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Fancy colors and a deer antler bead.

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Nice work there, your knots are so involved they're amazing, more patience that I have that is for sure, I can not seem to follow instructions very well ;)

and yep the 3D on this lighter is handsome along side my new case folder that I got from the Case/Zippo store in Bradford PA not long ago;

Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

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I need to find something to do. LOL.
Started with a crown knot. Wife gave me a wine bottle cork. Finished with a diamond knot that I incorporated the micro cord into. Had enough cord left to make a small matching key ring.
 
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So, with the previous posts and a couple vids about Snake Knots, I thought I'd try to put something together about how I tie 'em. I watched a vid a few years ago to learn this, but can't seem to find it again. I've just shot some stills as I'm not set up to shoot videos, so I'll see if this'll format in an understandable way. One caveat here is that I used a piece of nylon750/11 strand cord and Snake Knots will come out a bit more lobed-looking than with nylon 550/7.

If you're following on a wide format (computer screen) the pictures will pair up side by side. On a phone they'll pair up vertically under the text which will string this out kinda long.

I tie these flat on a table, usually with the knife in a spring clamp for stability. Take the left-hand cord over the right, then back under both--think, over,under. Next, take the right-hand cord and go under the free end of the left-hand cord.

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Next, take that right-hand cord pass it back over itself the left, over both center cords, and back down through the right-side loop. The second pic below is with knot cinched up and starting again with over, under. No need to turn over, open a loop, or anything.

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First pic shows the second part of the second knot--under, over. Second pic shows the working end through the right hand loop.

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Hope that's clear. I cinch up by pushing up hard on a lobe with my thumbnail and pulling down hard on the same side cord. As you cinch up, twist each completed knot into plane before starting the next. If the first knot is too loose, just do the same in the opposite direction after you've got a couple more done. If you need to cinch up a string of knots, just work your way from the top down pushing up the lobes with your thumbnail while pulling down from below. You can work that in the opposite direction as well.

Here's a completed string of Snakes that could still use a little cinching toward the bottom.

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ChazzyP said:
So, with the previous posts and a couple vids about Snake Knots, I thought I'd try to put something together about how I tie 'em. I watched a vid a few years ago to learn this, but can't seem to find it again. I've just shot some stills as I'm not set up to shoot videos, so I'll see if this'll format in an understandable way. One caveat here is that I used a piece of nylon750/11 strand cord and Snake Knots will come out a bit more lobed-looking than with nylon 550/7.

If you're following on a wide format (computer screen) the pictures will pair up side by side. On a phone they'll pair up vertically under the text which will string this out kinda long.

I tie these flat on a table, usually with the knife in a spring clamp for stability. Take the left-hand cord over the right, then back under both--think, over,under. Next, take the right-hand cord and go under the free end of the left-hand cord.

TtSAZxc.jpg
htA3Hhh.jpg


Next, take that right-hand cord pass it back over itself, over both center cords, and back down through the right-side loop. The second pic below is with knot cinched up and starting again with over, under. No need to turn over, open a loop, or anything.

TyzFDIQ.jpg
KHKvGYZ.jpg


First pic shows the second part of the second knot--under, over. Second pic shows the working end through the right hand loop.

VFd5VSe.jpg
1ziSDfa.jpg



Hope that's clear. I cinch up by pushing up hard on a lobe with my thumbnail and pulling down hard on the same side cord. As you cinch up, twist each completed knot into plane before starting the next. If the first knot is too loose, just do the same in the opposite direction after you've got a couple more done. If you need to cinch up a string of knots, just work your way from the top down pushing up the lobes with your thumbnail while pulling down from below. You can work that in the opposite direction as well.

Here's a completed string of Snakes that could still use a little cinching toward the bottom.

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Very clear. :cool::thumbsup: I much prefer photo instructions like this, rather than videos.
 
r8shell said:
Very clear. :cool::thumbsup: I much prefer photo instructions like this, rather than videos.
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sheep herder said:
I'm the same way. Can't follow along with the videos very well.
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Well, thanks, R8shell, and I'm with both of you re video instruction. There's someone whose vids I've learned several knots from and, while he does a good job with his format and instruction, I find myself having put aside the cord, try to rewind to a certain spot, and go back over and over to try to pick up something I wasn't getting right. A still shot's not gonna move on ya when you need to see just where an end goes next.
 
Some of the videos are tough to follow, one of them a person left a comment to the effect that it could lead to drinking
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I have struggled on the gaucho knot but after many attempts I have put it away for now as it is a very confusing knot for me
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Funny you say that Gary. I've been watching and trying to make a bracelet for valentines day out of a gaucho knot and I get 3/4 of the way into it and get totally lost. The video jumps ahead or misses a step or I'm just not seeing something. Tried it a bunch of times but it never looks or finishes right. Very frustrating...
 
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