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General => Random => Topic started by: stoneaxe on March 19, 2018, 02:47:41 PM
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What a great site.....just about any knot you can think of animated. Search by activity, type, or name. Some tech info on rope properties too....very useful stuff.
http://www.animatedknots.com/
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That's funny, I've recently been using this web site for off road soft-shackles and eye splices in Dyneema.
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I started using the animated knots site in 2003 when I first got into saltwater kayak fishing. The fishing knot sub segment is the one I always used.
http://www.animatedknots.com/indexfishing.php
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I'm surprised I haven't seen it before this. I've looked for similar sites previously. My daughter sent me a link on Pinterest that she would like me to make for my soon to be born granddaughters room and as usual something else (the knot website) caught my eye. Pinterest is a time suck but a great place for ideas. Here's the Fairy house she wants me to make..... :)
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That's has heirloom potential for sure!
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Not sure about heirloom but it will be a fun build. Has to go on the to-do list but I probably won't get to it until next fall/winter. Long list... :P. In a weird bit of synchronicity I have the log already....big arborvitae came down in the storm...bottom 4' or so is hollow with ant damage..... :)
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I have been on animatedknots as much as any DIY website. I love knots and ropes and rigging.
I bring rope on vacation.
I trust my rope tie downs over any mechanical strap, and they don't hum in the wind.
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I trust my rope tie downs over any mechanical strap, and they don't hum in the wind.
Yup
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I finally got around to tying a couple soft shackles. It's hard to beleive that this 7/16" rope will hold 32,000 lb (WLL = 4 Tons). My primary motivation is to eliminate the 3/4" steel shackle (potenial projectile) on the end of my winch line. It's not perfect, it will cut fairly easy with a regular blade.
Having said that, I'm still a fan of dedicated board straps for tying my boards down. I just find it more convenient, and the straps help protect the boards with the right amount of stretch and the load is distributed better on the rail. Plus, I don't really trust my knots... ;D
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Very cool and handy website Stoney..thanks for sharing
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Only time I use straps is if I need to lock my board to the rack. And the only knot I tie is a simple double knot. I swing the rope over then wrap it around the rack 4 or 5 times and tie a knot...the wrap does the work...the knot just holds it there. My boards have never moved, never had any rail damage from rope, and I drive at 75 mph frequently with them on there. I have straps galore including two sets of Kanu-locks....rarely use them.
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Since you were interested Bean.
Here's the fairy house I'm making.
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Holy smokes ;D
You are a true artist!
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Ok Bob, I totally love this project. I just need you to promise you won't be like Bill and leave us hanging for years while it gets completed. ;D
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LOL....missed your response....no, but it won't likely be done for awhile. I have an advantage over my brother, my projects are far simpler to complete. Though this one is competing with gutting our guest bath and rebuilding it which is much higher on the honey-do list...especially since the gutting part is done. She can't complain too much though, I did manage to build a new vanity
https://www.standupzone.com/forum/index.php/topic,33368.msg376681.html#msg376681
I was thinking of carving a sink out of the same wood as the fairy house but it's too soft for a sink. I have a very large birch burl that I need to cut out of the ground at my old house. I transplanted the tree there 35 years ago and it died last year. I should get some nice wood from it and the burl is 30" across so the sink will come out of that.
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WOW!!! That is already starting to look amazing!!!!!!!! Nice work Stoney!!!
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That's going to be really cool, dude.
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Hey....would you be interested in a yew bow? I know you are thinning out your stuff and thus may not want more stuff.....:) I think the yew I planted for the purpose 20 years ago is ready. I should be able to get two 6' bows out of it. Way back on the list but something I want to do in the next couple years.
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Sure, that would be fun to try out. I rarely take out my hunting bows, when my shoulders went bad I thought my bowhunting days were over. I was surprised to learn that I can still shoot them reasonably well. Probably paddling preserved the muscles.
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Stoney: Just out of curiosity, what do you think the draw weight average is on such a bow? Besides SUP'ing, bowhunting for whitetails is my other passion but I'm spoiled by the Mathews (compound) bow line where 65lbs draws like butter and I can hold for minutes, if need be....the beauty of cams and mechanical advantage! :)
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@ WhatsSUP
A little off topic for this topic thread, but I thought I would give my two cents worth since archery (informal target and bowhunting) is one of my other hobbies which I took up 61 years ago.
