Jorah Lavin
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(excuse if this is in the wrong forum)
One of my favorite books is an older book on knots called The Ashley Book of Knots.
It isn't just knots, it includes many small stories of how the author found all the information... he met lots of interesting folks along the way.
Among the 3,800+ knots and variants is a method for wrapping knife and sword handles with a sort of multiple half-hitch. He says that it was a method popular with fencers, and it creates a really nice surface, with a spiralling knot effect around the handle.
I bring this up because I've often seen photos of knives with something that I think is a Japanese pattern wrap, and was thinking that people might like to know about a Western version that probably evolved to solve the same problem.
If there is interest here, I'll try to write up the (fairly simple) method, or if this is well-known, standard knife knowledge, I'll quietly retire from the discussion.
-Jorah
One of my favorite books is an older book on knots called The Ashley Book of Knots.
It isn't just knots, it includes many small stories of how the author found all the information... he met lots of interesting folks along the way.
Among the 3,800+ knots and variants is a method for wrapping knife and sword handles with a sort of multiple half-hitch. He says that it was a method popular with fencers, and it creates a really nice surface, with a spiralling knot effect around the handle.
I bring this up because I've often seen photos of knives with something that I think is a Japanese pattern wrap, and was thinking that people might like to know about a Western version that probably evolved to solve the same problem.
If there is interest here, I'll try to write up the (fairly simple) method, or if this is well-known, standard knife knowledge, I'll quietly retire from the discussion.
-Jorah