Alternatively, You can add "chapters" to videos that are displayed when you scrub through the video showing the name of the knot being shown. Regardless, this is an awesome video man!
Hey thank a bunch Ben. As a left hander I struggle with knots. I bought books, saw many demonstration. The way you laid it out is truley amazing. It help me the most.
I have viewed many knot channels on YT over the years, but your more elaborate explanations make the motions more understandable. Thanks for being you. I used to teach Cub Scouts & Boy Scouts rope tying using 6 foot sections of twisted sisal rope, where they would loop the rope around their waist like a belt & tie the knots right in front of their body. I had great success using this method, but there would always be a kid or two who just didn't have the aptitude for remembering certain knots during the testing.
I hadn't thought of it till I read all the comments, but Otto Tater had a valid point when he asked for a use for said knot....nuff said. This was a very good explanation of how to tie the knots you chose. Everyone has their own opinion of the value of certain knots. I'm certainly glad you chose to show the figure 8, thanks. And now to the meat.......... I don't know if anyone else has observed, but the Bowline and the Sheet Bend are one and the same knot. The thing that differentiates them is the Bowline is tied in the end of a rope and the Sheet Bend is used to join two ropes. Both of these can be finished with a loop, effectively making them "slippery knots", meaning easy to untie. I discovered the "Slippery Sheet Bend" on my own looking for a better way to fasten the continuous loop on my hammock ends to the hammock suspension ropes. I later discovered that this iteration of the Sheet Bend is called the Beckett Hitch. I discovered your channel while researching multitools. You give excellent reviews of them. I have yet to discover the follow up (after a period of use and abuse) video of the Ozark Trail Multiforce. I may have missed it. Thanks for a great channel...........
THANK YOU!, FOR ALL OF THE GREAT DEMOS, AND EXPLANATIONS!!! IT'S ALWAS GOOD TO REVIEW THE BASICS, AND, TO DO THEM, TO KEEP THE LITTLE GRAY CELLS WORKING!!..
Thank you so much. I have watched many videos instructing how to tie knots and your are the best and easiest to follow. But what I can't find are any videos that will show you how to tie down a load, such as starting at one end, criss-crossing over a load inside a pickup, using a very long continuous rope without having to pull all that line through when trying a knot, using a bite. If you have a lot of rope, this can be quite cumbersome to tie and untie.
Reminds me of all the knots my two sons learned in Scouting. Proudly both are Eagle Scouts now (and I still challenge them to see if they remember their knots... often they do).
FYI...the Bowline knot is THE KNOT when SCUBA diving, for most-any gear, line, etc. tie-off you plan on using. In fact, if you go through professional (saturation) diving school, you MUST be able to tie this knot, ON GEAR, while below water and wearing a 'black-out mask'...to simulate zero underwater visibility. Try doing it blindfolded, and know that every saturation diver out there uses this SPECIFIC knot, and can tie it very proficiently 'in-the-dark'...and most likely does, routinely.
A falconry 🦅 knot or falconers knot was one that I found I used more than most. Unless I needed to climb or need high tension. Great share and even better explanations.
Bravo. Well done! One comment re the rolling hitch:: the strain should be applied in the direction against the side where the two (or more) turns were taken around the pole.
My favourite is the buntline hitch over the two-half-hitches. It is like two half hitches tied on top in reverse, but way more secure and can be tied non-slipped or slipped.
I think you should have explained and shown that the bowline and figure of eight knots are especially valuable because you have easy ways to loosen/ untie them after they have been pulled really tight. An overhand loop or stopper knot is 90% as strong as the bowline or figure right, but almost impossible to untie after stressed.
The first knot around the spar you call the Half Hitch is really a Single Hitch. The next one you show is, indeed, a half hitch. Thanks for mentioning that the reef knot is not a bend. Too many folk don't get that, and, it's important. The Tautline you tie (15:10) is a Rolling Hitch (as you show next, w/the blue line), better around a spar. If tied to its standing end, consider the Midshipman's Hitch, by making that 2nd turn below the first (making an Awning Hitch), then finishing w/the last half hitch. As you pointed out, neither do so well today on stretchier, slippery line. The Rolling Hitch you tied around the spar (16:34) expects the load to come from the right, not the left.
