Anyone have links to a decorative knot, other than the monkey fist, that makes a nice roundish symmetrical knot to use as a keychain or lanyard?
Thanks in advance ;D
The 3 lead 4 bight Turks Head knot, you might need a little filler.
Many of the TH knots may make a nice lump.
http://knopen.ismijnhobby.nl/tables/turkshead_table.html
Willeke
The Bosun’s Lanyard Knot - (Diamond Knot) is a simple ball in two ends of a bight - which can be used as a loop to attach a keyring to - cut the ends and tease them out into a tassle. It can also be doubled but I do not know an Internet site with doubling depicted.
Instructions for tying are at - http://www.ropeworks.biz/archive/boawhi.html
Gordon
Thank you. I will give them both a try.
A pretty good diagram of the diamond knot (single and double) can be found at ROPEWORKS.BIZ. (the complete URL is http://ropeworks.biz/reader/boatswai.pdf.) (This knot has several names, BOATSWAIN’S WHISTLE KNOT, 2 STRAND DIAMOND KNOT, SAILOR’S LANYARD KNOT, as well as others.)
OOOoooopppps - I just noticed someone already gave this site, sorry for the repeat. (But the other site only gives a method for tying the “single” knot - the one I’m showing also shows the “doubling” of the knot.)
Diamond knot looks very similar to ABOK #787 (knife lanyard)
Maybe this is not what you are looking for…, but maybe. It’s called the “Little Lump Knot”. At the Alaska Museum of Fancy Knots.
Here’s the link:
WOW thats looks very nice. Also looks extremely hard to make.
Mike,
Be not faint of heart - Dan Callahan has some very good instructions on that web-site for making this awesome little knob knot - it is well worth the effort! ;D
if you like more sophisticated globes, try the following:
“Double Monkeys Fist”, KM 82-85, 93
The Heel Knot as described in Bruce Grants “Encyclopedia of Rawhide and Leather Braiding” plate 50/51
ABOK #2218 (aka Uranus according to Budworth)
Pineapple knot based on 7L 6B Turks Head
globes with nice barberpole pattern: Jesse Coleman in KM 75, 76)