How to make the wrap around knots...

Please note that the knot displayed on the Chris Reeve link is a simple Hangman's (Jack Ketch's) Noose. If the desired effect is that of Chris Reeve's familiar coiled lanyard loop, it would be better -- and result in a more secure and sturdy knot -- if you went with a Multiple Overhand Sliding Knot. The best place I currently know of to find instructions on that knot (apart from meeting me in person) is The Book of Decorative Knots by Peter Owen, which I purchased for $12.95, and should be available at bookstores, or at camping stores that have sections on outdoor crafts and skills. If you get the Owen book, be sure that it is the DECORATIVE knot book, because he has written several different volumes for different-purpose knots. The Multiple Overhand Sliding Knot is found on page 50.
The primary difference that I see between the regular Hangman's Noose (as seen on Chris Reeve's website) and the M.O.S.K. is that the former consists of coils, the last of which is held in place by one strand of cord that cinches down upon it when you tug the loop tight, and that last bit lies sort of perpendicular to the knot itself. The latter has that same "loose" end of the cord secured very well along the inside of the "barrel" formed by all the coils. (The number of coils is entirely up to you and the length of cord you are using.) I feel that while Chris Reeve may have originated HIS projects to employ the noose described on his website, the Multiple Overhand Sliding Knot is a significant improvement over the knot Mr. Reeve has selected -- at least for the purpose of a lanyard knot, as is the case here.
Good luck. If you need any further assistance, I suggest you look up the website of the International Guild of Knot Tyers -- a friendly bunch and VERY knowledgeable about what they do: www.webshirt.com/IGKT/igktna.html

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If you are interested not in recreating the Chris Reeve-type barrel lanyard, but instead interested in making a line taught, as in a tent-line tied to a stake, that calls for a different knot altogether, called a Tautline Hitch. I have just conducted an online search and found NO decent depictions of it on the websites I visited (though I did see several that showed a BAD version of the knot, i.e. tied not-quite-correctly, yielding a less-secure knot). If it sounds to you like the Tautline Hitch is what you want, get in touch and I will provide instructions if I can.
 
A real handy little set of illustrated instructions came with my MT LCC and now even I can tie a lanyard with the best of them.
Bob
 
Well you learn something every day!
THANKS for posting those links. Ever since I was 10 and an old fella gave me a monkey's fist for a keychain, I've wanted to learn how to make one myself. Whaddaya know?
Only took me 29 years, but now I KNOW!

Of course, now I also know to tie a know that's slipped, sliding, exploding and with a whimper too!
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The sick part is that I LIKE that.
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batangueno, raptor, and peacefuljeffery -- Many thanks for the knot links! Very helpful and useful. Really appreciate them.

Dave
 
Ken, I'm so glad you liked the knot-links, and more glad that you now have probably found a new hobby! I've been "knot bug" since about '92 or so when I was a sleepaway camp counselor on summer break from college. Learned a couple of those "gimp" (plastic lace) lanyard knots like the "Butterfly Stitch" (which makes a GREAT keychain because it can be unzipped in one motion and used as emergency cord) and the "Barrel Stitch." In '93, my brother gave me "The Morrow Guide to Knots" for Christmas and I began really learning in earnest, acquiring some 8 or so more knot books over time. The Monkey's Fist baffled me on Christmas Day 1993, and I tried and tried and finally gave up. Picked up the book again on Christmas Day 1994 and was able to make one. Looking back on that one specimen and many more that followed, I now know how far I've come in my technique. I can now make a Monkey's Fist feel like a ROCK, it's tied so tightly, even with no steel bearing in the core to form it.
Rick, thanks for posting those pics, but as I mentioned, that is the Hangman's Noose technique, not the Multiple Overhand Sliding Knot technique which I believe is a better design for the purpose. Unfortunately, I do not have access to pictures that properly depict how to tie that one, nor do I know yet how to post them here as you have done. (pointers?)
 
The best knot book I've found is by Des Pawson...can't recall its name as it was so good that its been stolen at work. Cheap, clear and concise, with load ratings for synthetic and natural ropes, storage, coiling, various splices and whippings, plus a great practical selection of knots (incl many climbing knots)...many books have some of these things but this book has it all.
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Des Pawson's book "The Handbook of Knots: A Step-by-Step Guide to tying and Using More Than 100 Knots" is indeed a GREAT knot book, full of useful and usable information. It lists for $16.95 and is worth every penny as a new-knot-tyer's guide. It does indeed list all kinds of tables about load capacities of different types of line. His photo diagrams are clear and well conceived, and his explanations are also concise but relatively thorough (and when you've suffered through "instructions" that don't clarify, you begin to know the difference!). Apart from all that, the book is just *pretty*. The colored cord he uses in his photos is pleasant to look at. If I had it to do over again, I would not balk at having THIS be my first knot book. It's that good, and I highly recommend it.
 
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