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How to Tie the Sheepshank Generally the Sheepshank is a great way of shortening a length of rope that is too long, without the need of cutting the rope. It can also be used to bypass a section of damaged … Continue reading
Category Archives: Knot Work
How Strong are Different Knots Below is a strength of knot chart that was taken with thanks to, The Art of Knotting and Splicing – United States Naval Institute. “The following strength of knot table show the efficiency or relative … Continue reading
How to Tie a 4 Bight Long Turks Head This particular method is a great way of wrapping an object with a long Turks Head. I often use a two bight version of this Turks Head, but find that if … Continue reading
Highwayman’s Hitch or Highwayman’s Cutaway The Highwayman’s Hitch is also known as the Highwayman’s Cutaway. The Highwayman’s Hitch is not too dissimilar to the Painter Hitch, and functions in a very similar way. The Highwayman’s Hitch is a great way … Continue reading
How to Tie the Painter Hitch or Tumble Hitch When doing the video of the Painter Hitch I did come across some information that said that the Painter Hitch was also known as the Tumble Hitch. Now this may also … Continue reading
How to Make a Turks Head Bracelet In this video tutorial, I will show how to make a Turks Head Bracelet, also known as a Nantucket Bracelet or a Sailors Turks Head Bracelet. This type of bracelet is relatively easy … Continue reading
Tying a Turks Head on Your Hand In this short video I will demonstrate how to tie a Turks Head using just your hands. There are a few different ways of tying a Turks Head, some of the ways involve … Continue reading
Multi Bight Turks Head Often we buy a really nice hat, but it can always do with that little extra decoration to personalise it! So why not make a lovely Multi Bight Endless Turks Head Hat Band? The wonderful thing … Continue reading
How to Tie the Farrimond Friction Hitch The Farrimond Friction Hitch is extremely useful when a line may need to be periodically adjusted to maintain the tension on the line. It is often used in the Bushcraft world for ridge … Continue reading
Knot Tying Jig A few people have now asked me about my knot tying jig. I created this particular jig in order to be able to practice the knots that I have learnt. The main specification for me, it had … Continue reading
How to Tie the Water Bowline If you can tie a Bowline, then tying the Water Bowline is the same with just one extra little step. From what I understand the term Water Bowline came about as this particular Bowline … Continue reading
How to Tie the Rolling Hitch I thought that I knew how to tie the rolling hitch! Well, that was till I wanted to investigate if further for my video tutorial. I soon found that that there are a few … Continue reading
How to Tie This Shake Hands Bend I would say that this is a relatively easy bend to tie, providing that you remember the interlocking bd rule. However, I did find that when it came to doing the Shake Hands … Continue reading
How to Tie the Double Dragon Loop The Double Dragon Loop is not listed in Ashley’s Book of Knots, it would appear to be a distant relative to the Perfection Loop or Anglers Loop ABoK 1017. The Double Dragon Loop … Continue reading
How to Tie the Knute Hitch This particular hitch is rather beautiful because of its simplicity! It is extremely easy to tie and also very easy to untie. However, once tied through the eye of an object correctly, this hitch … Continue reading
How to Tie the Scaffold Hitch Have you ever wanted to suspend a plank from the end of a rope? Well, here is the solution, the scaffold hitch. The scaffold hitch is a great way of suspending a plank from … Continue reading
How to Tie the Span Loop I wonder why the Span Loop is not for widely known? I only recently discovered this knot and found it to be an extremely useful knot to know. The wonderful thing about the Span … Continue reading
How to Tie the Single Bowline on the Bight In the past I have shown how to tie a Bowline on the Bight, which in effect is really a Double Bowline on the Bight. The reason being that the completed … Continue reading
How to Tie the Toggle Button Knot This is probably one of the easiest of the button knots to tie. It also has a great characteristic of being “T” shaped. Because of the T shape of the knot, it makes … Continue reading
How to Tie a Strap Bend Sometimes you are faced with a bit of a dilemma, when you want to say join 2 loop ends of a rope together. This is where the Strap Bend comes in handy. The Strap … Continue reading