Handy securing knot for rolled stuff

[Nice65]

It’s possible some of us already use this, but it’s new to me. For years I’ve been tying a loop in one end of a cord and going around my sleeping bag/tarp roll or whatever and back through the loop to cinch it up and then put a half hitch in.

This is much better, and great for wet tarps. Larkshead, one end through one way, the other the other way, cinch up the larkshead, pull tight.




Sit mat made of waxed cotton with half an army fibre towel. I use it for drying dogs, myself, and sitting on.

 

[Robbi]

Like that, mat and knot

 

[Herman30]

I use a slipknot for my rolled tarps.

 

[Mesquite]

Neat. How easy is it to slack off?

 

[Kadushu]

Saw the Coalcracker guy demonstrate this. It's mercifully simple and easy to remember.

 

[Nice65]

Neat. How easy is it to slack off?

Pretty easy as long as you can start to pull an end back through. So if it’s really tight, it might be hard to get a finger under one of the strings. Have a go, it’s a doddle to tie.

 

[Nice65]

Saw the Coalcracker guy demonstrate this. It's mercifully simple and easy to remember.

I think that might be where I got it. It appeared on a YouTube feed recently, but I just used it today for the mat and couldn’t believe first how easy it is to remember, and second how efficient it is.

 

[SaraR]

Nifty!
I always try to leave one end as a bight if I can get away with it, that way it’s a lot easier to unravel the knot afterwards (just pull on the end)

 

[grainweevil]

Ah, that's what it was about. I tried the video in my feed and it...was...so...strung...out...I gave up and went away before he got to the denouement. Thank you very much for the considerably more succinct demonstration! Useful trick. Also your sit mat is a strangely satisfying thing.

 

[Tony]

I wonder if you can put loops through the eyes for ease of untying... I think some playing is in order! Thanks for the post

 

[Nice65]

I wonder if you can put loops through the eyes for ease of untying... I think some playing is in order! Thanks for the post

SaraR mentioned that above, seems a sensible option to make it like a bow or shoelace.

 

[Nice65]

Like that, mat and knot

Cheers Robbi. I’m tempted, if I can get the pricing on my side a bit better, to produce a few of these and sell them on the forum.

 

[John Elstob]

I’ve just started using that knot to secure tarps and sleeping bags etc to put them into stuff sacks. What I’ve also done is added two overhand knot on each side of the standing ends to stop the ends from pulling through the larks head. I suppose, in some respects what’s been created then is another version of a bushcraft zip tie.


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[DocG]

Useful knot, thanks for sharing.
Do others use the Canadian jam knot for similar purposes?

 

[R_Fonseca]

I saw it this on coalcracker too and have tried it out with a few things. I like it a lot. I've also started using it with garden twine to hold rolled of fleece and stick bundles.

Useful knot, thanks for sharing.
Do others use the Canadian jam knot for similar purposes?

I was using that knot, but am replacing it with this one as I retie things, because it's easier... Not that the jam knot is difficult mind you . The Canadian jam knot has an advantage in that it needs less cordage though... Something to keep in mind.

 

[Jared]

Also spotted on an Outdoor Academy Australia short.

 

[Suffolkrafter]

I've never liked the Canadian jam knot. I'll certainly be giving this a go.

 

[R_Fonseca]

Also spotted on an Outdoor Academy Australia short.

I just tried this third one to hold my mess kit together. Works brilliantly also. I think the Canadian jam knot is now officially dead to me

 

[Edsmate]

This is a great knot! I use it to join herras panel together for the chickens pen, great with paracord but extremely hard to undo when using bank line!