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Binocular Strap

INOCULARS AND MANY cameras need a strap or lanyard that
Bhas loops at both ends and will sit comfortably round the
back of the neck. This strap uses the width of the Portuguese sen-
nit to take the weight on the neck and the flexibility of 4 strand
round sennit for the rest of the piece. As both sides of the strap
must match it has to be worked out from the middle, giving the
problem of making little loops on each end. The principle of the
solution described here was first pointed out to me by Paulo
Escudeiro from Portugal, and it can easily be adapted to make
loops on the ends of lanyards and other items that have 4 or
more strands. These loops could be made directly onto the fixing
rings of the binoculars, or you may wish to fit small split rings
that can in turn be fitted to the fixing points. Make the strap as
long as you like, camera straps are usually longer than binocular
straps, but you are the one making it so do what suits you.

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