This was my second attempt at a long 2 bight turks head.I work outside and I am on call 24/7.My maglite gets pretty cold in the winter and this really helped.I also put a king cobra knot on it for a handle.After I made all 4 passes on the turks head I put 2 core strings for the king cobra before I tightened it.I used Bud Brewers tutorial on http://www.khww.net/ for the turks head.