Five most usefull knots for Bushcraft.

[Chris the Cat]

List them and I shall learn them !

Cheers cats.

Best.
C.

 

[Man of Tanith]

Evenk siberian hitch.
Prussik
Reef.
I only use them three really.
Someimes use the guy line one in essential bushcraft but I keep forgetting it

Knots are not my strong point

 

[John Fenna]

Round turn and 2 half hitches
Clove hitch
Sheet bend
Running noose
Shoe lace bow

Ooops not a single "knot" in the bunch!

 

[bob_the_baker]

tautline hitch with a quick release is a personal favourite. Simple, elegant and damned useful

And as a fisherman I wouldn't get far without a clinch knot

 

[Chris the Cat]

You know what I mean John!

 

[Chris the Cat]

Keep 'em coming, when we are agreed on five I shall hit Google and get on it!
35 years of wild camping, never 'known' my knots!!

 

[John Fenna]

Oh - you should also learn
Timber hitch
Truckers hitch
Square lashing
Diagonal lashing
Tripod lashing

Ooops - still no "knots"

 

[Chris the Cat]

Lol!
Anyone got a link to that rare beast, the Sledge Knot?

Thanks guiys.

 

[Ed Edwards]

I'm not sure what I should be using, but I use:

Prusik Loops (on my Ridgeline)
Taught Line Hitch (Guy Lines)
Marlin Spike Hitch (Hammock)
Enenk Knot (Tarp)
..... and a figure 9's when I'm feeling lazy

That's pretty much it.....

 

[John Fenna]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOh
Prussic KNOT
Reef KNOT
Bowline
Strangle KNOT
Highwaymans hitch
FOUND SOME KNOTS AT LAST!

Seriously - I use all of these an awful lot
Five is too few ....

 

[Ed Edwards]

And here's your Sledge Knot

http://www.backpacker.com/skills-how-to-tie-a-sledge-knot/slideshows/235?position=2

 

[Globetrotter.uk]

Not to use a blunt knife
Not to forget to take your rubbish home
Not to enjoy yourself
Not to join BCUK
Not to buy to much gear

And finally

Not to have a laugh

 

[Lister]

figure 8 (knot/bend/hitch/lashing) 4 in 1

 

[Shewie]

Klemheist
Truckers hitch
Evenk hitch
Marlin Spike hitch
Canadian Jam knot

That's about all I use these days

 

[decorum]

Without (hopefully) repeating what others have already put up:

Pile Hitch (useful for pegs, pull toggles etc ~ similar to Marlin Spike Hitch but can be pulled from either direction),
Farrimond Friction Hitch (useful for guy lines),
Icicle Hitch (Useful for vertical dangly things, similar to a Rolling Hitch),
Canadian Jam Knot (good for compressing and / or holding things in place),
Surgeon's Shoe Lace Knot (aka Tibetan Trekking Knot or Sherpa Knot ~ wider starter knot holds better and is a whole lot easier to undo than the Standard Shoelace Knot)

 

[Chris the Cat]

Thank you all!

Chris.

 

[bearbait]

In addition to many of those already listed I use the Manharness Knot to put a loop in the bight of a rope for an improvised tackle (or pulley).

 

[Graham_S]

I use a constrictor hitch fairly often
Alpine butterfly is a particular favourite as well.
Larks foot gets a lot of use too.
As well as most of those previously mentioned.

 

[Hog On Ice]

Figure 8 knot in a bight for a loop that is relatively easy to untie
Bowline - another loop relatively easy to untie
Sliding Larkshead on two lines - good for a quick lashing when tied so that the two tails from the larks head are the two lines ie its tied back on itself - final tightening of a lashing is done by pulling the two tails apart then tie a bow knot in the tails to lock the larkshead in place - if used on soft objects a simple overhand knot can be used instead of the bow knot (see picture)

most of the rest of the stuff I use are splices in hollow core braided line - UCRs are something I use a lot - the eye splices at the ends are typically larksheaded onto sticks for my chair or the ends of my hammock

 

[resnikov]

Dont forget the granny knot for when you never want it to be undone