Interesting Knot Site

[Minotaur]

http://www.itstactical.com/tag/knots/

Not sure I am overboard with a lot of the stuff. A little too survivally but the knots stuff looks really good.

 

[bandel4]

http://www.itstactical.com/tag/knots/

Not sure I am overboard with a lot of the stuff. A little too survivally but the knots stuff looks really good.

Thanks for that!

 

[Toddy]

Good find
Nice clear knotting info
Thanks for the link

cheers,
Toddy

 

[paul gammer]

Oh jolly! thank you, I'm interested in learning some knotting.

 

[Minotaur]

No problem.

The thing I liked is they seem to use two colours, which can make it so much easier to work out what goes where.

 

[listenclear]

Sweet! Love knots!

 

[pango]

Many of the knots shown on that site are basically the same knot with different names and many are not technically knots, but hitches! That is unnecessarily confusing for a beginner.

My advice would be to learn, ie, a Bowline, a Figure 8; a Sheet Bend; a Round Turn and Two Half Hitches, a Clove Hitch, and a Rolling Hitch: These are the most useful of all knots, bends and hitches and introduce an understanding of how they work!

(I once had an American tell me that a Bowline was a good old Texas cattleman's knot. I said that I thought a cow had horns, which totally confused him and he went off muttering something about godamm Limeys!)

The Reef Knot, although very useful, is a misnomer. It is a bend which should never be used as such!

Useful variations are the Blood Knot which can be used to join lines together and a Grinner Knot for attaching to a fishing hook or a ring.

Cheers.

 

[oetzi]

And they are tactical, those knots!
Some more knots:
http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/knots.htm

 

[nac mac feegle]

pango also called the suffolk six very usefull knots to know and a good start for most other knoting techniques

i wonder how many knots we all generally use when out and about and on our lanyards etc so ill start the list with a nice easy clove hitch

 

[hog]

This one is very good.
http://www.animatedknots.com/

 

[Ekdog]

Which knots should I learn for setting up tarps?

Thanks.

 

[nac mac feegle]

a prissik knot is a good fastener for tarp to ridge line allows tarp to be pulled tight or slide back for easy folding as for ridge anchors we all do it differently i think as is human nature learn a few simple ones and experiment print some easy to follow instuctions i havent mentioned any so as not to fix any in your mind

 

[Satyr]

When people start to talk about knots I always start to back away slowly with a polite smile on my face - people get so wound up by them (excuse the pun).

I use knots on a daily basis for rescue training and it never stops amusing me that when you get a few guys together with a piece of rope/string a swinging ***k contest begins. Everyone tries their hardest to remember the most technical knot they can manage (usually making it up after the first few turns) to create a rats nest that has probably reduced the strenght of the line to 20% and if ever loaded would fuse into a gordian knot never to be released.

You only need a few knots that should do what you need doing using the least amount of effort to tie and more importantly release if necessary. All the rest are just taking up valuble space in your memory that could be better used storing anecdotes and jokes for when you are trying to keep your spirits up after your tarp has collapsed

 

[sprucegoose01]

Which knots should I learn for setting up tarps?

Thanks.

Good vid for rigging tarps Bushcraft and Survival