I wish the descriptions gave us more help on deciding which knot to use for which application. For example, we learn three ways to make a fixed loop, but are given no guidance on choosing among them. Similarly for hitches around fixed objects.
For a fixed loop, use the bowline unless you have a reason not to. (For example, if you don't have access to the ends.) The square knot is mostly for binding around something, like a bundle of firewood or a rolled-up blanket. If you look closely, you'll see your shoes are tied in square knots, just as a slipknot version for easy untying. Do NOT use it to connect two ropes together. The figure-eight is used mostly to keep the end from pulling through a hole, or to prevent the end from unraveling. The figure-eight done with a bight is for creating a fixed-loop in the middle of the rope (notice that you don't need the ends to tie it). I generally prefer the alpine butterfly for that, though -- I'm surprised he didn't include it. The marlinspike hitch is for exactly what he showed -- attaching a rope to a stick in a way that it will easily come free when you're done. It holds very strongly in one direction, and comes apart easily when pulled the other way. It's handy for dragging a heavy pole behind a tractor, too. The sheet bend is also as he showed -- connecting two ropes together, especially if one is larger. Taut-line, exactly as he showed -- its virtue is its adjustable nature. For tents, tying down loads, and other cases where you have a hard time getting the tension right, or where something will change and need to be re-tightened. Several of the hitches are rarely actually used, in my own experience. If the line doesn't need to be tense (like a safety line just in case I fall overboard), I typically use the bowline. If it does need to be tense (like a ridgeline between trees to hold up the top of a tent) I use the taut-line. The cow hitch gives you a hitch that lets you use both ends and is always easy to untie no matter how hard it gets pulled on, but I don't recall ever actually NEEDING it, as opposed to simply using it because it's quick and easy. The one time I saw it used commercially, it was attached to a crane hook, with the ends tied to straps on a bundle being lifted. It provided resistance so the rope wouldn't slide through the hook and cause the bundle to tilt. He has another video where he specifically discusses the truckers hitch, which I consider more useful than most of these, but that might just be because I do the majority of my knot-tying when strapping down loads. Most people don't need to know dozens of knots. Bowline, square knot, alpine butterfly, truckers hitch, taut-line, and sheet bend are probably the most useful in my opinion. Marlinspike and figure-eight are special-purpose knots that are handy to have if the need arises. You may find a need for others, depending on what you do (for example, I've never sailed, so I have no idea what knots they use.)
Marlin Spike gets used a lot in camping. You can use it to do a PCT bear bag hang, or to pull on a thin rope. And it gets a lot of use in hammock camping too. For camping, I usually use bowline, marlin spike, taut line, or 2 half hitches. And I'll use truckers hitch to strap Christmas trees to the top of the car.
The Animated Knots website has good recommendations. Up-to-date, too, as reference books like Ashley's used to exist before most synthetic rope materials.
Make sure the load line of your figure-8 is the second loop from the working loop, not the top, if its the top it’ll deform the knot in a way that makes it very hard to untie. And If you like the Bowline try the Angler’s.. the Anglers has stronger internals via a more uniform and equal loading of the “Y”. Also, if you put a bight in the locking bar it can be made to completely untie instantly with one pull.
I’m pretty good with my hands so I think my problem is my brain😆. I struggle every year to tie a string from tomato stakes up to the string going across. I don’t want it to slip right or left. Btw-your tutorials are awesome. Very well explained! Thanks
Would recomend the perfection loop instead of the bowline for every situation except one, since it so much moore secure and is as easy to tie and untie, as easy to remember and as neat. If tying a loop with one hand the bowline becomes easier. There are at least three different way of producing the same loop. Anyways, love your vid.
