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Title: My favorite knots
Post by: Steinar on December 09, 2015, 08:21:13 PM
I'm a firm believer in learning a few knots well enough that you can rely on muscle memory, and then stick to those. (And add to your vocabulary later as need arises.)

Those I find myself actually using, in no particular order:


And probably a couple more. What's your favorites you find yourself returning to?

(Sorry about the lack of pictures, I just added links for those I know are a little more unusual. :) )
Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: captain spaulding on December 10, 2015, 12:11:06 AM
Its funny you started this thread as I was thinking about starting the same thread a few days ago. The last few days I have been practicing the knots listed below. I want to learn a few knots a week.



Clove Hitch
Square Knot
Slip Knot
Noose Knot


The slip knot and noose knot are similar, but function differently.


I already have a few knots I use for fishing I know by heart and they come in handy for other things. I just need to find some info on a knot/knots to use for tying things down in say a truck bed. I already have a method that works great, but remember my grandfather teaching me a knot when I was young (forgotten now) where you tie your load down and when you sinch down the rope it tightens everything down.
Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: detron on December 10, 2015, 12:25:30 AM
Yacht Knot

Show content
Yacht not tie anything like that     :rofl:
Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: WWW on December 10, 2015, 12:32:21 AM
Good idea for a topic! I think my favorites/most used are:

Ashley/Oysterman's stopper knot
Constrictor
Evenk

There are probably more but I can't remember.
Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: NKlamerus on December 10, 2015, 03:15:29 AM
The Eagle Scout in me Loves this thread.

Can I add fishing knots?

-Polamar for Braid. (With an extra half hitch)
-Improved Clinch for Mono/Flouro
-Double Uni for Braid/Flouro

This pretty much covers all basis. There are certain knots like the Bimini Twist and Arbor that are a little more specialized and aren't always necessary.
Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: batosai117 on December 10, 2015, 04:53:12 AM
I am also an Eagle Scout (2004) and rely on a few knots for day to day activities.

Taut line hitch - it slides but holds under friction. I use this on everything and for fishing.

Square knot

Bowline

Clove hitch




Sent from my electronic multi-tool.
Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: Steinar on December 10, 2015, 10:03:44 AM
I already have a few knots I use for fishing I know by heart and they come in handy for other things. I just need to find some info on a knot/knots to use for tying things down in say a truck bed. I already have a method that works great, but remember my grandfather teaching me a knot when I was young (forgotten now) where you tie your load down and when you sinch down the rope it tightens everything down.

Perhaps something like a versatackle? http://www.notableknotindex.webs.com/Versatackle.html
Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: Steinar on December 10, 2015, 10:07:58 AM
Evenk

I didn't know that one.  :tu: I have usually used a sailor's hitch. (They obviously have different characteristics, but some of the problems they solve are the same.)
Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: enki_ck on December 10, 2015, 10:13:38 AM
Six, eight, nine, double eight, tripple eight, clove hitch, alpine butterfly, ... and many more but I don't know the names of them in English. I'll tie them at some point and post pics so you guys can help me identify them. :P
Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: hiraethus on December 10, 2015, 10:32:56 AM
Tautline hitch, clove hitch and figure eight loop are the ones I seem to use the most, particularly while camping.  I like bowlines (there's a quick way to tie them that is really satisfying) and sheepshanks (though they have limited practical use, IME) too.
Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: enki_ck on December 10, 2015, 10:47:03 AM
A few quick ones. My camera died.

(http://i1255.photobucket.com/albums/hh627/enki_ck/Knots/PC100188.jpg)

(http://i1255.photobucket.com/albums/hh627/enki_ck/Knots/PC100189.jpg)

(http://i1255.photobucket.com/albums/hh627/enki_ck/Knots/PC100190.jpg)

(http://i1255.photobucket.com/albums/hh627/enki_ck/Knots/PC100191.jpg)

(http://i1255.photobucket.com/albums/hh627/enki_ck/Knots/PC100192.jpg)

(http://i1255.photobucket.com/albums/hh627/enki_ck/Knots/PC100193.jpg)

(http://i1255.photobucket.com/albums/hh627/enki_ck/Knots/PC100194.jpg)

(http://i1255.photobucket.com/albums/hh627/enki_ck/Knots/PC100196.jpg)

(http://i1255.photobucket.com/albums/hh627/enki_ck/Knots/PC100197.jpg)
Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: WWW on December 10, 2015, 01:51:05 PM
Evenk

I didn't know that one.  :tu: I have usually used a sailor's hitch. (They obviously have different characteristics, but some of the problems they solve are the same.)

