Knots

Talk about knots here:

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"There dosen't look like there's much shelter over in those mountains, but that's the only choice I got right now, this is gonna be a long week" - Les Stroud Arctic

Heres a knot that I made (I haven't see it anywhere yet) Very Happy

eric

Good to know, I dont know much about knots other than the basic one, so this really helps! Cool

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"There dosen't look like there's much shelter over in those mountains, but that's the only choice I got right now, this is gonna be a long week" - Les Stroud Arctic

TURD.......That is very similar to a Buntline Hitch

But yours is just a little different. Your tail end is in the 2nd loop instead of the first.
I will have to try it out.

Thanks

Oh yeah, your right, cool!

Buntline Hitch

eric

Excellent animations! Keep going, Turd! Better than anything I could do on webcam!

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I didn't make the Buntline Hitch animations I found it here:
http://www.dirauxwest.org/knots/buntline.htm

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eric

Excellant Post Turd, good stuff. Cool

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Thanks Drummer Dave Very Happy

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Heres some good sites:
http://www.animatedknots.com/
http://www.realknots.com/knots/index.htm

eric

I have a couple vids uploading to google. One is a rolling hitch, and the other is a sliding sheet bend. I use both when ever I make a shelter. Cool

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-Les Stroud

I like the animated knots link. Im keeping that in my favs. Good Link turd.

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Canadian To The Core
We are Known By The Tracks we Leave Behind
Carry Less by Knowing More
Knowledge Weighs Nothing

Thanks, I like those animated knots too, very easy to learn from Very Happy

eric

I have the Handbook of Knots. Very Happy

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Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. - Prov. 27:17

what basic knots should I learn?

I personally must say I know nothing about knots but have started to learn about them more.

I used the "ultimate survival guide" (book) for knots right now. They have a lot of useful ones.

I'm still trying to find out what ray mears uses for his hammocks

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"There dosen't look like there's much shelter over in those mountains, but that's the only choice I got right now, this is gonna be a long week" - Les Stroud Arctic

Here http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/13510 is a site you can download an ebook on knots for free.

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	linsleyk wrote:
	what basic knots should I learn?

A great knot to know how to do is Bowline. Cool

Not hard at all & has many uses.

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Carry Less by Knowing More
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Tautline is an excellent knot to know, although it doesn't work effectively with sleek plastic rope. It also can be used to tie rope up for shelters and such. It's like a backward slipknot in terms of function. You can "open" up the loop by pulling, but under tension, it doesn't slide back. You could tie a rope between two trees with some slack in it, then tighten it up by pulling on the knots and throw a tarp over it for quick shelter.

The reef knot is perhaps the most basic of them all. The figure 8 is simple and sometimes a part of more complex knots. The clove hitch is one of my favourites. If someone who doesn't know knots sees you tying a clove hitch, they'll tell you it can't possibly hold; you know better.

wow those are great ones to try thanks I sussesfully tried the bow line and it works ya Very Happy