Great video! One correction though, when you loaded the rolling hitch, you did it in the wrong direction. In your example the initial round turn was to the right of the standing part of the rope, so the direction of the load has to be to the right as well. Or if you want to load it towards the left side, you have to do the round turn on the left side and the clove hitch on the right side.
Nice overview & assortment of basic knots. Knots are essential tools & can be mastered with a small investment of practice time. Regarding crossed lines in your fig8-on-a-bight loop: Before tightening the knot, simply push the top-loop facing strand thru the loop - then dress and set/tighten. No crossed lines ever & maximum knot strength.
It's very true everything you're saying bout learning how use rope tying ropes to use using in everything even for emergencies to survival an also to saving anyone's life even save you're own life an to using rope for hunting to fishing. An so much . Just what my Father Heaven had shown me how to use rope's in military combat. As I'd sead so much more to using rope's even for cooking.
This is excellent. So clear and well demonstrated. :-)I know and use several of these, but it's always good to see other uses and ways of approaching them. :-)
You said you wouldn't trust you mentioned you don't trust the clove hitch by itself but climbers use them all the time to secure themselves at anchor points. I agree, it doesn't seem like a very secure knot but I guess with a very long tail it's safe enough.
I've asked this a few times now... but since a lot of expert knot tiers out there keep tying this knot in opposite ways - how do I know I'm really tying an overhand knot and not an underhand knot? Is there a source you went to, which standardizes this? Other than that question... love your video and your channel in general. DM
So, I noticed that you are forming a 6 from the right side portion of the rope, where the right end goes OVER the left portion (for the overhand knot).
Good explanations, clear and concise. Two things I often wonder about: sometimes there are two ways to tie a knot that seem correct, but one is correct and the other isn't. Maybe I should say better vs not better. For example, the bowline knot can have the working end wrap around the standing end in two directions. Is one better than the other? And also, how many hitch knots do I need? Isn't one good enough? Thanks.
Well, it is really dependent on what type of things you are doing with rope that determines how extensive your knot tying ability should be. As a millwright, I use rope from a bunch of different aspects such as safety, rigging, tying down loads, and hoisting tools and equipment. Because I use rope for a wide variety of things it is important for me to know a lot of different knots. The average person can probably get by with about a dozen knots. When it comes to hitches, four of five would probably be sufficient for most people. When it comes to the Cowboy/Dutch Bowline, there is really no evidence that one is superior to the other. Though there are a lot of Bowline variants that can be very useful.
I was hoping someone could tell me what would be the best knot to use to secure a tarp covering an air conditioner unit, so it doesn't fly off in the wind??
If you're just covering it like a tent, bowlines on the tarp grommets and taut-lines on the anchor points. Pull snug and it should hold until something breaks. If you have enough cord, I'd go bowline on the anchor, pass through the grommet, and back to a taut-line on the anchor -- twice as many strands for strength, and you also have the option of tightening by putting a stick between the strands and winding. This can also be handy if you can't reach one end or the other -- put all the knots on the end you CAN reach.
so much info, lets say i wanna hang a piece of plastic canvas with something cross stitched on my wall,..... wich knot would be the one i should use to hang it from?
How are you connecting the art to the cord? Draping it over a horizontal line? Attaching a cord to each upper corner and running to mounts above? Do you have a stick across the top keeping it straight, or does the cord have to be tight enough to do that? Are you putting nails in the wall, or do you have some kind of structure above to hang from?
@@stevenscott2136 so its like a sheet of plastic with square holes in it, the cord goes through one of the corners, horizontal to the other corner, then above the artwork its gonna hang on like a nail or hook ish thing
Good video. Would be better if it also explained how to avoid tying the knot incorrectly.. eg reef knot the working ends must be parallel / opposite each other. The fixed ends also must be parallel / opposite each other. Otherwise the knot will walk or slip easily.
Your taut line hitch is tied incorrectly. The second half hitch should cross the first. The effect of this is that a tight line forces a fairly radical bend onto the sliding side of the loop. Works with stiffer cordage, as well.
