Tuesday, August 04, 2020

Revisiting the sailor's bracelet...

It's been a while since I'd tied a sailor's bracelet, also known as a Nantucket bracelet.  the couple that I tied are a 3 lead 11 bight Turk's head knot with three passes (tripled) and a 3 lead 8 bight TH.

The ends can be tied in a knot and frayed, or glued and trimmed to finish.


They can be tied in hand, as I did these, one with twisted cotton catfish line and another in 550 paracord, or tied directly around the wrist or on different sized mandrels for specific sizes to slip on/off over the hand. 

Here's a blog post link to a fancier one that I tied back in 2008.

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