It is so quick to tie and uses so little cordage. It is also quick release, I used all the time.
Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: detron on December 10, 2015, 02:45:13 PM
my favorite is

(http://img1.etsystatic.com/013/0/6100528/il_fullxfull.439034361_k3za.jpg)
Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: WWW on December 10, 2015, 09:37:25 PM
my favorite is

(http://img1.etsystatic.com/013/0/6100528/il_fullxfull.439034361_k3za.jpg)

That is a really good one!!!
Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: enki_ck on December 10, 2015, 09:47:15 PM
:worthless:
Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: Steinar on December 10, 2015, 09:59:14 PM
enki_ck, those I can recognize and know the name of in English without looking them up, may be the correct naming is different in the form you use them:

No 1 is a figure eight loop, 3 has the geometry of a crossing knot, 4 is a clove hitch, 5 a square knot, 6 a fisherman's knot.

You do rock climbing?
Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: enki_ck on December 10, 2015, 10:17:22 PM
#2 is an adjustable double figure eight,
#5 = we call ambulance knot,
#6 = double tightening knot, good for tying two pieces of rope of different diameters together.
#7 = is the Barrel knot
#8 = double bowline knot
#9 = i think you call tautline hitch

Nope, not rock climbing, I'm more of an underground type of guy. >:D
Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: Steinar on December 10, 2015, 10:39:05 PM
Spelunking where people push themselves through narrow openings with real danger of getting stuck is smurfing scary. :dwts:

(And exposed to heights, I feel "the attraction of the void", so I'm really not the adrenaline junkie kind of guy.  :) )
Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: enki_ck on December 10, 2015, 10:44:46 PM
Spelunking where people push themselves through narrow openings with real danger of getting stuck is smurfing scary. :dwts:

(And exposed to heights, I feel "the attraction of the void", so I'm really not the adrenaline junkie kind of guy.  :) )

Well there are also really deep pitches. 1431m is the deepest we have.

(https://scontent-frt3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/t31.0-8/12291070_1499801377016214_3535153171923005123_o.jpg)
Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: AimlessWanderer on December 11, 2015, 12:32:02 AM
Figure 8 stopper
Figure 8 loop
Figure 8 bend
Clove hitch
Round turn and two half hitches
(or even a clove hitch and two half hitches)
Overhand loop
Lovers knot (#6 in Enki's list - two knots drawn together)
Chain sennit
Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: Steinar on December 11, 2015, 09:40:30 AM
Well there are also really deep pitches. 1431m is the deepest we have.

(https://scontent-frt3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/t31.0-8/12291070_1499801377016214_3535153171923005123_o.jpg)

I stand by my previous  :dwts: and add  a :to:

:)
Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: Steinar on December 11, 2015, 09:42:31 AM
[...]
Chain sennit

Does the rope look OK after prolonged storage, or do you have to stretch it?
Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: AimlessWanderer on December 11, 2015, 10:47:08 AM
[...]
Chain sennit

Does the rope look OK after prolonged storage, or do you have to stretch it?

I only tend to use it for paracord/utility cord to stop it getting tangled. It doesn't unravel straight, but who cares, it still works  :D
Title: My favorite knots
Post by: batosai117 on December 14, 2015, 05:32:05 AM
I received this laminated knots pamphlet as a gift from my parents when they picked up some equipment for my younger brother at the local BSA store recently. This thread reminded me of it so I thought I'd share.


Sent from my electronic multi-tool.
Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: Sea Monster on December 18, 2015, 06:00:23 AM
Quote
I already have a method that works great, but remember my grandfather teaching me a knot when I was young (forgotten now) where you tie your load down and when you sinch down the rope it tightens everything down.

I use truckies hitches.

They're simple and quick (they can take a bit of learning. I've been teaching them for years, some people get it straight up, others never learn.

Once you've got it though, you'll use it for everything.

