21p8b Gaucho Knot Multi-tool holder

After Stormdrane threw down the gauntlet making his Paracord sheath, well, I knew that I had pick that gauntlet right back up. Truth is, I have been thinking I would like a woven sheath for my multi-tool for a long time. I was thinking that I would make it using a Turks Head knot. After making a few long Turks Head knots I decided to try making a Gaucho knot to make it look more visually interesting.

This 21 part, 8 bight, 2 pass knot is what I came up with.

Okay, so mine isn't made with paracord, it's not OD Green, and it doesn't have a cover flap. Well, I think I can live with that. The tool is easy enough to get in and out of the sheath but it's not gonna fall out on its own. I'm pretty satisfied.

For the How-To crowd who know about making Turks Head knots, here's the battle plan.

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Run list

HC 1	bottom pin 1		top pin 3
HC 2	top pin 3	U2	bottom pin 6
HC 3	bottom pin 6	O2	top pin 8
HC 4	top pin 8	O1 U1 O1 U1 O1	bottom pin 3
HC 5	bottom pin 3	U1 O1 U1 O1 U1	top pin 5
HC 6	top pin 5	O2 U1 O2 U1 O1	bottom pin 8
HC 7	bottom pin 8	U2 O1 U2 O1 U1	top pin 2
HC 8	top pin 2	U1 O2 U2 O2 U2 O1	bottom pin 5
HC 9	bottom pin 5	O1 U2 O2 U2 O2 U1	top pin 7
HC 10	top pin 7	U1 O1 U1 O1 U2 O1 U1 O1 U2 O1 U1	bottom pin 2
HC 11	bottom pin 2	O1 U1 O1 U1 O2 U1 O1 U1 O2 U1 O1	top pin 4
HC 12	top pin 4	U1 O1 U1 O2 U2 O1 U1 O2 U2 O1 U1	bottom pin 7
HC 13	bottom pin 7	O1 U1 O1 U2 O2 U1 O1 U2 O2 U1 O1	top pin 1
HC 14	top pin 1	U1 O2 U1 O2 U2 O2 U1 O2 U2 O2 U1	bottom pin 4
HC 15	bottom pin 4	O1 U2 O1 U2 O2 U2 O1 U2 O2 U2 O1	top pin 6
HC 16	top pin 6	U1 O2 U2 O2 U2 O2 U2 O2 U2 O2 U1	bottom pin 1

Trying something more complex

I was recently looking at the Knot Heads World Wide website and I saw a video about making a 5 lead, 3 bight turks head knot into 11 lead, 7 bight turks head knot. If you don't know what that means, suffice it to say it's bigger and more complicated looking.


I learned to make much simpler turks head knots (3 lead, 4 bight; 3 lead 5 bight) more than 35 years ago. In the last month, I stepped it up and have made some long 2 bight, 3 bight, and 4 bight turks head knots - mostly on carabiners. So this was quite a big step for me.


So I tried it out on my Pilot Dr. Grip Gel pen using beige 1.4mm braided nylon cord. This cord is a just bit smaller than 1/16" diameter and for a pen is a little bit thicker than I would like. Still, it does not make the pen uncomfortable to hold and it was a good exercise. Besides, now nobody is going to mistake my pen for theirs.

I tried it again using some 1/8" twisted cotton cord and it didn't turn out too bad.