How to Make a Rope Halter
April 26, 2011
Follow these easy steps to create your own knotted rope halter for horses.
Practical and inexpensive, rope halters are a time-honored tradition for many horsemen and a wonderful training tool.
Two experts at Columbia Basin Knot Company shared with The American Quarter Horse Journal their 34-step process for making a quality homemade rope halter. In our How to Make a Rope Halter report, each step includes a full-color photo to help guide you through the process.
Here’s Step 1 of creating your very own rope halter:
When tying halters for the first time, use 22 to 25 feet of rope. Once you become proficient, you can make a halter with about 20 feet of rope. Take your piece of rope and fold it in half. At the center point, tie a simple overhand knot. Snug the knot up. Then to the left of the knot, tie another simple overhand knot. Now you have two simple overhand knots. The knots should be 11 inches from the middle of one knot to the middle of the other knot. Adjust the knots until they are 11 inches apart, and tighten them up. Then take the rope and fold it with the two overhand knots together.
In this valuable report, you’ll master the fiador knot and understand how to cut and whip the rope with a soldering iron or rope cutting gun.
Making your own rope halter will be a rewarding experience. We look forward to hearing how this free report helped you enjoy your horses just a little more! Be sure to use the comments feature to let us know.
“I have tied rope halters for years. In those years, we have seen several methods of doing it. Some of those methods were very crude! These directions are very much the same as mine, plainly stated and simple to follow.
Now when someone wants me to teach them, I can say ‘Go to americashorsedaily.com, and download the free instructions.’ Good job!”
Neva Christensen
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May 15th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
This kind of stuff is fantastic, good to know and use yourself, great for projects for the kids and scouts etc., keep up the great work.
May 26th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
This was very helpful but i think you give a little bit more about what to do EXAMPLE once you have the 22 feet of rope take one of the ends…
see please listen to my thoughts
May 26th, 2009 at 6:13 pm
You completely lost me on the last sentence. I need pictures. I have a rope, doubled, with two knots 11 inches apart and I think that’s not right . . .
June 2nd, 2009 at 7:08 pm
The instructions on how to build a halter are confusing and the knots are far easier to build then your instructions explain. The western horsemen instructions of several years ago are pretty good. The instructions on how to build the under jaw crown knot are really complicated. This knot is just a crown knot that you take apart as you build it to get the loop end through the crown.
June 25th, 2009 at 6:25 am
Thank you for the informative article on How To Tie a Rope
Halter. I’ve looking for a rope halter directional pattern.
June 29th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
THE INSTRUCTIONS SUCK.
November 3rd, 2009 at 1:04 pm
Muito grato pelo ensinamento.
February 1st, 2010 at 6:02 am
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February 8th, 2010 at 4:01 pm
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May 31st, 2010 at 6:05 am
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June 25th, 2010 at 2:01 pm
Pictures or more explanation would be helpful.
August 2nd, 2010 at 6:01 am
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August 17th, 2010 at 1:12 pm
Great!
September 13th, 2010 at 2:28 pm
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October 5th, 2010 at 11:45 pm
the soldering iron that i use is employing a ceramic heating element,-”
October 15th, 2010 at 4:02 am
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July 4th, 2011 at 12:32 pm
ya you should of put pics of then i got counfost a lot
July 10th, 2011 at 4:53 pm
great
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July 11th, 2011 at 8:04 pm
I’m looking for somebody to make rope halters for me. I have around 200 to be make and seems impossible to find who can make them on USA… Does anybody know who to call? I’m on Miami, Florida and I’ll provide the material. I’m looking just for labor.
Thanks
January 13th, 2012 at 11:45 am
I am with some of the others, pictures please.