Monday, January 21, 2008

Turk's Head Knot Grip

I used an old 2AA Maglite for this project. I started with a 12 foot length of black 2mm cord. The black dye didn't take to the cord very well, giving a stonewashed look to it, but the cord still works fine.

I made a 3 lead 4 bight Turk's Head knot, then wrapped the cord several times and made another Turk's Head. More wraps were done between each of the next couple of Turk's Head knots.

I ended up trimming about 8 inches of excess cord off the 12 feet I started with when I finished. It has a good grip feel to it, with my fingers fitting between the knots and would probably work well for a knife handle wrap, walking staff, etc...


Here's a simple one I did with 2mm cord on an old boot knife.

 
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10 comments:

  1. Anonymous1/21/2008 12:05:00 PM

    You do nice work. I love stopping by your blog here just to see the latest and greatest.

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  2. Stormdrane1/21/2008 02:37:00 PM

    Thanks. It's an ongoing learning experience for me.

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  3. letti1/21/2008 03:15:00 PM

    hey, what a wonderful thing to know! I know what one of my resolutions will be this year.. to learn to make knots like these! They're handy!

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  4. Anonymous1/23/2008 10:10:00 AM

    it's great that you share all these things online. my niece who is about to go to basic training found your site a week ago and showed it to me. all these knot techniques are going to relaly help her out and it helps me out as well. i was wondering, where did you get the little skulls on your bracelets? i wanted to order a couple for my nephew (pirate project for school).

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  5. Stormdrane1/23/2008 10:26:00 AM

    The small pewter skull beads are from Spiritcrafts:

    http://www.spiritcrafts.net/peskbe14x10.html

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  6. Anonymous1/29/2008 09:14:00 PM

    Ok, I thought when I learned to do a TH knot, this would be self explanatorty but it just made me more confused, how are you getting 3 lines coming out of the TH to wrap the handle? If you'd point me in the right direction, I'd greatly appreciate it.


    I tied my 2nd TH today, I think I like these the most out of everything so far.

    Thanks for your blog, it's very inspirational.

    Justin

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  7. Stormdrane1/30/2008 03:10:00 AM

    Justin,

    There's only one continuous piece of cord being used in the grip. I made the Turk's Head and did 3 passes. There's just a single strand coming out in the direction I made the grip with, and then made another Turk's Head, again with 3 passes. Hope that helps.

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  8. Anonymous2/05/2008 12:52:00 AM

    Hi, I found your site by lucky accident. I like the TH knot; any sugg. to wrap a car steering wheel? (I only knot my shoelaces...) Thank you.

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  9. Stormdrane2/06/2008 02:47:00 PM

    I haven't tried any Turk's Heads on a steering wheel, but I'm sure you could do it. They're commonly used on ship's and sailboat's wheels.

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  10. Anonymous2/06/2008 11:12:00 PM

    Thank you, Stormdrane. I'll use your guidance, get a junked steering wheel, and start practicing. I will be repairing/covering a decomposing rubber/neoprene steering wheel that has a few worn spots. Thanks again.

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