Six Knots You Need To Know

[skydiver]

So many times I wished I knew more about tying knots.
This is just one of many how-to videos that are available on U-tube.
Hope it helps you as it did me.
Blue Skies!

Skip ahead to 1:15 in this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZZPYPuonvQ&feature=related

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[MarkAd]

good dope, but really, get a good knot book. you will learn more and #gasp# you don;t need internet access to do it.

 

[AMProducts]

Pretty good video, I think the most important knots I know and use frequently are:

Bowline
Figure-8 Loop (used a lot in climbing)
Blood knot (great stopper knot for climbing, also prevents rope from becoming frayed at the end)
Reef Knot
Trucker Hitch (followed by a backhand or clove hitch)
Surgeons knot (for fishing)
Prusik knot (for ascending, and as a back up stopper in repelling)
alpine butterfly (if you need to tie a loop somewhere middle of a rope)
Water knot (for webbing and swiss seats)

A fun knot I don't use very often, but is useful for certain circumstances is the handcuff knot.

 

[skywag]

The guy is a poser. His first "bowline" is a left handed bowline, which is generally regarded as less reliable than a real bowline. And he has no clue.

 

[Stomper]

Single hitch and double hitch knots are your friends... Not to be confused with granny knots!

 

[Botte Hork]

good dope, but really, get a good knot book. you will learn more and #gasp# you don;t need internet access to do it.

Books.... wait, isn't that just wikipedia printed?




A good book works, but sometimes (especially for the clumsy folk like myself) moving images really help in showing how to do things.

Would love to refresh that skill again, when I was a tiny Hork (and less "Bot" according to many ) I was not too shabby when I was in the boy scouts.

 

[Father of four]

Check these knots out...Boating Knots | How to Tie Boating Knots | Animated Boating Knots

 

[Father of four]

A great website on knots...Animated Knots by Grog | How to Tie Knots | Fishing, Boating, Climbing, Scouting, Search and Rescue, Household, Decorative, Rope Care,

 

[skydiver]

Thanks guys for posting more how-to sites.
I sincerely regret not learning these basic knots sooner in my life.

 

[MrBlack]

I would second the Figure 8 Knot, and add the one handed bowline knot. Used both as a Sailor and Boy Scout.

 

[Father of four]

There is one knot I would suggest but I do not remember its name. It has a guys name...I think.

 

[AMProducts]

The important thing to remember from this: Don't wait to learn knots, start learning now, and then use them every day!!! So many people put off things that will make life easier now until some SHTF moment which is when they're going to learn to hunt, garden, dress animals, make fire with sticks etc. Learn now!

 

[fd15k]

The important thing to remember from this: Don't wait to learn knots, start learning now, and then use them every day!!! So many people put off things that will make life easier now until some SHTF moment which is when they're going to learn to hunt, garden, dress animals, make fire with sticks etc. Learn now!

shoe laces ? That's the only thing I tie every day...

 

[trainsktg]

Don't forget the hangman's noose for when there is absolutely no hope left.

Keith