oderlesseye Posted April 28, 2009 Posted April 28, 2009 I am desirous to have my very own sea chest for PiP and have been looking around and found this web site.. http://www.marlinespike.com/beckets.html Time to save... http://www.myspace.com/oderlesseyehttp://www.facebook....esseye?ref=nameHangin at Execution dock awaits. May yer Life be a long and joyous adventure in gettin there!As he was about to face the gallows there, the pirate is said to have tossed a sheaf of papers into the crowd, taunting his audience with these final words: "My treasure to he who can understand."
Guest Posted April 28, 2009 Posted April 28, 2009 A quick search through "my Favorites" didn't turn it up..... but I know that somewhere I have or found a tutorial on how to make them yourself...... So don't buy them... make them.... But let me find where it is first.....
Guest Posted April 28, 2009 Posted April 28, 2009 OK, this isn't it.... (I hit the wrong link) ....but it has some cool stuff.... maybe outta period... but cool..... http://www.frayedknotarts.com/
MorganTyre Posted April 28, 2009 Posted April 28, 2009 (edited) Beckets aren't difficult to do. They aren't even particularly time consuming. The hardest part for me is not the becket itself but the piece it hangs from (the piece of line beneath the wooden cleat). I wouldn't bother with canvas convering on the knots. It's beautiful but ups the difficulty level a million percent. Somewhere around here I did a small tutorial on the most basic grommet type becket just do a forum search. For a horseshoe/bow type becket the basic process is to make up a pudding of small stuff in the basic shape you want then cover it over with a variety of fancywork. This is the same technique as the larger bellropes. Edit: Found the original thread https://pyracy.com/index.php?showtopic=8241&hl=beckets Edited April 28, 2009 by MorganTyre
oderlesseye Posted April 28, 2009 Author Posted April 28, 2009 I am at a very basic level when it comes to knot tying. However eye have committed to learning some and even bought a few books.. Because of the level of dificulty of making them on my own could be.. Eye was indulging the thought of buying them for the chest I want.. Patrick I will wait and see if you find some info first though. I was thinking about Sutler making the chest but have yet to contact him.. http://www.myspace.com/oderlesseyehttp://www.facebook....esseye?ref=nameHangin at Execution dock awaits. May yer Life be a long and joyous adventure in gettin there!As he was about to face the gallows there, the pirate is said to have tossed a sheaf of papers into the crowd, taunting his audience with these final words: "My treasure to he who can understand."
willie wobble Posted April 29, 2009 Posted April 29, 2009 I learned how to make chest beckets from the Marlinspike Sailor by Hervey Garrett Smith its a great book to learn from and illistrated nicely for tying many different knots , now that i've already made the beckets i'm working on making a chest to put them on
oderlesseye Posted April 29, 2009 Author Posted April 29, 2009 Eye have that book.. http://www.myspace.com/oderlesseyehttp://www.facebook....esseye?ref=nameHangin at Execution dock awaits. May yer Life be a long and joyous adventure in gettin there!As he was about to face the gallows there, the pirate is said to have tossed a sheaf of papers into the crowd, taunting his audience with these final words: "My treasure to he who can understand."
Captain_MacNamara Posted April 29, 2009 Posted April 29, 2009 (edited) I 'kin make ye beckets. PM me with details and an offer if'n ye so desire. I 'kin even make the wood cleats that attach them tae yer chest. Edited April 29, 2009 by Captain_MacNamara Captain of the Iron Lotus It is the angle that holds the rope, not the size of the hole.
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