If you're wanting to give some traditional archery tackle (recurves, longbows) a go for bowhunting, you don't need a lot of bow poundage to harvest a whitetail deer. A whitetail deer is a thin skinned animal. I have two Blacktail bows which I've used for harvesting whitetail deer, javelina and a few small 75 lb feral hogs. Anything I kill with a hunting bow, I eat.
My first custom made Blacktail bow and which I still have, was made by bowyer Norm Johnson who lives near Reedsport, Oregon and who owns Blacktail Bows. The bow is a three piece takedown hunting recurve and it's specifications are: 66" long, 42 lbs @ 30" draw length. I am an instinctive shooter which means I don't have any type of sight on the bow. I can shoot either "anchor and hold" or "snap shoot".
The largest whitetail buck I've taken with my 42 lb recurve weighed a hair shy of 154 pounds on the hoof, not dressed. It was a broadside complete pass through double lung shot. The shot was taken at 18 yards.
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I like a bit of oomph in my hunting bows since I'm usually targeting both deer and elk. Our deer in Oregon are mostly mulies and blacktail. The whitetails are protected though there are occasional special hunts which feel a little disgusting since you can almost walk right up to a nice Columbia Whitetail buck. Elk are a challenge and the range tends to be substantial. If you hit them anywhere but the engine room they're likely to keep going. My memory sucks, but I don't remember any shots I've taken that weren't through and through. I take it back, I shot a blacktail that was looking straight at me in the chest.
I haven't hunted since my hunting partner kicked the bucket--about six years ago--and even then it was just duck hunting and fishing. When we were younger we hunted on foot always, deep backcountry Oregon, Wyoming, Idaho, and Utah. Packing an elk out three miles in rough terrain over three trips is tough, packing a big mule deer buck ten miles down a mountain is even worse since we insisted on doing it in a single trip.
I can shoot a primitive bow reasonably well, it's what I started with, but I'm very fond of compound bows, sights, and releases. Beyond 40 yards that combo offers the best opportunity for a clean kill, and other than a few random occurrences I don't think I've ever taken a deer or elk closer than that and the shots are generally up or down hill. I've never hunted from a stand. I'm just too impatient for that. When my buddy and I hunted ducks we'd only take half the limit from the blind, even if the ducks were pouring in (they always did, my friend owned 1000 acres of the best duck and goose hunting in North America) and then walk miles after breakfast to jump shoot the rest. Drakes only. If you accidentally shot a female you had to put fifty bucks in the scotch fund.
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Sorry for the major derail Stoney.....
Night/Pono: Love talking bowhunting! Will start another thread late summer/early fall as bow for deer comes in September. I've harvested dozens of whitetails w/ bow over the years from both treestands and ground blinds in a number of states and have a ton of stories and experiences with some very cool peeps. Will be bowhunting RI, NY, and KS this coming fall.
For now - let's bring it back to knots....... 8) ;)
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...and I and my family have enjoyed everyone of them from burgers, steaks, sausage, roasts, chops, jerky, etc....
and now back to knots....
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Night/Pono: Love talking bowhunting! Will start another thread late summer/early fall as bow for deer comes in September.
I'll be looking forward to seeing your late summer/early fall topic thread.
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I should bowhunt in Maui. We're thick with Axis deer. You can shoot as many as you like. Wipe out a herd the DLNR will pin a medal on you. Here's a quote from the website: "Any deer encountered while hunting on a public hunting area on Maui may be taken by the hunter regardless of number or sex of deer taken."
You can also take two feral pigs and two feral goats per day. Yeah, we've got a deer problem. No predators and not enough hunters.
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http://hawaiisafaris.unu2.com/gal/147614957948504.jpg
There are also lots of red deer:
(https://refertoblog.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/facts-about-red-deer.jpg)
And Sambar:
http://www.ozanimals.com/image/albums/australia/Mammal/Z-sulaine-sambar.jpg
This is from five years ago, didn't make much of a dent, but it still goes on. I know a couple of guys who get a meat inspector to go with them so they can sell the venison commercially. http://bowhunthawaii.com/get-paid-to-hunt-deer-on-maui/
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LOl....I don't mind wander....it's a conversation.
