Tying braided cords

[WindUp34]

Hey, all. I'm sure you've seen these before, but I'm trying to emulate these

The only problem I'm having is how to tie them. It's only 2 cords, and once I get them strung I can't figure out what to do from there. I want the knot to be inside the chuck and not visable, but I can't find a way to tie one, get it inside with the limited amount of space I have since the cord is all braided up... any suggestions? Anyone have luck with this before?

[seriousnunchaku]

Google chain stitching. It's a chain stitched cord I believe.

[WindUp34]

The braid is chain stitching or the knot is? I can braid it just fine (after looking at it and trying for like 2 days XD) my problem is once I've got it all braided, I'm left with the problem of tying the knot.

Usually I just tie a knot in the middle, then stuff it inside the top hole by rotating the string around, but I can't do that in this case since the braid gets in the way... I thought maybe there was some way I could tie a knot very loose, and somehow the process of tightening it will pull the knot inside the hole, but I can't figure out a way to do that...

[seriousnunchaku]

Oh, okay. I'd try to figure it out for you if I had the stuff, but I don't. Just keep trying to figure it out man.. I think I've seen that pic before, where did you find it?

[WindUp34]

I dunno it's just on google, there's no info on how it was done, and I can't be sure that they didn't just tie it on one of the outside parts that's not shown, but I doubt it for the price they charge for these things. I've been making a lot of nunchaku (maybe 20 or so, I just kinda make new ones and throw out old ones) trying to improve, and I felt like I wanted to make a super nice pair to keep in my new car, and I felt that braiding the chucks would be a nice skill to learn and make them look a lot nicer.

[seriousnunchaku]

Price.  So you know who makes these. Who? They look good.

It would be rad to have nice nunchaku in your car on a stand... like a sword stand. But glued or nailed to it so it's only decoration, I'm sure it's illegal to have weapons in your car.

[WindUp34]

I don't know exactly where those came from, but my guess is this site here: http://nunchaku1-1.net/. They sell some nice looking chucks but at like 2-4X what they should be (hundreds of dollars) In all honesty I think my $100 pair of Woodall's cocobolos look better than most of those $300+ ones on there.

I'm guessing they're not going to be giving out any info on their way of tying and all, but looking at their pictures it looks like the knot is hidden inside, as I'm trying to do.

I'm guessing having chucks in my car is probably illegal in my state. I know that possession is kinda a grey area around here; up to the officer I guess. It's fine. No police are going to see them in there unless they have some weird suspicion/probable cause to search through my car.

[jengoman]

Hello. In fact this is only  -1-  cord. (Check my own braided nunchaku picture at my logo)