Knots

[Polar Bear]

I just found this website link on another Forum. Thought it may be helpful here.

Animatedknots.com

 

[Boondocksaint375]

Pretty damn cool

 

[Polar Bear]

http://www.washingtonflyfishing.com/faq/idx/0/063/article/Knot_Guide.html

http://www.42brghtn.mistral.co.uk/knots/42ktmenu.html

http://www.iland.net/~jbritton/index.html

http://www.netknots.com/index.html

 

[Looon]

SWEEEET!! how bout maiking it a stickey so it don't get buried?

 

[pardus]

Thats a cool and useful site.

I came away from 6 years service only knowing how to tie a reef knot!

Not my strong point!

 

[Boondocksaint375]

If you can't tie a knot, tie alot!!

 

[QC]

If you learn one knot you have to keep practicing it or you just forget.

 

[Crusader74]

I get to work with ropes for about 6 weeks during the year as a rock Climbing Instructor.. But you can never get enough pratice.

 

[The91Bravo]

I really need to practice monkey fists..

I love those things..

Thanks for the site/sticky

 

[pardus]

reef knot... two dogs fucking...

 

[bigwhop]

This is great

Bigwhop

 

[Spectre6]

If you guys are interested, the Ashley Book of Knots is the bible of knots.

Infact, if you come up with a knot that isnt in that book, you have just made a new knot.

If nothing else, its good read while your laying a deuce.

Ive been sailing for about 10 years, and I only really use 4 knots. Bowline, Figure 8, Round turn and two half hitches, and a sheet bend.
Occasionally ill through a truckers hitch in there to tie the boat down

 

[SOTAANGUS]

If you can't tie a good knot tie a whole lot of bad ones! Thanks I am going to use this alot, I have 2 pieces of 550 cord practicing as I type!

 

[Centermass]

If you can't tie a good knot tie a whole lot of bad ones! Thanks I am going to use this alot, I have 2 pieces of 550 cord practicing as I type!

You've been in what, 22+ years now? I hope you were kidding, but in the event you weren't, a little advice from a former "knot master" ahead of your time:

Anything worth doing is worth doing right the first time.

Practice doesn't make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.

And finally, a bad knot can get people killed.


Do yourself and others a favor: Learn correctly and tie them the same way always. Knot tying is a perishable skill. Practice often and good luck. :2c:

 

[Ranger Psych]

go learn knots the boy scout way.. get some fabric dye and a 6 ft piece of white nylon rope, and dye half red and half black. That way you can discern where things are and make sure it's right.

 

[SoloKing]

Good tool man thanks!

 

[MCT]

Another great resource is http://stormdrane.blogspot.com/, shows you how to make all kinds of shit. Cobra braiding, monkeyfists, celtic button knot.

 

[Headshot]

If you can't tie a knot in the dark, then you probably haven't tied that knot enough times.

 

[TLDR20]

It took me a long time to get the bowline. Now I am the master! As was said perfect practice makes perfect!

 

[Ranger Psych]

Ways to hoist things:

Ladder: tie a bowline with a loop about 4' across. Run through 2nd down rung from the top of the ladder, slide loop over top of ladder. It'll effectively larks-head the entire ladder. Use free end with a half hitch on one of the feet of the ladder if you need more directional control when raising.

Long straight objects (like a firefighter's pike pole) Clove hitch with a stopper knot on the free end at the base. Half hitch around object's top end. If sharp or ungainly, put the odd/sharp end going up first.

If you use a ladder with a halyard, it's a good idea to tie the halyard off after you raise the ladder's fly. Take the halyard and tie a clove hitch around the center of a rung at about waist level, finish with a overhand or half hitch for a stopper knot. If the dog's on the ladder fail, this provides a measure of safety that should at least provide enough time to be able to get off the ladder before it collapses.