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Posted: 12/16/2020 12:12:54 AM EDT
[#1]
Bowline/bolin
Can't be beat. |
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Posted: 12/16/2020 12:13:42 AM EDT
[#2]
1. Bowline
2. Clove Hitch 3. Zeppelin Bend 4. Trucker's Hitch 5. Square Knot |
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Posted: 12/16/2020 12:14:16 AM EDT
[#3]
Quoted: I vote: 1. Bowline 2. Taut-line Hitch 3. Clove Hitch 4. Sheet bend 5. Square Knot What say you? Palomar Uni |
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Posted: 12/16/2020 12:15:25 AM EDT
[#4]
As already mentioned, double fisherman’s, alpine butterfly, taut line hitch, clove hitch and several versions of a figure eight. Good skills to have and should be practiced with some regularity as it is easy to forget how to correctly tie them.
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Posted: 12/16/2020 12:16:30 AM EDT
[#5]
"He tied so many knots, they called him..... a knotsy."
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Posted: 12/16/2020 12:18:28 AM EDT
[#6]
Bowline on a bight
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Posted: 12/16/2020 12:20:10 AM EDT
[#7]
 ''Just tie me a sheep-shank...'' Jaws (AVI) |
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Posted: 12/16/2020 12:24:25 AM EDT
[#8]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Balloon knot you kneed help |
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Posted: 12/16/2020 12:27:12 AM EDT
[#9]
Quoted: I vote: 1. 2. Taut-line Hitch 3. Clove Hitch 4. 5. Square Knot What say you? I never use those two, and would add a double half hitch. |
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Posted: 12/16/2020 12:29:58 AM EDT
[#10]
I've never tied a sheet bend out of necessity. Agree with the rest.
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Posted: 12/16/2020 12:32:21 AM EDT
[#11]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I never use those two, and would add a double half hitch. I’m getting that “Tie however many half-hitches it takes until the knot holds” vibe from your reply. |
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Posted: 12/16/2020 12:36:02 AM EDT
[#12]
Quote HistoryQuoted: uni-knot bimini twist improved clinch blood knot non-slip mono loop knot Fly fisherman 
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Posted: 12/16/2020 12:38:24 AM EDT
[#13]
Quoted: I vote: 1. Bowline 2. Taut-line Hitch 3. Clove Hitch 4. Sheet bend 5. Square Knot What say you? Pretty much all the knots my 11 year old learned in scouts this year. |
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Posted: 12/16/2020 12:39:55 AM EDT
[#14]
 Ylvis - Trucker''s Hitch [Official music video HD] |
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Posted: 12/16/2020 12:43:28 AM EDT
[#15]
Man I dunno if I could live with 5 but if I did it would include Prusik.
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Posted: 12/16/2020 12:43:53 AM EDT
[#16]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I never use those two, and would add a double half hitch. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I vote: 1. 2. Taut-line Hitch 3. Clove Hitch 4. 5. Square Knot What say you? I never use those two, and would add a double half hitch. Depends on what you do. I was a lineman for 20 years. 99% of the knots I used were bowlines,clove hitch,half hitch, and square knots.Also used a lot of trucker hitches. Pro tip: Remember, a sheet bend is a bowline tied with 2 different ropes. Makes it easy to remember how to tie. ETA: I always used a Dutch, or a Cowboy bowline. I always felt that for my uses they were a little more apt to stay secure. |
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Posted: 12/16/2020 12:48:22 AM EDT
[#17]
I most often use:
-Figure 8 family in one form or another for 75% of the time. -Clove hitch -Water knot for webbing -Bowline for tree trimming work After 20+ years in the fire service and a rope rescue instructor for 16 of those years, I can tie about two dozen other knots. Most are of little use in the real world, and are not as good as the figure 8 type for most uses. A knotted sheepshank is fun to test people with, but has little use in the modern world of ratchet straps and chain binders... |
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Posted: 12/16/2020 1:03:32 AM EDT
[#18]
I'm a boater. Clove hitch, half hitch and bowline. Truckers hitch has a million uses.
