Tankard Belt Hanger

[Rum Keg Meg]

Ahoy maties, has anyone ever made a tankard belt hanger using knot work and rope? I like the leather hangers but was thinking one made out of rope would be a unique. Any ideas?

[Captain_MacNamara]

One of my Captains makes them... unfortunately, I personally haven't learned how to make one of those yet. I'll drop him a line and see if he'll share the "pattern" with me... Otherwise, I'm sure I can come up with something along those lines.

[Rum Keg Meg]

Wonderful Cap'n Mac, thank you and your captain for the help. I checked out your knotwork thread...excellent work, love the Cat o' 9 tails..I am looking forward to your ideas...here's some rum

[Capt. Bo of the WTF co.]

(pssst... If'n ye keeps yer tankard FULL, thar be no need fer ta hang it!

Capt. Bo

[Rum Keg Meg]

Capt Bo U so silly

[The Doctor]

Braiding hemp is ridiculously easy. Give it a try! If I can do it, anyone can! :)

[Rum Keg Meg]

Thanx Mad Jack, I thought about that and have plenty of macrame hemp at home. That may be the way I end up doing it. Here's some good spiced grog for you

[The Doctor]

Many thanks for the grog! I should start charging for advice...

[Patrick Hand]

Work a Monkeys Paw on one end, and then an eyelet in the other… don’t make it too long or to short. Loop it under your belt, put the tankard handle through the rope, and then keep it in place by passing the end with the monkeys paw through the eyelet like a button…… the weight of the tankard keeps it in place….

[Rum Keg Meg]

A MONKEY'S PAW....BRILLIANT!!! I was thinking a wood button/toggle, but that is much better....now here lays my challenge....teaching myself how to do a paw...no worries I have directions....many thanx

[MorganTyre]

As an alternative to a monkey's fist try a star knot. It's every bit as pretty, is relatively out of the ordinary, and makes for a decent button. Also, a doubled wall and crown is pretty, solid, and fairly easy to tie (easier for me than a monkey's fist actually).

[The Doctor]

I cheat (go figure!) and use the excess length of me belt to truss up the tankard on the rare occassion I find it empty.

[Patrick Hand]

I got thinking about this last night.....

In a silly French book on knots, I remembered there was a picture of a tankard with a laynard attached.... When I looked it up this morning, it wasn't as elaborite as I remember, but this might be a fun project.....

Covering the handle of the tankard, with ropework (rope of a small diamater...) and maybe a turks head or two... then at the bottom edge of the handle, work a laynayd ... one end would be short with a monkeys paw, the other end longer and with an eye worked into it... So instead of having a tankard hanger on my belt, it would be a part of the tankard......