@@txtoolcrib Thank you for that clarification. Accepting your nomenclature, I would have to say that, as an adjustable fixed loop, the Midshipman's Hitch is head and shoulders above the Taut Line Hitch. Keep up the good work!
You are being watched by people of different languages so i wish thet you have subtitle of what you say so it will be more understandable because we can read.
i need 2 knots to use that is 1. very easy to tie....2. very easy to remove. 3 fully adjustable.....for towing cars and for track pants with 9 inch of draw string on either side.....so what i do is make a overhang not and then do a butterfly knot....but these are 2 knots that can be easily undone and not adjustable....need something better
The overhand knots and the half hitches without the round turn are misleading. They should be more accurately referred to as a Stanley knot, because that's what you need to untie it, a Stanley knife. The more I watch this the more I cringe. That is not how you finish a clove hitch.
every knot tiying example is the same pointlessness of tying knots to pretend objects in the air and never stating the purpose for that knot, never giving enough reason for that knot over any others. And all of these examples that don't just say how to tie the knot but tell you how this knot is tied different than some other knot. stop making references just show me how to tie a knot from beginning to end without referring to anything else and don't tell me how to tie a knot unless you're going to tell me what the reason is for that knot so I can ignore that knot if there's no good reason to learn that knot. teach useful knots but teach the use first otherwise you're just teaching people how to paint widgets. start with purpose because where there's no purpose there's no point.
If you don't immediately see how the knot would have helped you in a project you've done, maybe you DON'T need to know knots -- many people don't. It's really more of a blue-collar and outdoorsman skill -- if you're a lawyer or software guy living in a city apartment, you can probably go your whole life without tying anything other than your shoes. (Square knot with double slipknot ends.)
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1:02 Overhand Knot / Overhand Loop Knot
2:01 Half Hitch
3:17 Two Half Hitches
4:01 Round Turn and Two Half Hitches
4:47 Clove Hitch
5:59 Cow Hitch / Pedigree Cow Hitch/ Girth Hitch
7:24 Square Knot / Granny Knot
8:42 Sheet Bend / Double Sheet Bend
10:03 Figure 8 Knot / Figure 8 Loop Knot
11:37 Marline Spike
12:55 Bowline
14:03 Taut Line Hitch / Rolling Hitch
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Alternatively, You can add "chapters" to videos that are displayed when you scrub through the video showing the name of the knot being shown. Regardless, this is an awesome video man!
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Hey thank a bunch Ben. As a left hander I struggle with knots. I bought books, saw many demonstration. The way you laid it out is truley amazing. It help me the most.
You’re very welcome
I have viewed many knot channels on YT over the years, but your more elaborate explanations make the motions more understandable. Thanks for being you. I used to teach Cub Scouts & Boy Scouts rope tying using 6 foot sections of twisted sisal rope, where they would loop the rope around their waist like a belt & tie the knots right in front of their body. I had great success using this method, but there would always be a kid or two who just didn't have the aptitude for remembering certain knots during the testing.
Red Rope Challenge!! :)
我虽然听不太懂老师的语音讲解，但从老师的清楚示范中仍然可以轻松地学习。
如此对学生用心指导的老师，是有心要做老师者的典范。
有这样的气质，必受人尊敬。
I hadn't thought of it till I read all the comments, but Otto Tater had a valid point when he asked for a use for said knot....nuff said. This was a very good explanation of how to tie the knots you chose. Everyone has their own opinion of the value of certain knots. I'm certainly glad you chose to show the figure 8, thanks. And now to the meat.......... I don't know if anyone else has observed, but the Bowline and the Sheet Bend are one and the same knot. The thing that differentiates them is the Bowline is tied in the end of a rope and the Sheet Bend is used to join two ropes. Both of these can be finished with a loop, effectively making them "slippery knots", meaning easy to untie. I discovered the "Slippery Sheet Bend" on my own looking for a better way to fasten the continuous loop on my hammock ends to the hammock suspension ropes. I later discovered that this iteration of the Sheet Bend is called the Beckett Hitch. I discovered your channel while researching multitools.