Draw weight will depend on the wood, how I shape it. Traditional hand shaped English longbow is 90-100lbs. I'm not shooting for that....wouldn't want to draw it. But who knows what I'll get....this is a 1st.....I like 1st's. Occasionally they even work.....or wall art or at least a story if they suck.....:)
My 1st bow was a Browning Nomad...loved that little bow. 45 lbs...fast draw, hunted a fair amount with it in my late teens. Sue bought me one of the early (1978) Bear Kodiak Specials and it's the bow I still use today.....though rarely. As compounds go it's not much take off and feels clunky compared to bows today. I got it tricked out about 8 years ago, new sights, stabilizer, etc. shot a few then put it away. I can't believe how light and easy modern bows are to shoot. I should buy and old Nomad though...like NW I prefer draw and shoot. I learned to shoot instinctual and holding still feels wrong at some level. Shooting to me was that second of visualization of shaft to target before you draw. I used to walk through the woods with that Nomad shooting flatheads into tree stumps. I made my own arrows back then (on a jig Pono made me when I was about 12...:) ).
I used to shoot a lot of target amongst the tree rows when the girls started asking about Bambi....and occasionally tap a buck with a rubber arrow when they would shred my trees. Did you know a young buck can jump 15' straight up when startled.... ;D
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Those rubber blunts hurt. You should know.
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I used to shoot a lot of target amongst the tree rows when the girls started asking about Bambi....and occasionally tap a buck with a rubber arrow when they would shred my trees. Did you know a young buck can jump 15' straight up when startled.... ;D
What do you say to warn people nearby when they're in the air? "Buck up!"?
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I used to shoot a lot of target amongst the tree rows when the girls started asking about Bambi....and occasionally tap a buck with a rubber arrow when they would shred my trees. Did you know a young buck can jump 15' straight up when startled.... ;D
What do you say to warn people nearby when they're in the air? "Buck up!"?
Ouch!
Those rubber blunts hurt. You should know.
Ouch again!...... :) I think I still have the bruise to prove it.
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@ stoneaxe
Since you don't mind "wander", I'll add a little more.
Here are the specifications to both of my custom Blacktail bows:
66", 42# @ 30"
66", 37# @ 30"
As I said before, the bowyer Norm Johnson built my two Blacktail three piece takedown recurves. He builds some beautiful bows. More like works of art. His website is below.
https://www.blacktailbows.com/
Since I've got long arms, I had to go the custom route for draw length since all production made bows, the poundage is always measured at 28". My very first hunting recurve was a production made one piece Bear Super Kodiak 60", 40# @ 28" which my late dad bought for me when I was 13 years old.
When I was a teenager, I was very fortunate to meet Fred Bear in person at an archery function. He was very gracious to me since he let me ask him lots of questions and he answered every one of them, which took about 30 minutes of his time. For me, it is a very good memory that I still cherish today.
The one thing which caught my eye about Fred Bear, soaking wet I think when I met Fred Bear, he weighed around 135 lbs. Yet, his three piece hunting takedown Super Kodiak recurve was 60", 65# @ 28". He was an instinctive shooter and he did "anchor and hold".
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Beautiful bows. Extraordinary in fact. I'd love one of those longbows but a bit out of my price range....yikes. I'll be shaping a primitive....no comparison at all.
That must have been awe inspiring to meet and speak with him as a teen. Would be as an adult..... :).
It's funny how we can get so ingrained. I don't remember when Bill 1st taught me to shoot. My 1st bow was a cheap fiberglass/wood 30#. I must have looked somewhat weird as a city kid carrying my bow and arrows into the neighborhood park. I shot a lot of arrows chasing imaginary villians in the woods, "Welcome to Ringers".....:) (Errol Flynn was the man)
I think the reason I've always felt more comfortable and enjoyed quick shots over holding is because I couldn't hold when I was young and never had any formal training other than Pono's "the pointy end goes towards the target". Half my shots were taken while moving....I never could stand still..... :)
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I anchor at the corner of my mouth. I shoot with a Bateman leather tab and I use "one finger over the arrow nock and two fingers under the arrow nock". I shoot Easton aluminum 2212 solid black colored arrows cut to 31" with three, white colored 5" right wing helical parabolic feathers. Most right handed people like to shoot left wing helical feathers and even though I'm right handed, I like right wing helical feathers.
A 2212 arrow is considered a thin walled target arrow, but with my low bow poundage and with my long 31" arrows, I can get away with using a target arrow for bowhunting. My favorite broadhead is an old, 3 bladed 75 grain Muzzy broadhead.
