Easy-Tie Method for the Alpine Butterfly Knot
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- This is a quick demonstration of a simple method to tie the Alpine Butterfly knot -- also known as the Butterfly Loop and the Lineman Loop. There is also a brief discussion of a useful, emergency/survival application for this knot. There are also short explanations of Minimum Breaking Strength vs. Safe Working Load for ropes, and knot efficiency.
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Thanks for sharing this excellent method. Super easy both to learn and to teach! First watched this a few months back and have been showing and sharing to anybody who is interested ever since ... and even a few who weren't interested at all! 😪 😅
Wow. Thank you for sharing. I have never tied this knot so quickly before.
Thank you for your fantastic new way of learning how to tie the alpine butterfly knot, sir. I am 74 years old now and have moved into a condo.
We have lots of earthquakes here and fires in this county.
So t thought that I could tie the knots (that I learned in Green Beret school 40 years ago) needed to escape from my 31 floor condo unit. I could only remember some. So I took up watching UTube videos to re teacher myself.
Thank you for your helping me learn Sir.
Absolutely! And thank you for your service!
I use this knot every workweek. This is a great way to tie it. THANKS!
I was taught this knot back about 1970 by a lady who was an experienced rock climber. I rediscovered it last yeat and have taught it to several farmer/ rancher types and friends who mess with ropes and heavy cords in their outdoor activities. A great and useful knot to know.
THANK YOU SO MUCH - THE BEST OF SEVERAL TH-cam METHODS I'VE USED!
JTM
I've been learning knots for a few years now but have never seen the Alpine Butterfly Knot tied using this method. This method makes it easy to dispense as much rope needed for the loop. Thanks for posting !
Easiest way i have seen to tie the alpine. Awsome good job
Thank you for this great and informative video about gauging line strength, as well as a unique and easy method for tying the alpine loop!
Don't miss this one folks! Jump to @2:28 if you're in a hurry - beaut, simple, effective technique that will work every time! Thanks for posting. Peace.
Very simple and best method and explanation of the purpose..Hats off sir..
I thought I had learned an easy way to tie this knot until I saw your video....kudos. Easiest way yet!
Excellent explanation of its use and interesting method of tying. Boy, do I love youtube.
Wow, I like it! There are many videos showing the wrap around your hand three times for making the Alpine Butterfly knot. Some show taking the middle wrap, top wrap, or taking the bottom wrap, then pulling it through the others; which one is correct. Very much I like yours best, easy-peasy lemon-squeezy.
это лучший способ запомнить как вязать это узел! прямо то, что я искал. все остальные легко забываются или их попросту сложно вязать в пьяном виде на холодном ветру. теперь я даже в бы ину пьяный легко щавяжу такой узел! руспект, чувак!
The best instructional example for the butterfly knot, I have ever seen. Thank you very much!! 😀
Thank you for taking the time to make this informative clip. Ive watched numerous methods of tying this knot. I can tie this knot, but i have just changed to using the method you describe after watching your lesson. Great work, great method and thanks again.
Great way to make analpine butterfly.i ve been using the 3 wraps on one hand method. This is a great alternative
This is the simplest method I've seen so far. Thanks for posting it.
This is the 4th method I’ve learned for this knot. Have to say it is the easiest for me to remember.
Excellent method Clifford would be proud of you!
It's always nice to see alternative ways to tie this knot. Thank you so much for sharing the video.
Thanks a lot for sharing this nice little trick!
I've seen the general method that's used here a lot - even on Wikipedia, just without this neat usage of the thumb and index finger to keep the "loop on a loop" in place more easily. It's absolutely genius!
One little thing I've noticed at 05:37 is that you're saying "one turn to the right [...] one turn to the left". You're twisting the rope in the same direction both times, therefore it results in a proper alpine butterfly. However, if you follow the verbal instructions and twist it in two different directions, it will result in a "false butterfly", which at the first glance looks pretty similar, but has very inferior properties.
thank you so much. Best video i have found for this knot!
This is awesome TYVM! Been up for nearly 3 years and I'm just now finding this...
Wow. I love the idea of isolating the weak part of the rope. I never thought of that.
Excellent tutorial. Your hand method is a great. I'll be sharing this one with my son.
That is very cool, especially isolating the bad spot. Thank you!
I've been using this method for a while, and I've found I can leave out one step. When making the second twist, there's really no need to pull the loop over the index finger. Its faster to pull it back towards you, over the thumb, and down to the crossing point where you do the tuck. I find I can go from the first twist to the tuck point in one smooth, easy motion. The exception might be super stiff cord, and/or thicker than an inch.
Nice and easy method thanks! someone else mentioned isolating in the case of a damaged rope but i can't remember who. Thanks for touching on WLL and Breaking Strenght!
Great, simple way to tie this knot! Thanks for sharing!
