The Rope Doctor

 Phone: (250) 385-3743
E-mail: theropedoctor@yahoo.com

Cotton Turk's-head Bracelets


Cotton Turk's-head Sailor Bracelets

All of my bracelets are made with a single piece of 1/8" braided cotton cord. They are machine washable. My bracelets are not pre-shrunk. They will therefore shrink a bit when they get wet for the first time. Because my bracelets are made with 100% cotton, they can be dyed if you wish to colour them. At this point in time I do not do any dying. You would have to arrange to do this yourself.

There is no limit to how big and wide Turk's-heads can be made. I can custom make them wide enough to cover your arm from wrist to shoulder or big enough to go around your waist. Note though, that as a general rule, all of the work that I do gets exponentially less efficiently to produce as the size is increased. Doubling the size requires twice as much material but can take about 2 1/2 to 3 times longer to produce.

At this point in time, I only stock two different styles of Turk's-head bracelets. Common Turk's-heads and Herringbone Turk's-heads. I carry each of these styles in three different widths ranging from 1/2" to 1 1/4". All of the my bracelets are available in 20 different sizes starting at 6" and going up in 1/4" increments to 11".

My bracelets are like bangles. They do not have clasps. To put them on, you simply slide them over your hand. To figure out which size fits you best, you need to figure out the widest part of your hand. To do this, make your hand as narrow as you can and measure the widest part to the nearest 1/4".

How to measure hand for bracelets

As you can see in the image above, my hand size is 8 3/4". I am wearing a 8 3/4" bracelet. My bracelets are measured to a relatively tight / stretched fit. I can squeeze into a 8 1/2" but if it got wet and tightened, it would be very hard, if not impossible for me to take it off.

3 Leads Common Turk's-heads

3 Leads X 13 Bights Turk's-Head

Sizes Width Prices
6" - 6 3/4" 3/4" $6.99
7" - 7 3/4" 3/4" $7.99
8" - 8 3/4" 3/4" $8.99
9" - 9 3/4" 3/4" $9.99
10" - 11" 3/4" $10.99

4 Leads Common Turk's-heads

4 Leads X 17 Bights Turk's-Head

Sizes Width Price
6" - 6 3/4" 1" $7.99
7" - 7 3/4" 1" $8.99
8" - 8 3/4" 1" $9.99
9" - 9 3/4" 1" $10.99
10" - 11" 1" $11.99

5 Leads Common Turk's-heads

5 Leads X 17 Bights Turk's-head

Sizes Width Price
6" - 6 3/4" 1 1/4" $9.99
7" - 7 3/4" 1 1/4" $10.99
8" - 8 3/4" 1 1/4" $11.99
9" - 9 3/4" 1 1/4" $12.99
10" - 11" 1 1/4" $13.99

5 Leads Herringbone Turk's-Head

5 Leads X 24 Bights Spanish Ring Turk's-head

Sizes Width Price
7" - 7 3/4" 1/2" $6.99
8" - 8 3/4" 1/2" $7.99
9" - 9 3/4" 1/2" $8.99

7 Leads Herringbone Turk's-Head

7 Leads X 27 Bights Head Hunter Turk's-head

Sizes Width Price
6" - 6 3/4" 3/4" $7.99
7" - 7 3/4" 3/4" $8.99
8" - 8 3/4" 3/4" $9.99
9" - 9 3/4" 3/4" $10.99
10" - 11" 3/4" $11.99

9 Leads Herringbone Turk's-Head

9 Leads X 28 Bights Gaucho Turk's-head

Sizes Width Price
6" - 6 3/4" 1" $8.99
7" - 7 3/4" 1" $9.99
8" - 8 3/4" 1" $10.99
9" - 9 3/4" 1" $11.99
10" - 11" 1" $12.99

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