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Albright Knot – Fishing Knot The Albright Knot or Bend I found categorised as a fishing knot. Now normally I do not do videos on fishing knots, as the line is so damn small and hard to see. However, when … Continue reading
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Over-and-Under Heaving Line Knot The other day I was going to Ashley Book of Knots, came across knot number 541 and thought that the design would make a rather decorative lanyard on a knife. I felt rather pleased with myself … Continue reading
Best Tool for Cutting Rope Yes, I know a knife!! However, one of the issues that I have is being able to cut the end of a rope squarely. Whenever I cut a rope with a knife I find that … Continue reading
Ranger Bead Lanyard – Pace Counter Lanyard How to use a Ranger Bead or Pace Counter Lanyard I am by no means an expert in this, but a little bit of research has given me the following answers: In order … Continue reading
Single Strand Lanyard Knot aka Eternity Knot The other day I was browsing through Ashley’s and came across this single strand lanyard knot. At the time of making the video I did not realise that this not the name, since … Continue reading
How to Tie the Halyard Hitch What Is the Halyard Hitch Used For: The Halyard Hitch itself is not actually mentioned in Ashley’s book of knots by name. However, on page 316 number 1912 and 1913, there is a variation … Continue reading
Making a Rope Cargo Net or a Climbing Net Unfortunately in the video below, I demonstrate how to use the 2 Strand Crown Knot or Japanese Crown Knot to make a few meshes of a cargo net. I am still … Continue reading
Handcuff Knot or Hobble Knot To be perfectly honest I am not sure that this would make a very good handcuff knot, I think that it is more of a novelty name. However, the Hobble Knot, is far more an … Continue reading
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