This this awesome. I could not figure this knot out untill I saw your video! Awesome! thank you!
Thank you for this video. This made it easy for me to remember, and use the alpine butterfly to help my team overcome an obstacle in a military confidence course. This is awesome info!
Bob R -- So glad it was helpful. Thanks for your service!
Thanks for sharing..very much appreciated.
You are a genius! I love this method, thanks for sharing.
Excellent video - very helpful. Thanks!
Very informative!!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge..
That's pretty slick. Thanks for sharing it.
What an easy way to tie this knot. Thanks!
The best of the butterfly . Thanks
Very good demo, thanks for sharing!
excellent tip on isolating a bad rope section. Neat trick with fingers as guide posts. Will file this one away.Thanks
great best demo simple and to the point thanks again
great method, easier to remember than others, thanks
Very beautiful method with the fingers
That's slick! Thanks for sharing.
Easiest one I have tried, also easily remembered.
Excellent! I like to be know how to tie a knot in different ways - and this is a very different and unusual way to tie the alpine butterfly. Also informative is the discussion on using the knot to isolate a bad spot in the rope. I did find the video a little difficult to follow : partly I think because the part where the finger loop is formed is partially hidden on the 'palm' side of the left hand, and I had to replay, and stop and start the video numerous times to figure out how it was properly done. Also towards the end of the video he said to turn to the left to form the finger loop. I found that twisting to the right, in the same direction used to form the thumb loop, worked best. The suggestion to tighten the knot by pulling vertically, then horizontally also very good : that definitely helps to produce a cleaner knot. Overall, I am very grateful for having learned this new way of forming the alpine butterfly!
Super of you for taking the time. Kudos good sir ~
GREAT Info!!! Thanks!!
Wow. That was very helpful.
Thank you I can remember this method.
Thanks man. Excellent Tip!
Great stuff. Thanks!
awesome loads of help thanks!!!!!
I like this method. It also works pretty well for tying the double alpine butterfly loop. Just make an extra half turn and fold it back over your forefinger. Then proceed as before with the doubled loop in place of the single loop.
Harold Kahl, Thanks for the new tip!
I made a video of the double alpine butterfly using your method, here, in case you're interested.
th-cam.com/video/UYd7gug40Wc/w-d-xo.html
Thanks, Harold! Excellent!
Brilliant. Thanks Mate
thanks this is smooth I really like this method,,,
THANK YOU. was damn easy to learn!
Thanks for sharing.
Brilliant!
Butterfly cnot, good job bosQu tanks your tutorial
bravo! sir!
Thank you!
nice, thanks!
perfect !!!
Cool!
This "Wrist & Twist" method also makes it very quick & easy to join two rope ends using the Alpine Butterfly Bend . . .
thank you
thanks your way to tie this knots helping me
Quick correction at 5:40 or so: The statement was " one turn to the right and one turn to the left". In fact , both turns went in the SAME direction. If you do the two turns in opposite directions, the resulting knot sort of looks like a butterfly, but it's not as secure and could work loose.
Thanks Joe! I thought I had inserted some text at that point to show the correction. I'll go check to make sure I really did that. Cheers!
thanks
In the second demonstration -- with the damaged rope -- you said 1 turn to the right and 1 turn to the left. It's supposed to be both turns in the same direction I believe.
Reverend Beet Yes! Sorry! Slip of the tongue.
tjwiltube ok cool. Thanks for the great vid! Best tutorial out there. BTW I think you can add comment bubbles on the video if you open the editor.
Neato!
It IS easy and FAST.
Austrian conductor English. Lineman's Loop
Great method! But I *gasped* when you pulled out your knife! Rope is sacred! What would Ashley say?! ;-)
Nice method. No faster/accurate than others, but it’s good.
2:44 Start here
The Alpine Butterfly should never be used to make safe a bad rope. The Alpine Butterfly decreases the rope strength to about 50% which is much lower then some of the safest knots/bands.
The strongest of all bands is the Double Eight which reduces strength to 80%, so if the rope is damaged then cut it and tie it by using the Double Eight band.
FYI, I emphasized using the Alpine Butterfly to repair a bad spot in a rope for "emergency" or a "survival" situation; not as a general practice for routine use. I also pointed out, the typical efficiency of a well tied Alpine Butterfly is about 65% (better than your asserted 50%, but still pointed out as a caution). If the Alpine Butterfly is not suitable for a quick emergency repair, then - given your train of thought -- it should never be used for any purpose. Given these caveats, I disagree with your "should never be used" comment. Sorry.
@@tjwiltube …….. Apologising to an individual who hasn’t made the effort to watch, listen and understand your very well informed educational video is really quite unnecessary. These people simply display knowledge they don’t have.
All I get is slip knots
3:00 min
this guys still alive ?
It is tie, dress, set. Not tie, set and hope it was dressed