I'm a bit of a knot fancier. Working with ropes is how I ended up carrying knives in the first place  :)

I've been learning a little shibari in the last year as well, but that's another subject entirely  :whistle:

Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: kmanct3 on February 23, 2016, 01:29:28 AM
The only 2 I use at the Marina ... Bowline,Truckers knots
Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: Gerhard Gerber on February 23, 2016, 09:00:29 AM
Thanks to fishing and specifically fly fishing I have several go-to knots, except for the clinch knot in its various forms I don't know their names....  :facepalm:

Does a Prusik Loop count as a knot?  That's probably close to the most useful thing I've learned this century  :P
Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: Steinar on February 23, 2016, 09:35:57 AM
Well, Ashley counts the Prusik as a knot, so I don't think anybody's in a position to protest. ;)
Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: styx on February 23, 2016, 02:25:16 PM
gotta start knotting again. one of those little credit cards might be a solution at this moment
Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: Syph007 on February 23, 2016, 02:30:06 PM
I use a constrictor alot, and also a double fisherman's knot.  :D
Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: Scorpion Regent on August 08, 2017, 04:50:38 PM
One day I asked my self. "Why knot?" I haven't stopped since.

The variants of the Figure of eight: stopper, bend, loop, sinnet, one way loop.
Clove hitch, doubled, (cleat hitch)
Bowline and variants : Yosemite, double in a bight, cowboy, running.
Tarbuck
Marlin Spike knot
Backhanded hitch
Munter hitch
Sheet bend variants: single, double, slipped, one way,
Alpine Butterfly
Anchor bend
Sheepshank, w/ marlin spike hitches, seized.
Highwayman's hitch
The Prussic (is it a loop or is it a hitch?  I don't care what you call it.  It works.)
Rolling and midshipman's hitch
Timber hitch

I didn't include the trucker's or the truckie hitches, because to me they are a combination of knots. 
Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: pfrsantos on August 08, 2017, 05:01:45 PM
I know a few knots. Mostly use them for paracord fobs. Don't know their names, though. I have seen some sites and youtube videos about knots. Planning on getting a piece of cord in my desk to practice.

Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: pomsbz on August 08, 2017, 05:57:18 PM
Sheet bend
Truckers
Midshipmans
Cawley
Bowline
Granny :)

Like someone mentioned, once you get the Truckers knot working, it's hard to use anything else.
Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: MadPlumbarian on August 08, 2017, 06:17:19 PM
 :think: ummm, ones I can complete? :shrug:
JR
Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: Syncop8r on August 09, 2017, 04:50:04 AM
These lists would be more useful if grouped by type/purpose/application and also  :worthless:
Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: TazzieRob on August 09, 2017, 08:30:01 AM
I downloaded a small app on my phone called "Useful Knots"
It contains subsections on Loops, Hitches, Bends, Lashings, Bindings, Friction knots. running loops, stopper knots, rope care knots and other, like the kamikaze knot for rope retrieval, or the handcuff knot for use in sadosmurfochism :facepalm: whenever you need tying someone up... :think:
It's quite good, but practice makes perfect
Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: Fortytwo on August 09, 2017, 12:37:58 PM
Hmm, I don't really have a favourite knot but I must say that the larks head is a really useful knot considering how easy it is. Among the uses I've found it to be perfect for keeping extensions cords organised when not in use.

I downloaded a small app on my phone called "Useful Knots"
It contains subsections on Loops, Hitches, Bends, Lashings, Bindings, Friction knots. running loops, stopper knots, rope care knots and other, like the kamikaze knot for rope retrieval, or the handcuff knot for use in sadosmurfochism :facepalm: whenever you need tying someone up... :think:
It's quite good, but practice makes perfect

I wonder if that handcuff knot is the same I learned in the scouts...

Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: Mechanickal on August 09, 2017, 12:39:22 PM
Hmm, I don't really have a favourite knot but I must say that the larks head is a really useful knot considering how easy it is. Among the uses I've found it to be perfect for keeping extensions cords organised when not in use.

