5 Strand Ring Bolt Hitching Tutorial

The logging hook handle I did a little which back has been popular according to the blogger stats, and I have had a couple inquiries about the 5 strand ring bolt hitching that was used for the project.  I made the video slide show below to show the technique.  I learned to do this hitching directly from the Ashley Book of Knots, although Ashley did not give much direction as to how to start the hitching.  If you attempt it, make sure you take your time, keep the knot snug at all times and fair it constantly.

74 Face Globe Knot with Tutorial

I have been admiring a bunch of wonderful and very large globe knots that people have been posting on Knot Heads World Wide and also the Facebook Mateloteurs site.  Until recently I have not dabbled much in globe knots beyond tying 5 lead by 4 bight turks heads around beads for key chains and book marks.  I currently don't own the Globe Knot Cook book from knottool.com, but I've heard a nothing but good things about it and purchasing it would probably be the best way to learn to tie these knots.

As I was poking around the internet a few weeks ago I found some methodology on the knotworkn website that discusses taking 3 or 4 bight turks head, doubling them and then crossing the lead into the knot to make a globe knot, creating nested bights in a manner similar to what folks are doing with grids.  I started playing around with this concept while watching TV one evening and after several tries was successful in tying a globe knot around a 3/4 inch bead.  Not knowing what I had, I spent some time in AutoCAD drawing up the knot to figure out that if you take a 3 lead by 4 bight turks head and run the lead through the knot in it's entirety that you end up with a 74 face globe knot and the above photo is a result.  I have found it easier if you take the knot and pin it out so the it stays organized.  The cord I used for this is not labelled in diameter, but it seems to be in the range of 2.4 mm.  Using a toilet paper tube to pin the knot out, tripling the knot and tightening it around a golf ball has worked out fairly well.  Knot Heads World Wide has a globe knot calculator that you can use to estimate globe knot core size when you know the cord diameter, number of faces and number of passes.

I decided to attempt to make a tutorial of this globe knot, and it can be found as a slide show video on the YouTube link below.  Enjoy and let me know how you make out. Pin It