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5 – and repeat Stage 3 with the left cord…

6 – then repeat Stages 2 to 5 until you’ve

covered a desired length.

Note that the coverage of the base rail is not complete, because we are showing how to make it, not a
finished article. You may or may not wish to cover the object completely, as you can see from the example
pieces below.

This handle on a Cat o’ Nine Tails has been almost This pair of rests for a captain’s chair on a fishing
completely covered, with no large gaps between vessel was covered to provide a wearing surface
sets. Note the use of three strands per set and the for the butt-end of the fishing poles. The far end is
finishing knot of a Turk’s Head of five bights and finished with a seven lead, four bight, tripled Turk’s
three leads, tripled. Head and the coachwhipping is made with eight
sets of five strands.