I downloaded a small app on my phone called "Useful Knots"
It contains subsections on Loops, Hitches, Bends, Lashings, Bindings, Friction knots. running loops, stopper knots, rope care knots and other, like the kamikaze knot for rope retrieval, or the handcuff knot for use in sadosmurfochism :facepalm: whenever you need tying someone up... :think:
It's quite good, but practice makes perfect

I wonder if that handcuff knot is the same I learned in the scouts...
Boy did they do some special stuff over there with the scouts! :dwts:
:rofl:
Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: Scorpion Regent on August 09, 2017, 07:00:33 PM
These lists would be more useful if grouped by type/purpose/application and also  :worthless:

 I will be happy to answer any specific questions I can.   Posting pics & explanations for my whole list would be exhaustive. I'm not going to publish a book and not get paid for it.  I'm not a reference librarian.  You learn knots by doing it yourself.  You can start by doing a image search if you want to know what the knots look like.  If you want to know how to tie it or do your own  research see the links below:

http://notableknotindex.webs.com/knotindex.html

http://legacy.earlham.edu/~peters/knotlink.htm

http://asiteaboutnothing.net/cr_most-useful-knots.html

http://useknots.com

Of course there is always Youtube. 
Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: Syncop8r on August 09, 2017, 11:00:59 PM
I just prefer an overview before getting into specifics.
Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: Don Pablo on August 10, 2017, 12:19:08 AM
Hmm, I don't really have a favourite knot but I must say that the larks head is a really useful knot considering how easy it is. Among the uses I've found it to be perfect for keeping extensions cords organised when not in use.

I downloaded a small app on my phone called "Useful Knots"
It contains subsections on Loops, Hitches, Bends, Lashings, Bindings, Friction knots. running loops, stopper knots, rope care knots and other, like the kamikaze knot for rope retrieval, or the handcuff knot for use in sadosmurfochism :facepalm: whenever you need tying someone up... :think:
It's quite good, but practice makes perfect

I wonder if that handcuff knot is the same I learned in the scouts...
Boy did they do some special stuff over there with the scouts! :dwts:
:rofl:
Suddenly Irish scouts were rather boring...
Which scout organization? You have several in Sweden.
Also I'm assuming Boys 'n Girls allowed.  :ahhh
Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: Syncop8r on August 10, 2017, 12:20:54 AM
Hmm, I don't really have a favourite knot but I must say that the larks head is a really useful knot considering how easy it is. Among the uses I've found it to be perfect for keeping extensions cords organised when not in use.

I downloaded a small app on my phone called "Useful Knots"
It contains subsections on Loops, Hitches, Bends, Lashings, Bindings, Friction knots. running loops, stopper knots, rope care knots and other, like the kamikaze knot for rope retrieval, or the handcuff knot for use in sadosmurfochism :facepalm: whenever you need tying someone up... :think:
It's quite good, but practice makes perfect

I wonder if that handcuff knot is the same I learned in the scouts...
Boy did they do some special stuff over there with the scouts! :dwts:
:rofl:
Suddenly Irish scouts were rather boring...
Well, you have plenty of Catholic Priests there so same sorta thing.
Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: Mechanickal on August 10, 2017, 12:23:24 AM
Hmm, I don't really have a favourite knot but I must say that the larks head is a really useful knot considering how easy it is. Among the uses I've found it to be perfect for keeping extensions cords organised when not in use.

I downloaded a small app on my phone called "Useful Knots"
It contains subsections on Loops, Hitches, Bends, Lashings, Bindings, Friction knots. running loops, stopper knots, rope care knots and other, like the kamikaze knot for rope retrieval, or the handcuff knot for use in sadosmurfochism :facepalm: whenever you need tying someone up... :think:
It's quite good, but practice makes perfect

I wonder if that handcuff knot is the same I learned in the scouts...
Boy did they do some special stuff over there with the scouts! :dwts:
:rofl:
Suddenly Irish scouts were rather boring...
Well, you have plenty of Catholic Priests there so same sorta thing.
:D

They only knot togas though :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

:cheers:
Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: Don Pablo on August 10, 2017, 12:26:50 AM
Hmm, I don't really have a favourite knot but I must say that the larks head is a really useful knot considering how easy it is. Among the uses I've found it to be perfect for keeping extensions cords organised when not in use.

