Turk’s Head Knot Neckerchief Slide

July 17, 2014 By Clarke Green

You can download a PDF version of both the right and left handed versions of this infographic below

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The “Turk’s head” knot (named for its resemblance to a turban) is a familiar traditional neckerchief slide or woggle.
(Special thanks to Brian Stockton for the left handed version of this infographic)

Elaborate Turk’s head knots can be made with additional passes and leads (see Ashley’s Book of Knots for a thorough education in this versatile, decorative knot).

Here’s a few Turk’s Head neckerchief slides I made from 425 Paracord (3mm) and coated with Mod Podge to hold everything together and harden the neckerchief slide.

: Four Layers

: 5 bight

: Contrasting leads

: Five layers

: Leather boot lace

: Lot’s of possibilities!

: A herd of leather Turk’s heads.

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Tags: Camping Skills, Infographics, Knots and Pioneering, Neckerchiefs, Uniform

About Clarke Green

Clarke has worked with thousands of Scouts and Scouters as a director at his local Scout Camp (Camp Horseshoe), and as a Scoutmaster for 30 years. He is the recipient of a number of awards recognizing his service to Scouting, including the B.S.A.’s Silver Beaver, District Award of Merit, and is a Vigil Honor member of Octoraro Lodge 22. He is author of the blog and podcast at Scoutmastercg.com, The Scouting Journey, and Thoughts on Scouting. An avid outdoorsman and amateur actor, he lives in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania with his wife Teddi.

Comments

Stephen Johnson says

August 20, 2014 at 8:14 pm

Great tutorial! This will make a great neckerchief slide.
Mitch Erickson says

July 18, 2014 at 1:04 pm

I am a Southpaw and could never flip the graphics to make a successful knot. I finally just did it right-handed and got a decent one first try. Better with practice, of course. Curse the tyranny of the right-handers!!!
Karen R Bresciano says

July 18, 2014 at 1:02 pm

I have done these at WB, but I forgotten how long the cord should be… roughly. Can anyone suggest a good length to start with?
- Louis Shaffer says
  
  July 19, 2014 at 10:55 pm
  
  I use 42 inches of 5/32nd cord from Home Depot or Lowes. At 42 inches, it is the perfect length to divide by three to get alternating color leads. (3) 14 inch leads fused together creates one 42 inch cord to tie with.
Bill Macfarlane says

July 17, 2014 at 2:24 pm

Greetings Clarke,

I’ve always started my turkshead knot a bit differently. Here is a animated gif of the way I start from Meritbadge.org

http://meritbadge.org/wiki/images/6/6a/Turkshead.gif