You give excellent reviews of them. I have yet to discover the follow up (after a period of use and abuse) video of the Ozark Trail Multiforce. I may have missed it. Thanks for a great channel...........
You are so clear in your instructions. I knew most of these and still watched recognizing your skill in teaching.
that is some homosexual praise
I recommend the 10 best knots from The Bear Essentials.
THANK YOU!, FOR ALL OF THE GREAT DEMOS, AND EXPLANATIONS!!! IT'S ALWAS GOOD TO REVIEW THE BASICS, AND, TO DO THEM, TO KEEP THE LITTLE GRAY CELLS WORKING!!..
Thank you so much.
I have watched many videos instructing how to tie knots and your are the best and easiest to follow.
But what I can't find are any videos that will show you how to tie down a load, such as starting at one end, criss-crossing over a load inside a pickup, using a very long continuous rope without having to pull all that line through when trying a knot, using a bite.
If you have a lot of rope, this can be quite cumbersome to tie and untie.
Reminds me of all the knots my two sons learned in Scouting. Proudly both are Eagle Scouts now (and I still challenge them to see if they remember their knots... often they do).
Thank you for talking about how the taut line hitch doesn't work as well with stiffer rope. Had to learn this the hard way.
FYI...the Bowline knot is THE KNOT when SCUBA diving, for most-any gear, line, etc. tie-off you plan on using. In fact, if you go through professional (saturation) diving school, you MUST be able to tie this knot, ON GEAR, while below water and wearing a 'black-out mask'...to simulate zero underwater visibility. Try doing it blindfolded, and know that every saturation diver out there uses this SPECIFIC knot, and can tie it very proficiently 'in-the-dark'...and most likely does, routinely.
Even better to learn to tie it one-handed.
@@simonthmyand upside down facing south tying shoe with other hand while hoping on one foot saying abc backwards
A falconry 🦅 knot or falconers knot was one that I found I used more than most. Unless I needed to climb or need high tension.
Great share and even better explanations.
Bravo. Well done! One comment re the rolling hitch:: the strain should be applied in the direction against the side where the two (or more) turns were taken around the pole.
My favourite is the buntline hitch over the two-half-hitches. It is like two half hitches tied on top in reverse, but way more secure and can be tied non-slipped or slipped.
Excellent presentation!
I think you should have explained and shown that the bowline and figure of eight knots are especially valuable because you have easy ways to loosen/ untie them after they have been pulled really tight.
An overhand loop or stopper knot is 90% as strong as the bowline or figure right, but almost impossible to untie after stressed.
Very awesome and easy to understand, two thumbs up Sir...
Fig 8 knot so simplified 👍
The first knot around the spar you call the Half Hitch is really a Single Hitch. The next one you show is, indeed, a half hitch.
Thanks for mentioning that the reef knot is not a bend. Too many folk don't get that, and, it's important.
The Tautline you tie (15:10) is a Rolling Hitch (as you show next, w/the blue line), better around a spar. If tied to its standing end, consider the Midshipman's Hitch, by making that 2nd turn below the first (making an Awning Hitch), then finishing w/the last half hitch. As you pointed out, neither do so well today on stretchier, slippery line.
The Rolling Hitch you tied around the spar (16:34) expects the load to come from the right, not the left.
But true your explanations are very helpful you explain clearly. Im not an american so i wish i could read
Using brighter coloured makes it easier to see plus the shadows add depth and clarity.
Thanks Ben, you are the MAN, thank you for an excellent video!
Thank you, I appreciate you taking the time to watch.
I wish the descriptions gave us more help on deciding which knot to use for which application. For example, we learn three ways to make a fixed loop, but are given no guidance on choosing among them. Similarly for hitches around fixed objects.
