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Lashing Hei Matu for a necklace Greetings, all. I am a traditional Nautical knot-tyer from the US with a big mouth. Let's see if you can help me back it up.
I sell quite a bit of my work at boat shows. The main problem with doing that is you actually MEET people, people who have problems and specific wants, and -unless you're ready for it- they can trip you up in a heartbeat.
This lad walks up to me and produces a rather nice ivory Hei Matu... no frills, no fancies, just a nice hook with a long tapered smooth shaft that needs to be re-lashed for use as a necklace pendant.
Before I knew what had happened, that Alligator Mouth of mine had -once again (you think I'd learn by now!)- overridden my jaybird posterior and I heard myself promise I'd do a relash of the piece for him.
Once I'd got him back on his feet and dried my boots, I realized that I'd not clew #1 on how to do this, so here I am, hat in hand, asking for some guidance from someone smarter than I.
(Well, that takes in the entire planet, but I thought I'd start here.)
I am trying to find some instruction on doing the traditional lashing of the Maori fishhook (Hei Matu), only without any shoulder fossae, just with a smooth shaft.
(Just amazing what turns up useful, innit? I snagged this off the net many years ago just because I thought it was pretty...)
This shows a hook lashing that uses a shoulder fossa to provide support, but I'm looking for the lashing one would use on a tapered smooth shaft with no projections. As it is to be used for a necklace pendant (an overactive three-year-old was, as I understand, responsible for the demise of the previous lashing) it also needs to be able to slide along the small leather cord to be used for suspension.
One of these days I shall learn to think before I say, "Aye, I can do that for you!"
The resultant instructions WILL be made into a tutorial for my tutorial (all free) pages.
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