Cowboy knot The cowboy knot is a long type of turk's head knot that works great as decoration on the cheekpieces on rope halters (among other things).
Cowboy knots come in 2 different variants; the standard type and a type I call "3b". The standard type comes in 4 different lengths:
- Small (€4): 3 cm long (1 3/16")
- Medium (€7): 6 cm long (2 3/8")
- Large (€11): 9 cm long (3 9/16")
- X-Large (€14): 12 cm long (4 3/4")
The 3b variant (€8) fits thicker ropes and is especially suitable to be used near eye splices on 10 and 14 mm ropes, where the rope is somewhat thicker than the rest. This variant only comes in 1 length and is about 4,5 cm long (1 3/4").
Regardless of type and length all cowboy knots can be made in 2 different patterns (gaucho weave and herringbone weave) and with 1 or 2 colors. Like turk's head knots, I normally make cowboy knots with 2 colors so that the pattern is visible, but if you rather want solid-colored cowboy knots I can of course do that too.
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,_6mm_ye,_wh-ye_(150x113).jpg) Small on rope halter cheekpiece, gaucho weave
,_14mm_blk,_gr-blk_(150x113).jpg) Medium on 14 mm reins, gaucho weave
,_6mm_bei,_rd-bl_(150x113).jpg) Large on rope halter cheekpiece, gaucho weave
,_14mm_blk,_wh-ye_(150x113).jpg) 3b on 14 mm lead rope, gaucho weave
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,_10_mm_rd,_wh-rd_(150x113).jpg) Small on 10 mm neck rope, herringbone weave
,_6mm_prp,_gr-wh_(150x113).jpg) Medium on rope halter cheekpiece, herringbone weave
,_6mm_dgr,_rd-gr_(150x113).jpg) X-Large on rope halter cheekpiece, herringbone weave
,_14mm_blk,_bl-blk_(150x113).jpg) 3b near eye splice on 14 mm reins, herringbone weave |