Ray Mears Bushcraft.
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this seems to be on every day, and during the day a couple of times 2.
in todays (wed) he says u need three knots, but i only heard him name one.. and i didnt write it down
anyone know which three?
Ian
this seems to be on every day, and during the day a couple of times 2.
in todays (wed) he says u need three knots, but i only heard him name one.. and i didnt write it down
anyone know which three?
Ian
Troika wrote:
"in todays (wed) he says u need three knots, but i only heard him name one.. and i didnt write it down
anyone know which three"
Troika I had been asking myself the same question while watching Ray's program last Spring (BBC2).
I found our eventually they are the 3 ones he also shows in his book "Bushcraft":
They are all "quick release" knots. I have learned and used them all recently.
1) Evenk knot used by the Evenk tribe (Siberia) to tie up a reindeer to a tree or a pole.
2)Another tie up knot which has the advantage of increasing the tension of your rope (of tightening it up).
These 2 knots Ray uses them to tie up his basha (or hootchie) to trees. I imagine he would use both knots, the one I listed here no2 as the 2nd one to tighten up well his ridge cord, its Evenk counterpart at the other tree being a good strong knot capable of withstanding the pulling.
3) This is a knot to tie your (basha or tent) guyline to a peg. You can tighten up your guyline at will by moving the knot along its cord.
NOW: if you don't have Ray's book "Bushcraft" and don't want to buy it now (£20 I think) where these 3 knots are explained on the same page, go to your local public library and photocopy the page or else go to any large bookshop and read the page making a note of the knots in your notebook.
I have the book myself. I photocopied the page and learned the knots from the photocopy I carried in my pocket for a while until I knew the knots.
"in todays (wed) he says u need three knots, but i only heard him name one.. and i didnt write it down
anyone know which three"
Troika I had been asking myself the same question while watching Ray's program last Spring (BBC2).
I found our eventually they are the 3 ones he also shows in his book "Bushcraft":
They are all "quick release" knots. I have learned and used them all recently.
1) Evenk knot used by the Evenk tribe (Siberia) to tie up a reindeer to a tree or a pole.
2)Another tie up knot which has the advantage of increasing the tension of your rope (of tightening it up).
These 2 knots Ray uses them to tie up his basha (or hootchie) to trees. I imagine he would use both knots, the one I listed here no2 as the 2nd one to tighten up well his ridge cord, its Evenk counterpart at the other tree being a good strong knot capable of withstanding the pulling.
3) This is a knot to tie your (basha or tent) guyline to a peg. You can tighten up your guyline at will by moving the knot along its cord.
NOW: if you don't have Ray's book "Bushcraft" and don't want to buy it now (£20 I think) where these 3 knots are explained on the same page, go to your local public library and photocopy the page or else go to any large bookshop and read the page making a note of the knots in your notebook.
I have the book myself. I photocopied the page and learned the knots from the photocopy I carried in my pocket for a while until I knew the knots.
looks like all weeks ray mears progs are on back to back tonight starting at 1800 on ukdocs and 1900 on ukdocs +1..
Ian
Ian
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