A turk's head knot is a three strand braid that is worked into a continious circle. It is commonly used as a slide for a neckerchief or to decorate tool handles.
If you would like to see how I incorporated the turk's head knot into a a dog leash project, please visit my blog.
The tools that you need are very basic. You will need a woodburning tool, a mandrel (I used a pen) which is used to form the knot and a length of paracord.
If you would like to see how I incorporated the turk's head knot into a a dog leash project, please visit my blog.
The tools that you need are very basic. You will need a woodburning tool, a mandrel (I used a pen) which is used to form the knot and a length of paracord.
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The description is correct though? The top strand should go over the left strand on the photo and under the strand just below it. I struggled with the knot until I found the fault here.
A woggle, for those of you that have never heard the term, is a device used to fasten the neckerchief, or scarf, that is worn as part of the Boy Scout uniform. I can remember making these when I was in the British Cub Scouts and was reminded of them when I stumbled upon a really nice step-by-step illustration showing how they are made.
Using the step-by-step illustration previously mentioned, I began wrapping some paracord around a tube to fashion my woggle. The tube I used was actually the long part of a turkey baster - its what I had at hand! After working the paracord as tight as I could get it to form a neatly shaped Turk's Head knot, I trimmed the two loose ends of the paracord, making sure that they both ended up on the inside of the knot. In order to do that I had to slide the woggle on and off the tube a few times, but it easily retained it's shape.
This is the point at which I got a little creative. I poured a small amount of Titebond wood glue into a plastic cup and added a few teaspoons of warm water. I stirred the mixture around until I had a very thin/runny version of glue. Then, while leaving the tied woggle on the tube, I liberally painted the paracord with the watery glue mixture. Once it was well and truly soaked, I left the woggle in a warm place to dry overnight.
The next day I repeated the process, slathering on another coat of the watery glue mixture and leaving the woggle on the tube to dry overnight. When I finally removed the woggle from the tube the next day it felt like a piece of rock in my hand. The wood glue mixture had completely penetrated the paracord and as it dried it turned the paracord totally hard.
Anyway... good instructable.
Great Instructable!
Hardest Part of a Turkshead knot is after you get the Hang of it,
Teaching others! Will keep this in my Flashdrive "Ditty bag"
A picture of a simple one and two I made into Bracelets
Upper is some low-stretch line I found and Lower is made of
Tarred Marline/seine twine
The finished knot makes a good woggle as well.
It's amazing what you can make a woggle out of. We also use pvc circles and glue miscellaneous objects to them.