For a fixed loop, use the bowline unless you have a reason not to. (For example, if you don't have access to the ends.)
The square knot is mostly for binding around something, like a bundle of firewood or a rolled-up blanket. If you look closely, you'll see your shoes are tied in square knots, just as a slipknot version for easy untying. Do NOT use it to connect two ropes together.
The figure-eight is used mostly to keep the end from pulling through a hole, or to prevent the end from unraveling.
The figure-eight done with a bight is for creating a fixed-loop in the middle of the rope (notice that you don't need the ends to tie it). I generally prefer the alpine butterfly for that, though -- I'm surprised he didn't include it.
The marlinspike hitch is for exactly what he showed -- attaching a rope to a stick in a way that it will easily come free when you're done. It holds very strongly in one direction, and comes apart easily when pulled the other way. It's handy for dragging a heavy pole behind a tractor, too.
The sheet bend is also as he showed -- connecting two ropes together, especially if one is larger.
Taut-line, exactly as he showed -- its virtue is its adjustable nature. For tents, tying down loads, and other cases where you have a hard time getting the tension right, or where something will change and need to be re-tightened.
Several of the hitches are rarely actually used, in my own experience. If the line doesn't need to be tense (like a safety line just in case I fall overboard), I typically use the bowline. If it does need to be tense (like a ridgeline between trees to hold up the top of a tent) I use the taut-line.
The cow hitch gives you a hitch that lets you use both ends and is always easy to untie no matter how hard it gets pulled on, but I don't recall ever actually NEEDING it, as opposed to simply using it because it's quick and easy. The one time I saw it used commercially, it was attached to a crane hook, with the ends tied to straps on a bundle being lifted. It provided resistance so the rope wouldn't slide through the hook and cause the bundle to tilt.
He has another video where he specifically discusses the truckers hitch, which I consider more useful than most of these, but that might just be because I do the majority of my knot-tying when strapping down loads.
Most people don't need to know dozens of knots. Bowline, square knot, alpine butterfly, truckers hitch, taut-line, and sheet bend are probably the most useful in my opinion. Marlinspike and figure-eight are special-purpose knots that are handy to have if the need arises. You may find a need for others, depending on what you do (for example, I've never sailed, so I have no idea what knots they use.)
Marlin Spike gets used a lot in camping. You can use it to do a PCT bear bag hang, or to pull on a thin rope. And it gets a lot of use in hammock camping too. For camping, I usually use bowline, marlin spike, taut line, or 2 half hitches. And I'll use truckers hitch to strap Christmas trees to the top of the car.
The Animated Knots website has good recommendations. Up-to-date, too, as reference books like Ashley's used to exist before most synthetic rope materials.
@Nedw good point about the rope material. Thanks.
This was your chance to be the timestamp guy, with the added improvement you suggested. You failed.
Amazing, and this is free. Thank you!!!
You’re very welcome.
Best knot video
I. Like. Big. Knots and I cannot lie…😎
Here comes the knot
Very fine presentation, easy to follow!
I was taught to tie the Bowline by Sam an ex fireman like this. Watch the rabbit, out of the hole around the tree and back down the hole.
7:07 is also called the cow hitch because unlike the clove hitch, when pulling if used in an animal, it won't pinch its skin
Well done , very helpful!
Thanks for showing us and take care.
Make sure the load line of your figure-8 is the second loop from the working loop, not the top, if its the top it’ll deform the knot in a way that makes it very hard to untie.
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If you like the Bowline try the Angler’s.. the Anglers has stronger internals via a more uniform and equal loading of the “Y”. Also, if you put a bight in the locking bar it can be made to completely untie instantly with one pull.
I’m pretty good with my hands so I think my problem is my brain😆. I struggle every year to tie a string from tomato stakes up to the string going across. I don’t want it to slip right or left. Btw-your tutorials are awesome. Very well explained! Thanks
I appreciate that, thank you.
You are a true pro! Many thanks!
I appreciate the compliment.
