how to tie a 'ready tied' stock?

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its come undone!

can anyone help? the bits dont seem long enough to do it as per the instructions on the web for a hunting stock...

it has velcro at the back if that helps.
 
I only have one you tie yourself, but I helped a friend with her ready tied one the other day and this is what we did:

Put neck bit on
Thread longer piece of material through loop on the front
Cross each side over
Secure with pin through the middle.

I didn't think there was supposed to be a knot, as such
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ETA - fiddle round with the bits of material so it looks nice - should end up like this (although not with the pleats
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Not sure what part we're looking at in your pic? If those are the ties, they are W-A-Y too short! I've got a "ready tied" one and it's basically a sort of collar that velcros together at the back of your neck and the ties are just fastened to the collar piece at the front. I rang the company lol coz ready tied to me meant ready tied! Lady was marvellous (she must have thought I was a complete pratt) and explained that with the "ready tied" ones you just loosely cross the two ties over each other, stick a stock pin through the middle of the cross over, put the whole thing round your neck, stick your jacket on and fluff up the tie ends that are below the pin so it looks about right.
 
The best place for these "Ready Tied Stocks" is in the dustbin. Go and buy yourself a "proper" stock, in a size appropriate for your neck. Put it on with the middle in the front (there is a hole for your shirt button) and the two ends hanging down the back. Thread the one end through the keeper. Bring the two ends round to the front and pull TIGHT. Then all you do is - left over right and tighten, then right over left - and tighten. You should end up with a vertical knot. Then cross over the two ends just below the knot and fasten with a PLAIN bar stock pin, put in horizontally. ONLY Masters and Hunt Staff wear their pins on the vertical. Just above "boob" level, pull the sides of the stock out and fasten with 2 safety pins to stop it moving about. The reason for a Plain Bar Pin is that if you do happen to crash and burn, any "fancy" bits such as horse-shoes, foxes, etc, etc: will not then spike you through the windpipe! Practice lots before-hand.
 
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