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- Beaumarchais.


HEEL KNOT IN THE BRAIDER  ( N° 29 )

VERY INTERESTING ( look at page 17 about HEEL knot )

[open quote]  
There is always the opportunity to try various braids for the noseband itself and to
 tie very beautiful multi-colour knots for the noseband button knot, the side buttons
and the heel knot.

They can also be made quite plain, yet perfectly functional, by using only single
colour and heavier, coarser string-material......we shall restrict our discussion here
to the single aspect of the bosal construction, namely some construction procedures
for the heel knot
in association with the two end of the noseband braid, and introduce
techniques....

[end quote]

[open quote]  
Two methods are commonly employed and both methods are described in.....books
by Bruce GRANT
, which we will use as reference, while only one method is described
in Robert WOOLERY's book.

[end quote]

[open quote]  
On pg. 137 of the "Encyclopedia of Rawhide and Leather Braiding" and on pg 44
of "How to
make Cowboy Horse Gear", fig.1 and fig.2 show the method by which
the two ends of the noseband braid are tied together
( a constrictor knot can be used
 for this ) and
subsequently a Spanish ring knot is placed over these combined ends.
Then each one of the projecting strings of the nose band is wrapped around this
Spanish ring knot
as indicated..."

[end quote]

[open quote]  
For the other method the text on pg 134 of the "Encyclopedia of Rawhide and
Leather Braiding" and on pg 40 of "How to Make Cowboy Horse Gear", gives reference
to respectively
pg 199 and pg 100, where figs 9, 10, 11 indicate how to use four or
of the combined projecting string-ends of the noseband braid to braid a knot around the
remaining projecting strings as indicated ....."
[end quote]

NO WORD  OF HEEL KNOT EQUAL PINEAPPLE  TILL NOW !So much for
"""forum ex-spurts"""

[open quote]  
We can, however, also use a method which employs all the projecting strings of the
noseband braid to braid a knot, or knots, which can be left as the finished heel knot
or it can be used as a foundation knot over which to braid one of the many woven knots....

[end quote]

STILL NO EXCLUSIVE PRIVILEGE  for  PINEAPPLE KNOTS !!!

[open quote]  
....if these finished terminal knots are of sufficient bulk to suit the needs of the bosal,
they could be left as is to form a complete heel knot. If more bulk is required or desired
then these terminal knots may be used as a foundation over which to tie any woven knot
.

It is important that the ends of the noseband can not be pulled apart and out of the heelknot.
Terminal knots constructed in this general fashion make for a very secure combining of the
two ends of the noseband braid, whether they are left as the final heelknot or are covered

with a woven knot.
[end quote]


STILL NO EXCLUSIVE PRIVILEGE  for  PINEAPPLE KNOTS !!!

[open quote]  
When the two ends of the noseband braid are ready to be joined, they are brought
together and the four 5-string flat braid are used to tie any desired '
-strand terminal kno
t including, but not limited to knot in Fig 531 ( my note  :
3L 4B THK, "universal" , Matthew Walker )
[end quote]




[open quote]  
When any of these terminal knots have been tied and tightened, the ends of the flat
*braids are cut off at the terminal knot. They can be shaped into a nice round knot
while the rawhide is still tempered, and once dry the knots should not come apart
under normal conditions. To add bulk to the heelknot, the terminal knot may be
covered with any desired woven knot

[end quote]

SO MUCH FOR FORUM EX-PURT ASSERTING WITH  CERTITUDE "
A HEEL KNOT IS A PINEAPPLE OF SUCH AND SUCH TYPE MAKE
WITH SUCH AND SUCH THK"

CORRECT ANSWER is a heel knot MAY BE CHOSEN to be a PINEAPPLE.


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GAUCHO / SPANISH , HEAD-HUNTER AND FAN KNOTS

Illustration ONE   GAUCHO
Illustration TWO  HEAD-HUNTER
Illustration THREE  FAN

Those were pillaged (I could not make better ones) from THE BRAIDER and slightly
modified



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QUICK COMPARISON OF GAUCHO  /  HEAD-HUNTER  /  FAN KNOTS

You will have to be blind AND brain dead not to catch the difference at the very first
glance on this illustration

A quick look, even for absolute non-mathematician, will show that each knot is different
from the other very deeply in structure.


GAUCHO
nLEAD =  2 * m + 1
nBIGHT = {( 2 * m ) * Alpha + 1  )} * N  +/- Alpha

HEAD-HUNTER
nLEAD = ( 2 * m ) * Alpha + 1
nBIGHT =
{(2 * m  )* Alpha + 1} * N +/- Alpha

FAN
nLEAD = ( 2 * m ) * Alpha - 1
nBIGHT =
{(2 * m + 2 ) ( Alpha + 1 ) - 1} * N +/- (Alpha + 1)

You want the full explanation : just study THE BRAIDER from which those formulas
come




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CALCULATION OF LENGTH OF CORDAGE NEEDED (courtesy of The
Braider, once more)

 The length of cordage required for a REGULAR KNOT (made following a THK shadow
or cordage route even if not simple O-U coding like a true THK ) is under the influence
of several parameters :
- number of LEADs
- number of BIGHTs
- WIDTH ( or DIAMETER ) of lace/cordage
- THICKNESS ( or DIAMETER ) of lace/cordage
- bevelling of lace
- FLEXIBILITY of material
- TIGHTNESS of finished knot

It easily follow from that that no EXACT formula can be attained, yet a FAIR
APPROXIMATION is possible with EMPIRICAL formulas

***Case of O1-U1 coding all over
Length = 2 * L * B * w(*)
with
w(*) = w + 1.2 * t
and w = = width   t = =thickness
B = Perimeter of item / (1.9 * w )

***Case of  O2-U2 coding all over
Length = 2 * L * B * w(*)
with
w(*) = w + 0.6 * t
and w = = width   t == thickness

B = Perimeter of item / (1.4 * w )

A tip coming from THE BRAIDER
[open quote]  
"in order to make the braiding easier, the size of the intermediate 2 part column coded
regular knot or 3 part casa coded knot should be adjusted so that the length of the string

in these knots is respectively 4 * B * w(*) and  6 * B * w(*)
[end quote]



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Copyright 2005 Sept - Charles Hamel / Nautile -
Overall rewriting in August 2006 . Copyright renewed. 2007-2012 -(each year of existence)

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