe Showing surface pattern, progression from pin one to four etc. and over and under crossings as we go. There are hundreds more of these recipes for different turks head knots in the Turks Head Cookbook. 1:48 - 20.6Mb click on this to see the full-sized 6 Lead x 7 Bight turks head recipe. Tying the knot on the Tool 4:57 - 65.0Mb Completing the knot on the tool We will put in the last two passes and the then double one pass to hold the knot's integrity 3:24 - 45.0Mb Removing the knot from the tool... Remove the slip knot from the back of the tool, then lift bights over the bottom pins and remove knot. 2:18 - 30.6Mb Tightening the turks head 3:06 - 41.1Mb Doubling the turks head 4:12 - 55.6Mb Tightening 4:19 - 57.1Mb MUCH appreciation goes to Dan Lane for the post-production video work.
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