Post by Bow 1 on Mar 27, 2006 19:17:07 GMT -5
Here is the catfish knot slightly different than the person who made it, hint is nick name is catfish.
1. Supplies needed, one piece of wood, two finishing nails (that way it is easy to slide the loop off the nail), Serving material (I use spectra braided serving in .022 diameter), a piece of dental floss, a knife or scissors and a lighter, and of course a bow or what ever you want to tie it on too.
2. Start by hammering in the finishing nails into the board, about an inch and a half for a long loop and maybe an inch for shorter, you can check this with out to many problems by just taking the string off of the nails and putting on where you want it and then check for the length, I will explain later but I am sure you will get it before I even have too. Just remember the further apart the nails are the longer your loop will be.
3. Once you have the nails in take your serving and start at one end and wrap it four times around the nails, just look at the opposite nail and start one, two, three and so on. There should be four wraps at each end. You should leave about an inch or two of excess at the beginning and about 20 at the tag end, (tag being the longest) tie a square not and adjust the whole thing to where the knot is just inside the nail (between the two nails) take it off ensure that all loops are even, then place it on the sting, grab the outside and pull down or up depending on which way you placed it, In other words the string goes in the center of the zero (the loop actually makes a zero) take four strand from the top and the bottom and sandwich the sting now you have eight strands (look at the photos) you just wrap it around.
Note always place the square knot at the bottom, toward the bottom cam.
4. Now you want to make sure that the square not you tied is just on the back side of the string (back meaning the part of the string that is facing you) take the tag end and start serving around the inside of the loop, make sure you put one or two loops between the square knot and the string then continue serving over it and of course the little bit of the other side of the square knot. Once you get about five loops over that little end pull it straight up and continue serving past it. Make sure you keep the tension tight. Also the square knot may not lay correctly to get a clean look, just keep trying to work it in, and you will get everything to lay flat, a little bulge down on that end does not matter.
5. Continue serving it till you get to about a ΒΌ of the way to the bow string (or top of the loop) then take about 12 inches of dental floss and make a loop as shown in the pics and continue serving around it all the way to the bow string, remember keep it tight, at the last loop run the tag end through the dental floss and then pull the excess dental floss down. This tightens it on to the tag end, snip and then burn all the ends. There you have it.
6. Last thing is you need to take the serving material you used for the loop and tie a know on top of this loop, this is like the little adjuster this is what you move up or down to adjust the loop. Remember the loop puts no torque on you sting and spind freely on it. Next take dental floss and tie a knot on the inside of the bottom loop attachment area, this will prevent any knock pinch and it also can be screwed up or down the string.
Any questions I will answer just PM me, I hope I did not make this harder than it is. This is a great sturdy loop that takes a little more time than the regular clove hitch loops, but take pride in it and you will have a d-loop that you made and is tourqu free and will last longer.
Keith
1. Supplies needed, one piece of wood, two finishing nails (that way it is easy to slide the loop off the nail), Serving material (I use spectra braided serving in .022 diameter), a piece of dental floss, a knife or scissors and a lighter, and of course a bow or what ever you want to tie it on too.
2. Start by hammering in the finishing nails into the board, about an inch and a half for a long loop and maybe an inch for shorter, you can check this with out to many problems by just taking the string off of the nails and putting on where you want it and then check for the length, I will explain later but I am sure you will get it before I even have too. Just remember the further apart the nails are the longer your loop will be.
3. Once you have the nails in take your serving and start at one end and wrap it four times around the nails, just look at the opposite nail and start one, two, three and so on. There should be four wraps at each end. You should leave about an inch or two of excess at the beginning and about 20 at the tag end, (tag being the longest) tie a square not and adjust the whole thing to where the knot is just inside the nail (between the two nails) take it off ensure that all loops are even, then place it on the sting, grab the outside and pull down or up depending on which way you placed it, In other words the string goes in the center of the zero (the loop actually makes a zero) take four strand from the top and the bottom and sandwich the sting now you have eight strands (look at the photos) you just wrap it around.
Note always place the square knot at the bottom, toward the bottom cam.
4. Now you want to make sure that the square not you tied is just on the back side of the string (back meaning the part of the string that is facing you) take the tag end and start serving around the inside of the loop, make sure you put one or two loops between the square knot and the string then continue serving over it and of course the little bit of the other side of the square knot. Once you get about five loops over that little end pull it straight up and continue serving past it. Make sure you keep the tension tight. Also the square knot may not lay correctly to get a clean look, just keep trying to work it in, and you will get everything to lay flat, a little bulge down on that end does not matter.
5. Continue serving it till you get to about a ΒΌ of the way to the bow string (or top of the loop) then take about 12 inches of dental floss and make a loop as shown in the pics and continue serving around it all the way to the bow string, remember keep it tight, at the last loop run the tag end through the dental floss and then pull the excess dental floss down. This tightens it on to the tag end, snip and then burn all the ends. There you have it.
6. Last thing is you need to take the serving material you used for the loop and tie a know on top of this loop, this is like the little adjuster this is what you move up or down to adjust the loop. Remember the loop puts no torque on you sting and spind freely on it. Next take dental floss and tie a knot on the inside of the bottom loop attachment area, this will prevent any knock pinch and it also can be screwed up or down the string.
Any questions I will answer just PM me, I hope I did not make this harder than it is. This is a great sturdy loop that takes a little more time than the regular clove hitch loops, but take pride in it and you will have a d-loop that you made and is tourqu free and will last longer.
Keith