The neat thing about a Blacktail bow for me, I do not use an arm guard. I never slap my wrist. Most people would say I've got a good arrow release, but that is not true. The way a Blacktail bow is made is why I don't slap my wrist with the arrow string upon release.
My favorite type of informal target shooting is called, "Roving". Roving is where you walk through the woods, find a stick, dirt bank or large cottonwood leaf on the ground and shoot at what you're looking at. I've never taken a shot over 20 yards.
My favorite animal to stalk is a javelina. A javelina has poor eyesight but a very keen sense of smell. Out in west Texas, I will glass until I find a few javelina and then stalk into the wind to them so they can't catch my scent. I can usually close to around 12-15 yards and then I wait for my favorite broadside lung shot. If I don't get the shot I want, I let the animal walk. The longest distance I've had to trail an arrowed game animal has been 60 yards. I've never lost an animal I've arrowed. I wait about 15 minutes and then go find the animal.
We make chili out of javelina meat and eat it just like a bowl of chili. As for feral hogs, I try to arrow ones around 75 pounds to eat. These are tasty and the meat is very tender when cooked. My wife cooked some feral hog meat and invited my neighbor over for a meal. He didn't know he was eating wild pork and he said, "This pork is tender. Seasoned wonderfully". I just grinned at him with a sly smile. As he was looking at me, he then realized I'm a hunter and the pork he was eating wasn't bought at the local grocery store.
He then said, "This is feral hog meat isn't it?" I said; "Yes, it is." I then asked him, "Do you like it?" Then he said; "I hate to admit it, but yeah, it's delicious." And he must have liked it because he had a second plateful with all the trimmings.
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Probably no weirder than Fred LaTowne and I carrying our bows riding the streetcar to the vicinity of Norumbega park--an ancient abandoned amusement park that featured a lot of woods and a "lake" that was actually a kink in a tributary of the Charles River. We hunted squirrels and pigeons, then built a campfire and ate them, all within 20 miles of downtown Boston. Imagine doing that today. Incidentally, squirrel and pigeon tastes like shit, especially inexpertly cleaned and skinned/plucked and half-cooked on a stick over a fire. City kids shouldn't read Robert Ruark. especially "The Old Man and The Boy". It gives them nutty ideas.
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Yes, squirrels and pigeons taste like shit......especially inexpertly cleaned and skinned/plucked and half-cooked on a stick over a fire. LOL....I was "cooking" a squirrel in Ringers park and a lady walking her dog called the cops on me.
I wish we had some feral hogs around here. I'd hunt those....mmmm...bacon. I don't care all that much for deer meat and there isn't much else worth hunting around here. Turkeys but there are so many you can hunt them with a 9 iron.... :) I always did it more for the walk in the woods in solitude than anything. Now if they would just set a season for Angus beef.... :)
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...LOL....I was "cooking" a squirrel in Ringers park and a lady walking her dog called the cops on me.
;D ;D ;D
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OK bro...next time we come out lets go hunting....primitive....feral hogs with spears.... :)
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The locals use dogs and a knife.
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wow...just checked back in this thread and see its still on the hunting tangent....
okay, "squirrels and pigeons taste like shit"......are you kidding me! Squirrels at the least are AWESOME! Brunswick stew is hard to beat!!! And if they're floured up and fried in oil in a cast iron skillet its some mighty fine eating. I've been on a bunch of traditional southern dove hunts which are classic. Often times I've seen pigeons flying in with their cousins and hunters not hesitating to blink a few out of the sky as they come into millet and cut corn. I have a recipe for "Charlie's Dove's" which is made in a cream sauce and man is it good!!!!!
I've bowhunted for ferral hogs a few times but never drew my bow....the couple of hunts I had consisted of stand hunting in a pecan orchard in southern Alabama where they came in right in before dark to start rooting. Would have loved to have harvested one....mightly fine eating for sure!!!!!!
Nighty: the blacktail bows are beautiful....saaaa-weet! As far as broadheads....I've tried tons and when I was hunting w/ fixed blades (over the course of my first 10-15 bowhunting I ALWAYS came back to either Thunderheads or Muzzy's (always 100gr). However, I started experimenting w/ mechanicals about 8 years ago and now my all time favorite are Rage broadheads - unbelievable!!!!! I'll likely never switch to another.
