Matthew Walker knot. Extended 2 strand, easy tie method.

This is a simple way to tie what is usually a tricky knot to manage. I haven't seen this method described any where else so hopefully it's new to you. I have been tying multi turn Blood Knots this way with a single strand for quite a long time. It occurred to me recently that the same method should also work for 2 strand Matthew Walkers with multi turns, and apparently I was right. I hope you find this interesting and hopefully useful. The cord is made by me and can be bought from my web store.
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[@stephanddd]

Genius! I discovered on my own how to tie the single matthew walker using overhand knots in a slightly different manner than you show, but I've been trying to figure out the double/multiple forever!! Thanks for showing this.

[@r.schaefer1536]

That's a barrel knot as used by Rope Access technicians as a stopper knot (a blood knot comes up the outside of the coils) but I like the way you used it in two strand for a MW,
well done and thank you for sharing

[@dankolar6066]

Very nicely done. Thank you for sharing.

[@plemas]

No worries Dan. Thanks for your comment

[@pascou92]

nice explanations!

[@plemas]

Thanks for the compliment I appreciate it! For a simple method it’s surprisingly satisfying.

[@mauriziocesario7902]

Bellissimo, bravissimo, geniale...! ! 👍⚓🚩

[@plemas]

Thanks 😊

[@tanalee229]

Beautiful!

[@plemas]

Thanks Tana

[@tanalee229]

@@plemas No, sir. Thank YOU!
I made one immediately. VERY easy! Excellent tutorial.

[@plemas]

Excellent I love hearing my videos are useful. My mother was a teacher, it must be in the genes. You’ll be up to tackling the 10 strand version. 10 strand Matthew Walker + 5 strand plait th-cam.com/video/uFrq-IyyFBg/w-d-xo.html

[@dominictaylor6265]

Really well explained. I’ve always done these without an aid and there is so much fiddling. This technique makes it so easy. Did you notice the similarity to a constrictor knot? They both result in an overhand with a locking pass over

[@plemas]

I had noticed that. The locking pass is in the other direction. I love that so many great knots are related to the simple overhand knot.

[@romandybala]

Great stuff. I like how you worked it out. So what was it like making the purple cable laid line ? Ive tried to hand lay like that and I cant get it as easily as hawser laid. But Ive seen a guy who is left handed do hawser laid so it must just be a mental block for me. I enjoy your work very much. I met a man recently who told me he had been in the merchant navy for 15 years and he commented on how I was applying a whipping to a rope . He said, " that's not how they showed us in Sea Scouts." I was flabbergasted. Apparently all he did was grease the engines. Had no idea about any ropework.

[@plemas]

Thanks Roman, The purple isn't actually cable laid. It's just left hand laid. My new machine spins in the opposite direction to my old one, the pink is from my old machine. My father was in the Merchant Navy and went to sea school as a boy, a very long time ago now as he's almost 90. He learnt a lot of knotting and taught me as a youngster too. Things have changed now though.

[@ajnormandgroome]

How do I learn about the tools? I learned a few practical knots from my dad and also from Mystic Seaport Museum - but never with that tool you have

[@plemas]

The tool I’m using here is a Swedish Fid. You’re in luck as it’s a readily available tool. Any ships chandler will have them. thanks for watching.

[@plemas]

Also available on line. They are used mainly for splicing three strand rope. Good luck

[@tdfpublic886]

Shows more than one knot and calls them Mathew Walker knots. They are nothing like a Mathew Walker knot. (MWK) While the knots shown up to 2:11 are similar to the MWK, they are not the same. Search Wikipedia for the MWK. The article has a good illustration and provides a clear explanation of what the knot is and how it is used. As well as clear instructions for tying the knot.

[@plemas]

A MW is actually a series of overhand knots interwoven together. This is an extended overhand knot with a second entwined in the first. Ashley talks of single and double MWs this is that but increased even more times. If you tie a regular 4 strand MW and one by one snip out a single strand at a time the last strand left will be a single strand with a simple overhand knot in it. I have a video on tying a 10 strand MW you might like that better.