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Thread: Decorative knot
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10th September 2009, 11:44 PM #1
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Decorative knot
I've bought Jan a bell for her birthday. It's just your common or boatie type brass bell. She wants it to hang by her front door so visitors can give it a ring and wake up her dogs.
So, I've got this brass bell, with a clapper hanging in the middle. I now need some sort of bell pull - just a rope hainging from the bottom of the clapper.
The rope is about 4mm thick but braided (ie, not plaited). If I could find some nice plaited rope of that size, I'd splice an eye in one end and splice a blind end in the other, just like I do with my mooring ropes, but all I've got at the moment is braided rope which means I can't splice it, I have to tie some sort of knot, a decorative knot.
Can anyone suggest a website showing such a knot? I've found a couple of suggestions but nothing 'right' yet. Nothing too difficult either - something as simple as the above mentioned splices is fine thanks (some of the bell pulls on the net are gorgeous but horrifying in their complexity).
Richard
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11th September 2009, 12:39 AM #2
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A twist braid perhaps
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/13510....htm#CHAPTER_V
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11th September 2009, 12:50 AM #3
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Very interesting. That's the sort of thing I'm after - simple and effective.
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11th September 2009, 06:07 AM #4
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Check out this bunch here http://www.igkt.net/index.php (in the gallery), or try to get hold of a copy of 'Ashley's Book of Knots' from your local library, loads of suitable knots in there...
Mark
Mooching about the web I came across this tutorial on making a BellropeLast edited by Old-Biker-UK; 11th September 2009 at 07:18 AM. Reason: additionalinfo...
What you say & what people hear are not always the same thing.
http://www.remark.me.uk/
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11th September 2009, 04:59 PM #5
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Wow, interesting that should keep Daddles busy for months or years even. Originally Posted by Old-Biker-UK
Another thing I don't think I have the patience for.
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11th September 2009, 08:56 PM #6
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Google turks head knot
works in laid or braided.
Stick a weight inside the head to make it throw further when you get sick of the bell...
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11th September 2009, 11:19 PM #7
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Here's one I made earlier (about 30 years earlier)
finally has a use - It gets hung in the kitchen for my 5 year old grandaughter to call me from the workshop to the 'Hairdressers' when she cuts my hair.
MarkWhat you say & what people hear are not always the same thing.
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11th September 2009, 11:32 PM #8
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Excellent........
I'm intrigued ex RN/Bundy Rum yes you obviously have good taste and it explains the knowledge about knots but please explain the Bundy link.
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11th September 2009, 11:52 PM #9
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Bundy link - We used to have an Aussie vicar in our village who was a biker & woodturner, I wasn't one of his 'flock' but we became good mates. He went back home but every so often I get a knock on the door and there is someone who has visited him & returned with a bottle of Bundy 50% OP for me from the vicar.
I still like Pusser's rum but it is hard to get hold of, the next best is Wood's
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Recently my doctor asked me if I drank much, I said no but I spill quite a bit...What you say & what people hear are not always the same thing.
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11th September 2009, 11:58 PM #10
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OP no less must be a banana bender
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12th September 2009, 07:04 AM #11
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Not sure if I found this link on our forumn or knot
animatedknots
Hope it helps,
Look in the decorative section.The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
Albert Einstein
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12th September 2009, 01:44 PM #12
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Thanks for the feedback boys. It's been an interesting trip.
In the end, I went with something I devised myself, inspired by the sinnets. I wanted something simple - I particularly didn't want to get involved on one of those complex bell ropes that look so lovely but were just too much work for the time available vs my lack of experience with fancy knot work.
Richard
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