I probably learned the half hitch at age 5. I'm constantly amazed by people that cannot tie knots. Especially boaters. |
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Posted: 12/16/2020 1:07:33 AM EDT
[#19]
Quoted: I vote: 1. Bowline 2. Taut-line Hitch 3. Clove Hitch 4. Sheet bend 5. Square Knot What say you? A lot of the traditional knots do not work well with synthetic rope, adding to the above: Flemish 8 Figure 8 bend Trucker's Hitch Also better tautlines ---midshipmam's hitch ---the tautline taught by the Boy Scouts pre-1948, not the inferior current version. Mike |
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Posted: 12/16/2020 1:13:14 AM EDT
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Don' forget the 5kts you add to the approach speed in a 319. Box likes to hang right on that Vls way too much. Sorry, a little Airbus humor.... And it's really 3kts.... |
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Posted: 12/16/2020 1:14:26 AM EDT
[#21]
Alpine butterfly.
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Posted: 12/16/2020 1:15:41 AM EDT
[#22]
What about Don Knott's?
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Posted: 12/16/2020 1:16:31 AM EDT
[#23]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Two half hitches This is much better than clove hitch. |
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Posted: 12/16/2020 1:17:54 AM EDT
[#24]
Quoted: I vote: 1. Bowline 2. Taut-line Hitch 3. Clove Hitch 4. Sheet bend 5. Square Knot What say you? I probably use 8 retrace / 8 on a bight alpine butterfly clove hitch sheet bend ring bend (water knot) double loop unequal loop figure 8 then double long tailed boline, square, directional 8, tensionless, super munter, munter... not really doing radium release hitch anymore |
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Posted: 12/16/2020 1:23:13 AM EDT
[#25]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Well, I lived ten years on my sailboat, mostly in the western Caribbean. I only used the bowline. That was my 3rd boat. Too man6y knots confuse me. Surely you used a cleat hitch when docking and a figure 8 as a stopper knot? |
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Posted: 12/16/2020 1:27:12 AM EDT
[#26]
I use various knots for fishing, but the only 2 names I know are a Trilene and a Rapala knot. Whatever knots you use to tie mono backing to braid, or a leader to fly line I can do without thinking, but can't tell you the names.
I guess being a boy scout didn't take. |
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Posted: 12/16/2020 1:30:58 AM EDT
[#27]
1 - Round turn and two half hitches - for attaching a line to a closed ring. Can be tied and untied under load, and is relatively easy to untie, yet does not shake loose
2 - Alpine butterfly - which can be used as a bowline, bend, or to add a loop to a loose line for whatever attachment purpose. You can isolate a damaged section of rope without having to cut it, by tying an alpine butterfly with the damage in the loop. It can be used for the fixed loop in a trucker's hitch also. Load can be applied to either end, or the loop and either end, or all 3 load points, and the knot is still relatively easy to untie later, without needing a free end to tie or untie. 3 - Proper cleat hitch for dock line - ALWAYS go around the far end of the cleat horn, and go all the way around both horns before crossing over with figure 8s on the cleat. This also applies to flagpole halyards. 4 - Bowline knot - good knot to know how to tie correctly. When in doubt, consider an alpine butterfly instead. 5 - Double / Triple FIsherman's bend - for flagpole halyards especially. This knot will keep the halyard neat and tight at the join point, and will not come undone over time. |
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Posted: 12/16/2020 1:33:40 AM EDT
[#28]
FPNI. The figure 8 and its variations will take care of a majority of needs and hold better. There is a reason it is heavily used in mountaineering.
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Posted: 12/16/2020 1:34:10 AM EDT
[#29]
Which one is best for tying a chick hands behind her back?
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Posted: 12/16/2020 1:36:32 AM EDT
[#30]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I teach and require: Overhand Figure 8 Figure 8 on a bite Figure 8 follow through Bowline Water Double fisherman Prussic Munter hitch I encourage: Alpine butterfly Demo: Double figure 8 This guy gets it. |
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Posted: 12/16/2020 1:37:24 AM EDT
[#31]
What about like seven overhand knots stacked up?
