I stopped tying to take a few photos, after my hands started cramping up a little, as they often do.
As I worked the slack out, the knot seems a bit lumpy in spots and I'm guessing that's because I tied it in the narrow section of the light, not having much room to keep the starting 5 lead 4 bight knot loose and spaced out enough before working in the Hansen pattern, where it started getting tight with the lacing needle before I finished. I'll probably take this one off too and try again until I get it right, maybe just using paracord to practice tying the knot a few more times.
Another Hansen knot shown tied in paracord, and a smaller one tied in 1.4mm cord around a Grimloc carabiner in the EDC pocket dump photo.
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What is the difference between the Hansen knot and the Gaucho knot, they look the same to me!?
@Renè, The Hansen is tied a little bit differently, with the base 5 lead 4 bight Turk's head knot being doubled, then the Hansen worked in by 'splitting the pairs'.
Here's a link for a detailed description on Turk's head knots and variations, that goes a bit beyond my amateur understanding of knot tying, but some may find it enlightening, lol...
Stormdrane: I was shopping in the French Quarters on Saturday and bought a paracord lanyard from a local and I was hoping you could identify the stitch for me?
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@James, Happy New Year! Looks like a chain sinnet, also called a zipper sinnet. :)
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Stormdrane: Where do you get the smaller cord?
@Patrick, I've bought most of my smaller diameter cord off ebay. See my links list for 'mowfugger'.
Also see in the links list: Fixmyblinds.com, R&W Rope, GPJ Rope, County Comm, and Supply Captain, that all also carry cordage that is smaller in diameter than paracord.
Not directly ontopic of your post, but have you noticed http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/664509246/paracord-2l-all-in-one-tool-for-storing-and-workin ?
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Someone asked if you had a book out of all the instructions. I didn't think so, but I bet it's be titled to Have and Half Knot. :-)
First found you on YouTube... you have some great talent... your buckled watchbands are sweet... thanks !
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