

The application of the finished knot is up to you. You're welcome to try the instructions from these four other links and see if they help you: Fred's tutorial ABoK #1396 page 254 Nico's tutorial KHWW tutorial Making a lanyard out of the knot was just sticking the end strand back through the knot, creating a loop on one end, and the single end can be tied with whatever knot the user chooses, just a serving suggestion not a requirement.

You do the same process with a monkey's fist, variations of Turk's head knots, and many other knots that must be carefully tightened/dressed to end up with the proper shape. You'll do that process at least a couple of times, gradually tightening the knot to keep it neat, the cords in order as tied, and maintain it's shape, just as described. Slack is worked through the knot from the start end all the way to the finish, and all I did at that point was move about a 1/4" of cord from that starting end forward into the knot and continue moving that slack. If you've made it that far, you have the knot tied, you just have to tighten it up. I often use a scaffold knot/multiple overhand sliding knot for attachment use with paracord lanyards and fobs.

Those that are tying for the first time need to see the gradual process of that work, otherwise they often try to finish too quickly and end up with an ugly tangled mess. Also used were a Jumbo Perma-Lok lacing needle, torch lighter, scissors, and hemostats.Ī large portion of the video is in the time consuming part of dressing the knot, meaning tightening it up as you work the slack out, so those that already have experience with monkey's fists and Turk's head type knots will already be familiar with that aspect and can skip over those parts.

I used a three foot long length of cord, but you can use more if needed for a longer length paracord lanyard or wrist loop. Grainger's book, ' Turkshead Alternatives', which is out of print. I've read that this knot is also shown in Stuart E. I followed Fred Creativ'Knots photo tutorial for tying the knot, but had comments from others that they were having trouble following the path of the cord, so between the video and the photos, this will hopefully help those that needed to see more.
#SINGLE STRAND SCAFFOLD KNOT HOW TO#
This video will show how to tie a single strand star knot. More knotty stuff on my blog: Stormdrane's Blog
