Ah, makes good sense. Have you tried this with gimped or loaded strings, Guy?
Eugene > -----Original Message----- > From: Guy Smith [mailto:guy_m_sm...@comcast.net] > Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 2:06 PM > To: 'Eugene C. Braig IV'; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > Subject: RE: [LUTE] Re: tying two strings of different thickness together? > > A trick I learned from Grant Tomlinson (for tying fret knots, but the > principle is the same), is to work the string back and forth over the > length > that will be part of the knot. That softens up the gut and makes it easier > to tie a tight knot. It probably reduces the strength a bit, but not > enough > to matter. > > Guy > > -----Original Message----- > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On > Behalf > Of Eugene C. Braig IV > Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 10:56 AM > To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > Subject: [LUTE] Re: tying two strings of different thickness together? > > The one problem I have with fishing knots that involve many twists (like > the > blood knot or uni-uni knot) on gut is that the stiffness of gut imparts > difficulty in cinching knots. Depending upon how pliable your strings > are, > this can even be pretty prohibitive. Most fishing knots in use now were > designed around nylon monofilaments, however, and so work great for that > material or for fluorocarbon, I suspect even for Nylgut. > > For joining lines of substantially different diameter, the surgeon's knot > is > often a better choice and, with far fewer twists, I find it a little more > gut-friendly. The surgeon's knot is a little square-not like in > appearance, > but only a little. > > Best, > Eugene > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On > > Behalf Of Guy Smith > > Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 11:19 AM > > To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu; 'Anthony Hind' > > Subject: [LUTE] Re: tying two strings of different thickness together? > > > > I use a grapevine knot. I learned that in my rock-climbing days as a > > bombproof way to tie into a rope. Probably overkill, but if it can hold > a > > twenty foot leader fall, it should be able to handle a lute string:-) > > > > FWIW, the traditional knot for joining two lengths of fishing line is a > > blood knot, which would be another possibility. I tend to avoid square > > knots. They can easily be turned into a cats paw knot, which isn't > secure > > at > > all. > > > > Here's a good reference for all sorts of knots: > > > > http://www.layhands.com/Knots/Knots_KnotsIndex.htm > > > > Guy > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On > > Behalf > > Of Martyn Hodgson > > Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 8:05 AM > > To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu; Anthony Hind > > Subject: [LUTE] Re: tying two strings of different thickness together? > > > > I use a reef knot - but secured with a drop of super glue.... > > --- On Mon, 22/11/10, Anthony Hind <agno3ph...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > From: Anthony Hind <agno3ph...@yahoo.com> > > Subject: [LUTE] tying two strings of different thickness together? > > To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > > Date: Monday, 22 November, 2010, 15:28 > > > > Dear All > > I may need to lengthen a string which does not quite reach > > the > > peg, but goes well beyond the nut. I would like to attach it to a > > slightly thinner short piece of gut to reach the peg in question. > I > > remember that Stephen Gottlieb had done that for several strings > on > > my > > lute; but I can no longer remember the type of knot he used. Can > > anyone > > advise me, or tell me of a page where this knot is described. > > Regards > > Anthony > > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > [1]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > -- > > > > References > > > > 1. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
