This treasure trove of Des Pawson's personal ropecraft recipes contains
projects ranging from bellropes, key fobs and fenders to mats,
doorstops, knife lanyards and belts. The second edition has been
expanded to include more of Des's enticing ropework projects. Along
with fascinating tit bits of
nautical history as background to the many projects, and guidance as to
how
they can be the starting point for many other items, Des gives
step-by-step instructions on how to put these knots together to form
the finished article, and provides advice on the size and lengths of
the
materials required - just as you would expect from a recipe book.
With
this book to hand, readers will have the confidence to start making
desirable objects with knots because, as Des says, this is the book
that makes all other knot books work!
'You'll certainly never look at a frayed off-cut of rope in quite the same way again.' Classic Boat
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- 128 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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Print ISBN
9781408119495
Edition
2Table of contents
- Cover
- Title page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Some tips of the trade
- Simple key ring
- Shackle release lanyard in Portuguese sennit
- Deluxe key ring
- Bellrope worked with 6 ends
- Bellrope worked with 8 ends
- A simple side fender
- Side fender using the crown sennit
- Hitching over a plastic fender
- Bow fender
- Button fender
- Rope Ladders
- A simple lanyard
- A fancy lanyard
- A Bosun’s chair/swing
- Rope handrails
- Cat-o-nine tails (ditty bag lanyard)
- Tiller/boat hook covering
- Binocular strap
- Covering a wheel
- Belts
- Grommets for quoits, blocks & sea chest beckets
- A pair of fancy spliced chest beckets
- Some Turk’s heads for decoration or napkin rings
- Knot board notes
- Monkey’s fist/light pull
- Monkey’s fist/door stop
- A sailor’s whisk
- Baggywrinkle
- Bowsprit net
- Dog leads
- A jib shackle
- The ocean & prolong mats
- Hitched oval mat
- Kringle mat
- Oblong deck mat
- Appendix
- Further reading
- The International Guild of Knot Tyers
- eCopyright