Sgian Dubh Styling

[OC Richard]

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The band of knotwork at the bottom violates the traditional "rules" of how knotwork is done.

The lines always go over one, under one, over one, under one, and so on.

Never over two or under two.

Think about is as if you are plaiting cord.

If you don't have the Bain book I highly recommend it.

Some links

http://store.doverpublications.com/0486229238.html


http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/~aar/knots/celtic.pdf

[Seosamh2]

The band of knotwork at the bottom violates the traditional "rules" of how knotwork is done.

The lines always go over one, under one, over one, under one, and so on.

Never over two or under two.

Think about is as if you are plaiting cord.

If you don't have the Bain book I highly recommend it.

Some links

http://store.doverpublications.com/0486229238.html


http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/~aar/knots/celtic.pdf

Woah, didn’t even see that! I usually check each line individually, and must’ve missed that. Luckily haven’t started on it yet. Thanks for the tip!

[uncle remus]

if you want wood dyed a different color I would try one of the following:
for a subtle finish I would use a light cherry or early american stain
for medium finish I would use red oak, special walnut or red chestnut
for a dark finish I would use dark walnut or ebony

the problem I see with using staining is getting the stain color evenly distributed because you rub the stain to evenly distribute it and remove excess. wood burning would probably be better.