Very good video and well explained how to make the knots. I’m usually not great with knots but this video made it easy to follow
Would recomend the perfection loop instead of the bowline for every situation except one, since it so much moore secure and is as easy to tie and untie, as easy to remember and as neat. If tying a loop with one hand the bowline becomes easier. There are at least three different way of producing the same loop. Anyways, love your vid.
Thank you for the very easy to follow tutorial. I'm enjoying learning how to tie knots and your channel is a great start.
You are so welcome!
Very good useful video.....!
Great video! One correction though, when you loaded the rolling hitch, you did it in the wrong direction. In your example the initial round turn was to the right of the standing part of the rope, so the direction of the load has to be to the right as well. Or if you want to load it towards the left side, you have to do the round turn on the left side and the clove hitch on the right side.
Nice overview & assortment of basic knots. Knots are essential tools & can be mastered with a small investment of practice time.
Regarding crossed lines in your fig8-on-a-bight loop: Before tightening the knot, simply push the top-loop facing strand thru the loop - then dress and set/tighten. No crossed lines ever & maximum knot strength.
Thanks for the tip.
Very nicely presented. Much better than another knot video with several milions of views
It's very true everything you're saying bout learning how use rope tying ropes to use using in everything even for emergencies to survival an also to saving anyone's life even save you're own life an to using rope for hunting to fishing. An so much . Just what my Father Heaven had shown me how to use rope's in military combat. As I'd sead so much more to using rope's even for cooking.
Excellent tutorial, thank you sir.
Thanks!
Thank you sir!
Great video. Thank you so much...
Awesome video! Saving this one. Thank you!
Thank you very much.
Thanks for the education/tutorial!
Thank you for taking the time out of your day to watch.
This is excellent. So clear and well demonstrated. :-)I know and use several of these, but it's always good to see other uses and ways of approaching them. :-)
Thank you
You said you wouldn't trust you mentioned you don't trust the clove hitch by itself but climbers use them all the time to secure themselves at anchor points. I agree, it doesn't seem like a very secure knot but I guess with a very long tail it's safe enough.
Glad I found yo channel man.
You got great content
Nice tutorial for any level. Was hoping you would show the thieves knot when demonstrating the square knot. Thanks again.
so usful yay i am ready to go adventure time
I've asked this a few times now... but since a lot of expert knot tiers out there keep tying this knot in opposite ways - how do I know I'm really tying an overhand knot and not an underhand knot?
Is there a source you went to, which standardizes this?
Other than that question... love your video and your channel in general.
DM
So, I noticed that you are forming a 6 from the right side portion of the rope, where the right end goes OVER the left portion (for the overhand knot).
13:30 Most interesting knot
Good explanations, clear and concise. Two things I often wonder about: sometimes there are two ways to tie a knot that seem correct, but one is correct and the other isn't. Maybe I should say better vs not better. For example, the bowline knot can have the working end wrap around the standing end in two directions. Is one better than the other? And also, how many hitch knots do I need? Isn't one good enough? Thanks.
Well, it is really dependent on what type of things you are doing with rope that determines how extensive your knot tying ability should be. As a millwright, I use rope from a bunch of different aspects such as safety, rigging, tying down loads, and hoisting tools and equipment. Because I use rope for a wide variety of things it is important for me to know a lot of different knots. The average person can probably get by with about a dozen knots. When it comes to hitches, four of five would probably be sufficient for most people. When it comes to the Cowboy/Dutch Bowline, there is really no evidence that one is superior to the other. Though there are a lot of Bowline variants that can be very useful.
the half hitch is used alot for setting up string line to form with.
Good
I was hoping someone could tell me what would be the best knot to use to secure a tarp covering an air conditioner unit, so it doesn't fly off in the wind??
If you're just covering it like a tent, bowlines on the tarp grommets and taut-lines on the anchor points. Pull snug and it should hold until something breaks.
