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1. Bowline
2. Clove Hitch 3. Zeppelin Bend 4. Trucker's Hitch 5. Square Knot |
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Quoted: I vote: 1. Bowline 2. Taut-line Hitch 3. Clove Hitch 4. Sheet bend 5. Square Knot What say you? View Quote Palomar Uni |
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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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''Just tie me a sheep-shank...'' Jaws (AVI) |
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Quoted: I vote: 1. 2. Taut-line Hitch 3. Clove Hitch 4. 5. Square Knot What say you? View Quote I never use those two, and would add a double half hitch. |
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I've never tied a sheet bend out of necessity. Agree with the rest.
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Quoted: I vote: 1. Bowline 2. Taut-line Hitch 3. Clove Hitch 4. Sheet bend 5. Square Knot What say you? View Quote Pretty much all the knots my 11 year old learned in scouts this year. |
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Ylvis - Trucker''s Hitch [Official music video HD] |
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Man I dunno if I could live with 5 but if I did it would include Prusik.
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Quoted: I never use those two, and would add a double half hitch. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: 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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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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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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Quoted: I vote: 1. Bowline 2. Taut-line Hitch 3. Clove Hitch 4. Sheet bend 5. Square Knot What say you? View Quote 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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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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Quoted: I vote: 1. Bowline 2. Taut-line Hitch 3. Clove Hitch 4. Sheet bend 5. Square Knot What say you? View Quote 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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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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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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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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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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Quoted: I vote: 1. Bowline 2. Taut-line Hitch 3. Clove Hitch 4. Sheet bend 5. Square Knot What say you? View Quote Replace sheet bend with figure 8. Honorable mention, prusik and grapevine knot. |
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Kinbaku = ??
Shibari = ?? Naked = ? Just like Yoga, Youtube has everything you need. |
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Quoted: I vote: 1. Bowline 2. Taut-line Hitch 3. Clove Hitch 4. Sheet bend 5. Square Knot What say you? View Quote 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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Quoted: I vote: 1. Bowline View Quote Yes. 2. Taut-line Hitch View Quote Maybe. But I prefer to use a Trucker's hitch or the modified version of it in almost all cases instead. 3. Clove Hitch View Quote Yes, but only as a mid line hitch not end line. 4. Sheet bend View Quote Maybe? Dunno. I haven't had to tie two ropes together for any reason in a long time. 5. Square Knot View Quote 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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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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View Quote That's only useful if it's used. |
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Quoted: 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 View Quote |
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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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