Big Bend Saddlery - Ropes and Roping Supplies

Ropes and Roping Supplies

Pasture Ropes
We keep coils of various lariat rope that is sold by the foot.
We have gold poly in 8.0 mm, 8.75 mm, 9.5mm and 10.5mm.
In a nylon rope, we keep an 3X-soft 5/16" and 3/8" in X-soft.
You may have a honda tied in the rope or sent without a honda.
We charge $5 to tie a honda in a rope.
If you do not select theTIE HONDA IN ROPE option we will send a length of rope without a honda.
Select the length of rope you want from the quantity column.

5/16" Treated Nylon Ropes
Made by King Saddlery, these ropes are stretched, aged, and tied.
They feature rawhide burners and straight hondas. This 5/16" diameter rope
is available in soft lay only.

Scant 3/8 Treated Nylon Ropes
Extra long pasture ropes tied by King Saddlery. They have rawhide burners on
hand-tied hondas. These ropes are available in soft lay only.

Left Twist Ropes
South-paw ropes with a left twist and a left- hand honda.
These ropes are made by King Saddlery, known for quality lariat ropes.
They feature a rawhide burner and come in soft lay and Scant 3/8" only.

A. Nate Wald Honda
Hand braided rawhide with latigo leather tail. Fits scant 3/8" or 5/16" ropes.

B. Randy Reiman Honda
Hand braided rawhide that fits rope sizes scant 3/8" ofr 5/16".

C. Buckaroo Honda
Made of stainless steel and available in two sizes, Scant 3/8" or 5/16".

D. Great Basin Honda
Stainless steel ring honda. Sizes scant 3/8" or 5/16".

E. Buck Brannaman Honda
A stainless steel honda made to fit rope sizes 3/8" or 5/16".

F. Aluminum Honda
A cast aluminum honda made to fit 5/16" or 3/8" ropes.

G. Magic Loop
Magic loop breakaway honda that fits all rope sizes.

H. Plastic Breakaway
White plastic breakaway that fits all rope sizes.

I. Hooey Loop
Hooey Loop breakaway honda. Fits all rope sizes.

J. Speed Burner
This plastic burner makes a rope faster and outlasts leather burners. Choose from red, white or blue.
Mounting instructions can be found at the bottom of this page

K. Aluminum Horn Knot
Cast and polished aluminum horn knot.

L. Nylon Cord Horn Knot
Made from nylon cord and used to secure a rope to the saddle horn.

M. Braided Rawhide Horn Knot
Made from hand braided rawhide.

N. EZ Kwick Breakaway Honda
Can be added to the end of your rope. For tighter tension tie honda closed at narrow point.

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Montana Buckaroo Ring Style Honda

These are made of the same super strong cast stainless steel as the original Buckaroo hondas except that this style features a more open honda shape. Available in scant 3/8" and 5/16" sizes.

Rawhide Honda

This is a new style of rawhide honda that we have available. It is hand braided and made to fit a 3/8", 5/16" and 8.0mm through 9.5 mm rope.

Roping Gloves

Progrip Roping Glove (top)
With a special blend of materials, the Progrip glove with last up to 10 times longer than standard cotton knit gloves. They comes in four sizes for a superior fit and are sold in singles.

Cowboy Toy

This tough PVC Plastic roping dummy is a cowboy favorite. The table top dummy is designed to be headed, turned and heeled. It comes with two small ropes and two sets of horns. It measures 15" long X 7" high.

B. Steer Head
Tough, molded plastic head with 22" horn spread. Comes with hay prongs.

C. Wide Horn Steer Head
The same tough, molded plastic as the other steer head, except with a wide, 30" horn spread. Prongs included.

D. Calf Head
Molded plastic with prongs to mount into a bale of hay.

Tying a Honda in a Rope

These instructions are for tying a right handed honda.
Reverse the procedure for a lefty.

Image A
There must be a rosebud knot or something like it tied to
the rope before the honda knot is tied. Start with a few
coils of rope between your knees and tie an overhand knot as shown.
We like to have a few coils in hand when we tie the
honda to help keep it straight. This overhand
knot is tied about 18" from the end of the rope

Image B
Bring the working end of the rope around to the left and
tuck it under the top strand only of the overhand knot.

Image C
This is basically another picture of the working end that has been
tucked under the top strand of the overhand knot

Image D
We have started to pull the honda down and tighten the knot.
We want to make sure that the honda doesn't angle to the left.
We try to tie them with a little angle to the right,
knowing that they will twist left with use.

Image E
This is the finished honda ready for a burner to be added

The Matthew Walker Knot

We use this handy knot to tie rawhide or metal hondas on a rope

Image A- String #1 goes around and up through the loop it formed

Image B-String #2 also goes around and up through the loop that it forms

Image C- String 3# also goes around the back and up through the loop that it forms

Image D-This shows the finished knot after it is pulled tight. It is important that you tighten the knot by pulling one string a little at a time

How to put a Speed Burner in a Rope

The key to putting on a speed burner is to soften the plastic
before hand so that you prevent breakage. This can be done by placing
the speed burner in boiling water for 3-5 minutes. We do this
here in our shop by putting the burner in a cup of
water and putting the cup in a microwave to boil the water.

The next step is to carefully get the burner out of the water,
line it up in the center of the honda and squeeze
it on with wide jaw pliers as shown in Image A.

Image B shows the finished job, ready to go to work.