help a numpty tie a stock please!

[paintsplat05]

so i've only worn a stock once before and i just did a reef knot bodge job and managed to get away with it. However i'm going out hunting for the first time on Saturday and want to look super smart so could somebody tell me an easy way to tie a stock correctly? I tried to follow a diagram from a website but got rather confused!

 

[StaceyTanglewood]

oh god i can do it not sure if i can explain it !!

so you have the 2 pieces hanging down tie a normal knot !

get the piece on your right side and fling it over your shoulder

take the piece on your left pass over the top of the bit over your should under neath and pull back out to your left hand side

then tart it up by pulling into shape !!

 

[StaceyTanglewood]

now i hav e completely confused myself to !

 

[lialls]

Iv printed this off and use this, Pratice makes perfect too, just keep trying.

http://www.saddleshop.com/extras/stocktie_print.htm

 

[DarkHorseB]

There is a video here on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKnGnyF7LwY

Though at the crucial second knot bit I still struggle to see exactly what you do!!!

 

[mrsdickinson]

I can tie a stock but i have found it much easier to buy a ready tied stock

Derby house sells them for a tenner and i just keep my pin on so it all ready to wear and stick it on with the velcro fastening when it is time to wear it.

 

[JenHunt]

I did a description in the hunting forum not so long ago.... (copied and pasted)

right... step by step instructions....

1) create a loop with the stock but passing the end without the hole in, through the hole in the other end.

2) put the loop over your head and attach the centre button hole to the button at the Front of your stock shirt.

3) pull both ends round to the front, so that you have an end on each side and tighten until snug.

4) pass the right end over the left and then under and up the gap, like a single knot.

5) tighten until snug, then adjust it so the top bit is square under your chin by pulling the top bit slightly back to the right slightly and the bottom part to the left slightly.

6) pass the top part to the right then under and up the gap (like another single knot) and tighten.

7) straighten up both ends and the centre so that you have a square knot, then fold the ends across in a cross

8) pin the cross to the knot.

9) stand back and admire.

PM me, and I'll do a video or photo series if you're still stuck!

 

[Scheherezade]

QR

Mt show shirt doesn't have a button, but a rectangle of material on the front - what's that for?

 

[JenHunt]

very good question.... not a clue. show shirts are often designed to have a kind of stand up collar though, so maybe its part of that.