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You missed the poorly prepared and inexpertly skinned part.... :) I've had squirrel and enjoyed it. But chasing squirrels with a bow to get enough meat for a sandwich seems a waste. Pigeon tastes like chicken.... :). Pono would blow you away if he prepared a pigeon or squirrel for you now...in addition to everything else he's an amazing cook.
LOL...now we'll go off on a game recipe tangent..... :)
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The locals use dogs and a knife.
OK...lets go with the locals then. Do we get to smear pig blood on our bare chests and scream in the jungle? Kalua pig....mmmmm.
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Speaking of recipes, I've got a beautiful chunk of tenderloin in the refrigerator that was supposed to be beef Wellington last night, but Diane didn't want to wait and had a taste for Sushi, so we went to Nuka instead. Leaving Monday, I don't know WTF I'm going to do with that thing. Probably slice it into Filets, grill a couple, and leave the rest for the guy who is going to caretake the place until it sells. Hope he likes good beef.
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Nighty: the blacktail bows are beautiful....saaaa-weet! As far as broadheads....I've tried tons and when I was hunting w/ fixed blades (over the course of my first 10-15 bowhunting I ALWAYS came back to either Thunderheads or Muzzy's (always 100gr). However, I started experimenting w/ mechanicals about 8 years ago and now my all time favorite are Rage broadheads - unbelievable!!!!! I'll likely never switch to another.
I'm partial to traditional archery bows. Mainly a hunting recurve. But, I've never been able to shoot a longbow accurately on the first shot. That first shot from a longbow, it never goes where I'm looking and this is why I like recurves. I can always place on arrow where I want it to go on the first shot with a recurve. If by chance you want to learn about traditional archery bows (recurves or longbows), the place to get lots of information on the internet is the "Trad Gang" and I consider it the "best" place for someone wanting to learn about traditional bowhunting archery tackle. BTW, it is where I found my bowyer, Norm Johnson of Blacktail Bows who built both of my custom Blacktails.
http://www.tradgang.com/tgsmf/index.php
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Thanks for the link.....great resource.
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What a great site.....just about any knot you can think of animated. Search by activity, type, or name. Some tech info on rope properties too....very useful stuff.
http://www.animatedknots.com/
Bob, thank you for sharing. Was looking for "how to"s on fishing notes earlier today!
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You would love this place in Stonington Maine Bean. saw it last night on Chronicle.
http://marlinespike.com/
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I mentioned earlier you could hunt turkey with a 9 iron around here. Wrong....I could have choked up on a pitching wedge. Turkey hen shitting on my car this morning. Almost had to shove the stupid thing off... ::)
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hah! wow....pretty ballsy. I'd find her companion and fatten him up. Thanksgiving is only 6 months away! ::)
I know turkey hunting season is open until May 26th in Mass....my bro is bowhunting (from a blind) for Mr. Gobbler out in the Berkshires this weekend.
8) 8)
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@ stoneaxe
Do you know what caught my eye with your turkey picture? Your roof racks. If you don't mind me asking, what brand are they?
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You would love this place in Stonington Maine Bean. saw it last night on Chronicle.
http://marlinespike.com/
That's some incredible work. But make no mistake, I am a paint by numbers guy, without instruction, I'd only be tying granny knotts ;D
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I can actually do some of those. I made it a practice when I was floating around in the gulf of Tonkin to get to know people in every department. I asked a senior chief bosun's mate to teach me knot tying. He and I did most of the fancy knot treatments on the rails and side-ropes on the quarterdeck of the Enterprise. He told me no one in his division really wanted to learn. I don't remember much off the top of my head, but I did so much I'm sure it's all just a marlinspike, and low stool, and some light white stuff away.
I did this lanyard on my switchblade on autopilot. (https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/32906552_10155719322428668_3367374468824432640_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=c4753aeb616c46bbc8a14086cbd9a857&oe=5B901467)
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You would love this place in Stonington Maine Bean. saw it last night on Chronicle.
http://marlinespike.com/
That's some incredible work. But make no mistake, I am a paint by numbers guy, without instruction, I'd only be tying granny knotts ;D
He has one of those....I'm going to get one. Bell rope kit for $20.
http://marlinespike.com/bellropes.html
My wife can do this in her sleep. Lets just say we had a lot of macramé plant hangers when we 1st started living together.... ;)