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Modified Solomon Bar Rope Cuffs (Race Bannon Style)1066 viewsThese wrist and ankle cuffs have the feel of rope, but the convenience of leather restraints. They are based on a knot called a Solomon bar. I first learned about Solomon bar cuffs from a brochure published by Race Bannon, of San Francisco.
The cuffs shown here are a variation on the original design. Instead of using one 11-foot rope and one five-foot rope per cuff, this design makes each cuff out of a single 20-foot length of rope.
They are just the thing for when you are out of town and you realize you forgot your cuffs. Just go down to the hardware store and buy 80 feet of rope, and some electrical tape for the ends, and in half an hour you can make yourself a set of cuffs.
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Step 1734 viewsWe begin by taking a 20-foot length of rope and doubling it. We are using 5/16-inch rope; you don't want to use too large a diameter.
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Step 101013 viewsNow take the left hand rope and cross it over to the right, going over the rope from the previous step, as well as the gathered loop ropes.
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Step 111011 viewsTake the end of the rope under the rope that you crossed from right to left two steps ago. Bring it out through the loop and pull it tight.
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Step 12970 viewsYou have just tied a square knot around the gathered loop ropes.
To make the next knot, take the left-hand rope (the opposite one from what you started with on the previous knot) and cross it over the gathered loop ropes, from left to right.
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Step 13986 viewsTake the right-hand rope, cross it over the rope from the previous step, then cross it under the gathered loop ropes.
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Step 14943 viewsTake the end of the rope up through the loop from two steps back, and pull the knot snug. This completes your second square knot.
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Step 15944 viewsNow take the right-hand rope and cross it over the gathered loop ropes, just like you did for the first square knot.
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Step 16994 viewsContinue this process of making square knots, alternating between starting on the left and starting on the right. If you get confused as to where you are, look at the pattern that the ropes make. One will seem to be zig-zagging on the top and one will be doing the same on the bottom. If you look at the pattern you can easily see if you have forgotten to alternate the sides.
Keep making square knots until the you have almost enough to go around the wrist or ankle.
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Step 17928 viewsLay the wrist or ankle on top of the cuff. Notice that you have a small loop on one end, and two larger loops on the other.
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Step 181001 viewsNow make a square knot with the two loops. Left over right...
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Step 19946 viewsand right over left.
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