I downloaded a small app on my phone called "Useful Knots"
It contains subsections on Loops, Hitches, Bends, Lashings, Bindings, Friction knots. running loops, stopper knots, rope care knots and other, like the kamikaze knot for rope retrieval, or the handcuff knot for use in sadosmurfochism :facepalm: whenever you need tying someone up... :think:
It's quite good, but practice makes perfect

I wonder if that handcuff knot is the same I learned in the scouts...
Boy did they do some special stuff over there with the scouts! :dwts:
:rofl:
Suddenly Irish scouts were rather boring...
Well, you have plenty of Catholic Priests there so same sorta thing.
:D

They only knot togas though :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

:cheers:
We're never gonna live those priests down, are we?  :facepalm:
Shoulda banished them all when we had the chance....
Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: TazzieRob on August 10, 2017, 08:56:52 AM
Why knot?
Why not knot?
Knotting is not something you should not think about.
If you're not knotting, get knotted
Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: Don Pablo on August 10, 2017, 08:59:20 AM
Up knot creek without a knot
Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: Fortytwo on August 10, 2017, 10:27:35 AM
Hmm, I don't really have a favourite knot but I must say that the larks head is a really useful knot considering how easy it is. Among the uses I've found it to be perfect for keeping extensions cords organised when not in use.

I downloaded a small app on my phone called "Useful Knots"
It contains subsections on Loops, Hitches, Bends, Lashings, Bindings, Friction knots. running loops, stopper knots, rope care knots and other, like the kamikaze knot for rope retrieval, or the handcuff knot for use in sadosmurfochism :facepalm: whenever you need tying someone up... :think:
It's quite good, but practice makes perfect

I wonder if that handcuff knot is the same I learned in the scouts...
Boy did they do some special stuff over there with the scouts! :dwts:
:rofl:
Suddenly Irish scouts were rather boring...
Which scout organization? You have several in Sweden.
Also I'm assuming Boys 'n Girls allowed.  :ahhh

My troop was with the main Swedish Scouting organisation, or at least it is now, it was many years since I left. Too many in fact fro there to have been any problems with the mixed gender part tbh although I hear rumours that they tent to hand out condoms at larger camps.

It should be noted that the hand cuff knot in question is very simple and might possibly have been found by accident.
(https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0ByrViABqmcpCTnljR2hBaUp2UE0)

I think I made it slightly wrong here, the two ends should probably not both come out from the middle loop like that but oh well. (in fact Wikipedia shows it being tied with the two ends crossing each other, I guess to lock the lines better).
Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: Scorpion Regent on August 10, 2017, 06:07:49 PM
I want to learn a few knots a week.



It's been 9 months what have you learned since December?
Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: Don Pablo on August 10, 2017, 07:08:20 PM
Hmm, I don't really have a favourite knot but I must say that the larks head is a really useful knot considering how easy it is. Among the uses I've found it to be perfect for keeping extensions cords organised when not in use.

I downloaded a small app on my phone called "Useful Knots"
It contains subsections on Loops, Hitches, Bends, Lashings, Bindings, Friction knots. running loops, stopper knots, rope care knots and other, like the kamikaze knot for rope retrieval, or the handcuff knot for use in sadosmurfochism :facepalm: whenever you need tying someone up... :think:
It's quite good, but practice makes perfect

I wonder if that handcuff knot is the same I learned in the scouts...
Boy did they do some special stuff over there with the scouts! :dwts:
:rofl:
Suddenly Irish scouts were rather boring...
Which scout organization? You have several in Sweden.
Also I'm assuming Boys 'n Girls allowed.  :ahhh

My troop was with the main Swedish Scouting organisation, or at least it is now, it was many years since I left. Too many in fact fro there to have been any problems with the mixed gender part tbh although I hear rumours that they tent to hand out condoms at larger camps.

It should be noted that the hand cuff knot in question is very simple and might possibly have been found by accident.
(https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0ByrViABqmcpCTnljR2hBaUp2UE0)

I think I made it slightly wrong here, the two ends should probably not both come out from the middle loop like that but oh well. (in fact Wikipedia shows it being tied with the two ends crossing each other, I guess to lock the lines better).
Wow... I would have liked the swedish scouts.  :rofl:
Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: Syncop8r on August 10, 2017, 11:14:56 PM
I want to learn a few knots a week.



It's been 9 months what have you learned since December?

More like 20 months.  :pok:
Title: Re: My favorite knots
Post by: Scorpion Regent on August 10, 2017, 11:19:07 PM
I want to learn a few knots a week.



It's been 9 months what have you learned since December?

More like 20 months.  :pok:
You caught me leading with my chin.