If you have enough cord, I'd go bowline on the anchor, pass through the grommet, and back to a taut-line on the anchor -- twice as many strands for strength, and you also have the option of tightening by putting a stick between the strands and winding. This can also be handy if you can't reach one end or the other -- put all the knots on the end you CAN reach.
so much info, lets say i wanna hang a piece of plastic canvas with something cross stitched on my wall,..... wich knot would be the one i should use to hang it from?
How are you connecting the art to the cord? Draping it over a horizontal line? Attaching a cord to each upper corner and running to mounts above? Do you have a stick across the top keeping it straight, or does the cord have to be tight enough to do that? Are you putting nails in the wall, or do you have some kind of structure above to hang from?
@@stevenscott2136 so its like a sheet of plastic with square holes in it, the cord goes through one of the corners, horizontal to the other corner, then above the artwork its gonna hang on like a nail or hook ish thing
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Good video. Would be better if it also explained how to avoid tying the knot incorrectly.. eg reef knot the working ends must be parallel / opposite each other. The fixed ends also must be parallel / opposite each other. Otherwise the knot will walk or slip easily.
I like to do different type of rig rigging with rope
I stans corrected that was a clove hitch video I watched but you are tying away from you instead of towards you and it confuses me! Lol
What kind of rope are you using for this example?
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The half hitch videos I've watched go over the fixed object, not under!
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There's actually 2 ways to knot the double figure 8
Your taut line hitch is tied incorrectly. The second half hitch should cross the first. The effect of this is that a tight line forces a fairly radical bend onto the sliding side of the loop. Works with stiffer cordage, as well.
You are referring to the Midshipman’s Hitch. The Taut Line Hitch is exactly the way I showed it.
@@txtoolcrib Thank you for that clarification. Accepting your nomenclature, I would have to say that, as an adjustable fixed loop, the Midshipman's Hitch is head and shoulders above the Taut Line Hitch.
Keep up the good work!
You are being watched by people of different languages so i wish thet you have subtitle of what you say so it will be more understandable because we can read.
Square knot is overrated, but its principles are important
i need 2 knots to use that is 1. very easy to tie....2. very easy to remove. 3 fully adjustable.....for towing cars and for track pants with 9 inch of draw string on either side.....so what i do is make a overhang not and then do a butterfly knot....but these are 2 knots that can be easily undone and not adjustable....need something better
The premise of this video is flawed. 12 knots in one go is overwhelming for beginners, whether they're simple or not. Appreciate the effort though
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I thought I would enjoy this video but I'm a frayed knot
That's clever.
@@txtoolcrib sorry I had to do it. Looking forward to some more advanced knots!
The overhand knots and the half hitches without the round turn are misleading. They should be more accurately referred to as a Stanley knot, because that's what you need to untie it, a Stanley knife. The more I watch this the more I cringe. That is not how you finish a clove hitch.
Why don’t you enlighten us then?
square not slips ... dangerous, granny doesn't slip
Dislike!!! You like to speak very much 😮😮😮 I havent Time for this😮😮
I’ll do my very best to tailor my future videos to your every whim and desire!
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Speak a lots...
too much talk
every knot tiying example is the same pointlessness of tying knots to pretend objects in the air and never stating the purpose for that knot, never giving enough reason for that knot over any others. And all of these examples that don't just say how to tie the knot but tell you how this knot is tied different than some other knot.
stop making references just show me how to tie a knot from beginning to end without referring to anything else and don't tell me how to tie a knot unless you're going to tell me what the reason is for that knot so I can ignore that knot if there's no good reason to learn that knot.
teach useful knots but teach the use first otherwise you're just teaching people how to paint widgets.
start with purpose because where there's no purpose there's no point.
If you don't immediately see how the knot would have helped you in a project you've done, maybe you DON'T need to know knots -- many people don't. It's really more of a blue-collar and outdoorsman skill -- if you're a lawyer or software guy living in a city apartment, you can probably go your whole life without tying anything other than your shoes. (Square knot with double slipknot ends.)
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Someone didn’t take their medication I see.