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Posted: 12/16/2020 1:37:32 AM EDT
[#32]
I use a bowline and a truckers hitch 99.9% of the time. I try to learn something new once in a while but since I don't use it I lose it.
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Posted: 12/16/2020 1:47:06 AM EDT
[#33]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Trucker's hitch has been one of the most useful in my life. Probably more than any other. Yep. That and a few fishing knots. |
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Posted: 12/16/2020 1:52:42 AM EDT
[#34]
Quoted: I vote: 1. Bowline 2. Taut-line Hitch 3. Clove Hitch 4. Sheet bend 5. Square Knot What say you? Replace sheet bend with figure 8. Honorable mention, prusik and grapevine knot. |
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Posted: 12/16/2020 2:15:09 AM EDT
[#35]
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Posted: 12/16/2020 5:36:58 AM EDT
[#36]
I'm a frayed knot sir.
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Posted: 12/16/2020 5:46:43 AM EDT
[#37]
Kinbaku = ??
Shibari = ?? Naked = ? Just like Yoga, Youtube has everything you need. 
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Posted: 12/16/2020 7:38:51 AM EDT
[#38]
Like to add: carrick bend.
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Posted: 12/16/2020 8:03:26 AM EDT
[#39]
Quoted: I vote: 1. Bowline 2. Taut-line Hitch 3. Clove Hitch 4. Sheet bend 5. Square Knot What say you? Is that what I call the Trucker's Hitch? I like your list, OP. I'd add one more, but it's a fishing knot: Uni-knot. |
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Posted: 12/16/2020 8:07:23 AM EDT
[#40]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Uni Knot This is what I use with all my braid and most rigs I tie with fluorocarbon |
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Posted: 12/16/2020 8:13:31 AM EDT
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Trucker's hitch has been one of the most useful in my life. Probably more than any other. I've used this knot more than any other for rope, fishing is a different story. |
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Posted: 12/16/2020 8:22:53 AM EDT
[#42]
Shibari.
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Posted: 12/16/2020 8:27:11 AM EDT
[#43]
Quoted: I vote: 1. Bowline Yes. 2. Taut-line Hitch Maybe. But I prefer to use a Trucker's hitch or the modified version of it in almost all cases instead. 3. Clove Hitch Yes, but only as a mid line hitch not end line. 4. Sheet bend Maybe? Dunno. I haven't had to tie two ropes together for any reason in a long time. 5. Square Knot No. Garbage knot for anything other than binding together a stack of newspapers or bundle of sticks, and even then I'd use a Constrictor knot instead. Square knot has probably gotten more people killed when misused than any other knot. |
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Posted: 12/16/2020 8:35:19 AM EDT
[#44]
Check out the app What Knot To Do, by Columbia, awesome guide to a ton of knots and really helpful to have on your phone. I know and tie a ton, but having a tool to reference is a great option to have.
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Posted: 12/16/2020 8:37:24 AM EDT
[#45]
Quote HistoryQuoted: This is much better than clove hitch. But not better than a clove hitch with two half-hitches. |
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Posted: 12/16/2020 8:38:49 AM EDT
[#46]
Quote HistoryThat's only useful if it's used. |
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Posted: 12/16/2020 8:38:50 AM EDT
[#47]
Figure 8
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Posted: 12/16/2020 8:40:55 AM EDT
[#48]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I probably use 8 retrace / 8 on a bight alpine butterfly clove hitch sheet bend ring bend (water knot) double loop unequal loop figure 8 then double long tailed boline, square, directional 8, tensionless, super munter, munter... not really doing radium release hitch anymore |
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Posted: 12/16/2020 8:44:53 AM EDT
[#49]
What the heck are you guys doing constantly that necessitates tying a variety of knots?
You just like to mix things up every morning when tying your shoes? |
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Posted: 12/16/2020 8:47:19 AM EDT
[#50]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Boy Scouts had to learn them I know an eagle scout who couldn't tie a bowline if his life depended on it |
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