Know your knots and stuff

[ikemay]

Knots, hitches, splicing all useful. You probably already know some, you might even be doing them correctly, and you certainly don't need to know all of them, but you should know how to do some basics. Below is a decent site to get you started.

Animated Knots by Grog | How to Tie Knots | Fishing, Boating, Climbing, Scouting, Search and Rescue, Household, Decorative, Rope Care,

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[Stomper]

Whether or knot, I know knot.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

A scared rope that is in a twist is afraid knot.
Sorry couldn't help myself.
Andy

 

[Stomper]

I will KNOT get roped into this twisted path. My mom did KNOT raise a KNOThead. If I fail... her efforts would all be for KNOT, and I could KNOT live with that.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

I'm at the end of rope with these knotty puns ... Naughty puns however are another matter.
Andy

 

[Joe13]

I just shake my head when some people get around rope...

The lack of education in basic life skills in these days still makes me sick.

It's not even being replaced by software developers or engineers - it's being replaced by kids who's main skills are playing video games....

 

[Stomper]

I just shake my head when some people get around rope...

The lack of education in basic life skills in these days still makes me sick.

It's not even being replaced by software developers or engineers - it's being replaced by kids who's main skills are playing video games....

Hey, you're a gamer, yeah?


Besides, my granny said we're KNOT supposed to judge others... my granny could tie a mean knot, she even has one named after her... the granny-knot!

 

[HuckleberryFun]

Bad puns? No,no,no...I'm a frayed knot!

 

[Joe13]

Hey, you're a gamer, yeah?


Besides, my granny said we're KNOT supposed to judge others... my granny could tie a mean knot, she even has one named after her... the granny-knot!

Nothing wrong with gaming, as long as it isn't your only or primary skill in the world.

 

[Cigarlvr313]

That is a very cool website.........thanks!

 

[mjbskwim]

Blah blah blah
The Coasties on here will tell you,you only need to know the bowline knot,you naught heads
Well that and the granny knot.

 

[mjbskwim]

Knots, hitches, splicing all useful. You probably already know some, you might even be doing them correctly, and you certainly don't need to know all of them, but you should know how to do some basics. Below is a decent site to get you started.

Animated Knots by Grog | How to Tie Knots | Fishing, Boating, Climbing, Scouting, Search and Rescue, Household, Decorative, Rope Care,

Great sight BTW

 

[Stomper]

Blah blah blah
The Coasties on here will tell you,you only need to know the bowline knot,you naught heads
Well that and the granny knot.

Hey, don't get your knickers in a knot over it!

 

[mjbskwim]

I'm not wearing any thank you. They were already in a knife knot

 

[Sgt Nambu]

Cute, but you know........Boyscouts!

 

[ikemay]

Unfortunately, I was never presented with an opportunity to be a Boy Scout. I learned knots, splices, bends and hitches when I worked off shore as a line tender, then a commercial diver. I also taught myself how to hand sharpen knives, start fires, and more.

It's just one of the better sites (imho) that I have found for people wanting refreshers or just starting to learn.

Anyhow, all good. Glad folks like it.

 

[PaulB47]

One handy thing is to install one of the knot apps on your smart phone. Then you always have the knowledge with you even if you haven't tied that knot in the last year.

 

[Hop Sing]

An ill-tied knot is the devil's playground.

 

[edslhead]

And then there's the fly fishing knots.

 

[The B]

Knot that I'm opposed to learning knots... but I mean, how often does Mr. Suburbia ever need to tie anything more important than his shoes?

I learned one or two knots in the army (square knot, munter hitch), but I didn't learn any real knotsmanship (no, that's not a real word) till I started doing high-angle work and climbing. And even still - as someone who puts his very life "on the line," literally, on a regular basis - I only remember a handful of knots that are important for various tasks, and would have to look up instructions to remember how to tie any others.

Figure 8, square, overhand, alpine butterfly, clove hitch, fisherman's bend, water bend, various followthrough bends... pretty much all you need. But more importantly, knowing which can do what, and which can ROLL if used incorrectly... that's the real trick.

And no, nobody needs to know a damn bowline. I've literally never once needed or used a bowline for anything.