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6-strand flat sinnet you made. The two sides have a and over one strand to the left; then the upper right
different appearance; put the button on the side that strand goes behind three strands to the left and over
you don’t prefer. Later, when you button the lanyard one strand to the right. Keep everything symmetri-
together, the side you do prefer will show.. Once the cal with even tension on all strands. Continue braid-
button is on, Constrictor the two braids together just ing until the lanyard thus far will encircle your wrist
below it. Make and flatten another six-strand Mat- one-and-a-half times. Custom tailoring.
thew Walker (Figure 10-11A). An alternative Round Sinnet, original as far as
I know, goes like this: The upper left strand goes
Six-Strand Half-Round Sinnet behind four strands to the right, and over one strand
This handsome sinnet, which will make up the to the left. Repeat from opposite side.
greater part of the lanyard’s length, is begun as in
Figure 10-11. Again, experiment to get a fair entry A Rather Involved Finish
with your braid. This knot proceeds with the upper Constrictor the end of your sinnet and get a small
left strand going behind three strands to the right snapshackle; my favorite is the kind shown in Fig-
ure 10-12. Take two ends and Ring-Hitch them to
Figure 10-11. Make some six-strand Half-Round Sin- the eye of the shackle as shown in the same illus-
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net: With the strands divided three and three, pass the tration. Shorten up the hitches until the eye is 1 ⁄4
upper left strand behind to the right and out between inches from the end of the sinnet, then cut them
the lowest and middle righthand strands, then over to so that their ends are just shy of the Constrictor
the left to become the lower lefthand strand. Repeat (Figure 10-13). With strong, waxed thread, apply
from the right. Drawings B through D show how this
pattern can be altered for a fair start out of the Mat- Figure 10-12. Finishing the knife lanyard. Constrictor
thew Walker. the end of the Half-Round Sinnet when the lanyard
is long enough to completely encircle your wrist and
lead up into your hand. Ring-Hitch a snapshackle to
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two of the strands about 1 ⁄4 inches below the end of
the sinnet . . .

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