Without
the freedom to make critical
remarks, there cannot exist sincere
flattering praise - 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 knot 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.
Those were pillaged (I could not make better ones) from THE BRAIDER and
slightly
modified
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
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(*) and6 * B * w(*) [end quote]
Copyright 2005 Sept - Charles
Hamel / Nautile -
Overall rewriting in August 2006 .
Copyright renewed. 2007-2012 -(each year of existence)