Cowboy Halter
Tying Instruction

I have been making my own halters for several years.
A friend of mine, David Wylie taught me how.

The first ones I made were with 1/2 " platted

nylon and they were OK, But in time I have come to

prefer using 1/4" nylon cord. It's lighter and

cheaper. You can just leave them hanging around

the Lot and you have one when you need them.

The first ones I tied used a "rose knot"at the base

of the bosal.The one here uses a fiador.

The fiador knot is more traditional and does not
pull down So tight. You can actually adjust
the size of the bosal if you use the FIADOR!

I learned to tie the fiador knot from the web site
of Connie Nygard

CLICK ON THE ROPE TO GO TO HER SITE:

1. Start with 20' of 1/4" braided nylon cord.

2. Double it to find the center then tie an
overhand knot 12" from the center.

        3. Tie a second overhand knot 6" to the short
            end of the rope.This will be the top
            of the bosal of your halter.

"There are only two knots in this halter
The Fiador and the double overhand"

4. Double your rope at this point and
tie the fiador knot 6"down from the
knots on your bosal as shown.

5. With one of the two long ends of
            the cord tie an overhand knot AROUND
                 the other one. Then tie an overhand knot
     with it around the cord that was
                previously knotted. Each rope is to have
                  a knot tied in it and each rope is running
          through the knot of the other rope.
ALL other knots in this halter
will be this same knot.!!!!!!!!!

6. You will note that you now have

one

long piece of rope and a short one.

With the LONG ONE tie an overhand

knot 6" from the throat latch knot

then make a loop of suitable size

and tie an overhand knot around

the rope and thread the rope through

the previous knot tied.

It is critical that this knot

be on the loop side of the two ropes.

7. Thread this rope (still the long one)

through the knot on the left side of

the bosal and tie a knot. Then through the

right side bosal knot and tie an overhand

knot.

8. The last knot you will tie will be

the same double overhand knot and

the measurements will be the same

that are on the left side of the

halter.

CONGRATULATIONS

YOU NOW HAVE WHAT
I THINK IS THE
BEST HALTER IN THE WORLD

A COWBOY HALTER

             You can make these halters out of anything
              you can get so long as it is braded or plated.
           The prettiest one I ever saw was made out
         of braided rawhide.
            When I was wrangling dudes in Colorado in
             1987 I made one out of natural hay twine that
               I had braIded and sold it to a dude for $50.00.
               Pat Parelli uses yacht cord and that is likely
          the best but I have not been able to find
          it at anywhere a reasonable price.
             I just use rope that I buy at WalMart and it
              costs $5.50 for 100'. That makes your halter
           cost you $1.10 each plus the cost of a
           trip to the Psyke. Ward for the break
             down you had trying to learn how to tie it.

Tie your halter like this! /\

It should look like this/\

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