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The Harness Bend This knot is also known as the Drawing Bend or Parcel Bend. The thing that I like about the Harness Bend, is that once tied the knot itself has a fairly low profile. The Harness Bend is … Continue reading
How to Make a Rope Mat Of all the different Rope Mats that you can make, this particular rope mat is probably the easiest of to make. Although this is not the most symmetrical of all the rope mats, it … Continue reading
The Making of a Rope Shackle or Soft Shackle In the previous video I demonstrated how I created the knot on the end of a Rope Shackle, Soft Shackle or Jib Shackle In this video I will demonstrate how I used … Continue reading
How to Tie the Cow Hitch The Cow Hitch, is also known as: Deadeye hitch, Running eye, Lark’s head, Lark’s foot, Girth hitch, Ring hitch, Lanyard hitch, Tag Knot, Bale Sling hitch, Baggage Tag Loop, Cow hitch. The cow hitch … Continue reading
How Many Bowline Knot Variations are There? on my journey into learning knots, I always seem to come across new Bowline Knots. This got me thinking, how many Bowline variants are there in the world? When I search the Knotting … Continue reading
Jury Mast Knot or the Masthead Knot The Jury Mast knot appears to be an odd little knot, as there does not appear to be any photos of it actually being used as a Jury Mast Rig. According to Ahsley’s … Continue reading
World Shortage of Quality Cordage If like me, you are a decorative knotter and enjoy using quality natural hard lay cordage. Then I have a solution for those of you living in the land down-under, Australia. I was recently sent … Continue reading
How to Tie the Thief Knot The Thief Knot is not really what I would call a practical knot, in that it can assist in a particular task strength/weight related task. It was as I understand it a form of … Continue reading
Two Colour Rope Whipping A little while ago I was casually browsing eBay for more supplies. More often than not, I go in search of old rope. The main reason for this is, that sometimes one can find a nice … Continue reading
Figure of Eight Knot (Multiple) Although this particular knot does look like the Racking Bend, it is similar in its construction, but the Multiple Figure of Eight knot is purely a stopper knot, or a decorative termination on the end … Continue reading
How to Tie the Fiador Knot In this particular video I demonstrate how I learnt to tie the Fiador Knot. In this particular example I show how this knot can be used as a three looped key fob, then there … Continue reading
How to Tie a Spanish Bowline The Spanish Bowline is one knot that I have avoided to tie, because I found all the tutorials on this particular Bowline rather complicated. However, I recently came across Alan Lee Knots on Youtube … Continue reading
How to Tie the Blood Knot In this short video I will show how to tie the Blood Knot. For those of you with a fishing background you will notice that this is probable not the Blood Knot used in … Continue reading
Imitation Slipped Bowline – Fast Easy Secure – Better than the Bowline? I had never heard about or even seen this particular knot, until it was introduced to by Greg Letter. I understand that he came up with this knot … Continue reading
A Great Bushcraft Knot the Evenk Hitch The Evenk Hitch or Siberian Hitch has become one of the go to knots in the world of Bushcraft. One of the great features of this knot is that it can easily be … Continue reading
Making a Round Net In this little Net Making video tutorial I show how I make a round net. It does not take too much imagination to turn a round net into a nice net shopping bag. However, I only … Continue reading
Zeppelin Loop or Zeppelin Eye Knot – One of a few Knots used in Bungee Jumping The Zeppelin loop or Zeppelin Eye knot, is a very secure and jam resistant fixed size loop knot which is based on the Zeppelin … Continue reading
How to Tie the Tugboat Hitch In this video I show how to tie the tugboat hitch, as shown to me by John D Rae. Judging by some of the comments that this video has received on Youtube, it would … Continue reading
Klemheist Knot or French Machard knot This particular knot is often used by rock climbers and Arborists. For thos of you that are familiar with the Prusik knot, will see the similarities between the Prusik and the Klemheist. The Klemhiest … Continue reading
Sailor’s Knife Lanyard Knot or Bosun’s Whistle (Pipe or Call) Lanyard Knot For those of you who have been following my work for some time, will say that I have already done the Bosun’s Whistle Knot. I recently looked at … Continue reading