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Finishing a Design
Learn to use cones, bead tips,
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8-KNOT
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We at Soft Flex® Company recommend that you use the 8-Knot when knotting any Soft Flex® Wire or Soft Touch™ Wire. The 8-Knot is a Rock Climbing knot that has superior strength and keeps the wire in a continuous line, with no bend on either side of the knot. No other wire product can be tied in this way, as it will work harden and break.

Tying an 8-Knot

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  • Step 1: Begin a Loop - Pick up one end of your Soft Touch™ or Soft Flex® wire and create a bend

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  • Step 2: Make a Loop - Take the end of the wire and make a loop in the wire. Make the loop fairly loose. Pass over the strand which leads to the rest of the wire. When this step is complete, you will have a single loop in the wire which you have to hold in place.

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  • Step 3: Pass underneath the Wire - Take your end of the wire and pass it underneath the rest of the strand. This will form a second loop.

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  • Step 4: Form the Figure Eight - Take your end of the wire, and pass it through the loop you made in step 2. As shown here, your end should enter the loop created in step 2 from the top, and exit at the bottom. Once you have passed your end through the loop, you pull your end of the wire all the way through.
  • Step 5: Pull Tight - Now, take each end of the wire and pull the knot tight. Before being tightened, the knot will resemble the figure eight. At this point, you will have formed a complete Figure 8-Knot.

    HINT: When knotting .010 Soft Touch™ and .014 Soft Flex®, you should use your fingertips to pull the knot tight. When working with .019 and .024 Soft Flex®, you will need to use both hands to cinch the knot down tightly.

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