Bill and Teresa Black Custom Braiding

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A few years ago I put together some diagrams for my 1 string noseknot. They also tell the number of bights for multiple ...
08/23/2026

A few years ago I put together some diagrams for my 1 string noseknot. They also tell the number of bights for multiple string noseknot but I won't tie a swell noseknot with multiple strings. I'm not good enough to make the spaces.
Well these pictures told me that I've shared the width of string and number of bights that I don't have to have a formula. I tried Bruce Grant's information but I'm not smart enough for that either.
The string width is 3/32 and all this goes back to 1980 when Gary Takacs showed me the time and a half knot, 2 inches long and 8 bight.
Now I've tied a few noseknots and I tied the 8 bight in 2.5 hours and the 9 bight in 3.5 hours. I even came to the house for a breakfast of champions, Corn Flakes. Bill Black

Teresa finished a set of reins that was SOLD in Eugene, Oregon at the NWRCHA SHOW.
08/16/2026

Teresa finished a set of reins that was SOLD in Eugene, Oregon at the NWRCHA SHOW.

08/07/2026

How my journey for cores really got started. Bobby Ingersoll would always say as he left the booth, get some authority in my cores. He never quit me. Bill Black

A set of 50 inch reins. They was purchased at the NWRCHA SHOW in Eugene, Oregon. SOLD
08/05/2026

A set of 50 inch reins. They was purchased at the NWRCHA SHOW in Eugene, Oregon.

SOLD

A year or so ago on the Rawhide Gathering page I answered a post in the comments on the smallest number of bights with a...
08/05/2026

A year or so ago on the Rawhide Gathering page I answered a post in the comments on the smallest number of bights with a 3 bight knot. Here's a picture story after the 3 bight foundation. I went under the x at the top and over the crosses at the bottom. Both edges are the same to make it look balance. Nice little knot for where I used it. Bill Black

These 3 hackamores are 7/8 inch on the same style of core. The Pendleton core is 9 strands and the Plush 2026 is 10 stra...
07/28/2026

These 3 hackamores are 7/8 inch on the same style of core. The Pendleton core is 9 strands and the Plush 2026 is 10 strands. That's 8 strands twisted over a twisted core.
I made a couple of 1 inch hackamores and a trainer said the rawhide noseknot is to aggressive so we went leather noseknot. Don Murphy said a rawhide noseknot will help back the horse off and if the jaws are getting a little tender, wrap black tape on the bars. I made the leather body maybe to prevent the use of tape.
There's no ideal hackamore made, that's why a hackamore is like a Bridle, you can't own enough.
( Benny Guitron quote)

07/28/2026

Teresa did a little video of our booth at NWRCHA SUMMER SHOWDOWN in Eugene, Oregon. July 28 to August 2,2026.

Our booth at the NWRCHA SUMMER SHOWDOWN,2026 in Eugene, Oregon. July 28 to August 2, 2026.
07/28/2026

Our booth at the NWRCHA SUMMER SHOWDOWN,2026 in Eugene, Oregon. July 28 to August 2, 2026.

A set of 52 inch reins. Bill Black
07/15/2026

A set of 52 inch reins. Bill Black

This is my measurements for the swell. The 7/8 hackamore is showing the flat spot on the nosebone. Number 5 is what I us...
07/12/2026

This is my measurements for the swell. The 7/8 hackamore is showing the flat spot on the nosebone. Number 5 is what I use the most on a 7 inch noseknot. Number 4 if I'm tieing a 7.5 inch noseknot. The finished noseknot is showing the flat spot. 26 years ago Dan Manning told me about the flat spot and Josh Nicoles called me and we visited about it so now I use a rawhide piece 1.25 inches laced in the middle of the noseknot. That's the 7/8. Bobby Ingersoll likes a swell noseknot and I spent my years trying to get better and I did have to take some back and redo the noseknot. Chet Vogt said he likes a slight swell and been giving that a lot of thought and the other day it clicked. That will make that flat spot. I tried Number 6 and I don't use calipers very often but it was 1/16 smaller in diameter than Number 5. Back to the thinking chairwhile tieing more hackamores.
These are 4 inches wide, go up 3 inches then taper to the length. The black line has to stay centered. Don't want the swell off center.
Bill Black

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