How to Tie Taut Line Hitch or Midshipman’s Hitch The Taut Line Hitch also known as the Midshipman’s Hitch (there is a slight variation) is often used when a line needs to be adjusted and tensioned. Once the Taut Line … Continue reading →
How to Tie Artillery Loop, Man-harness Knot, Harness Loop The artillery loop, also known as the man-harness knot and the harness loop, is a rather nice and easy way of tying a loop in the bight of a rope. From … Continue reading →
What is the Zeppelin Bend Used For The Zeppelin Bend is used to join two ropes together. One of the advantages of using the Zeppelin Bend, is that it can easily be untied even if it has been subject to … Continue reading →
How to Tie the Sheepshank The thing to remember when tying the sheepshank in it’s simplest form, is that it will only hold whilst there is tension on the rope. According to The Art of Knotting and Splicing, the Sheepshank … Continue reading →
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 the Highwayman’s Hitch 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 … 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 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 →
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 the end of the rope. However, … Continue reading →
How to Tie the Span Loop I wonder why the Span Loop is not more 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 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 →
Net Making Equipment What I really love about net making is that the initial set-up cost is relatively cheap and it is easy to get hold of. For making a net you will need the following equipment: More Net Making … Continue reading →
Carrick Bend Loop Researching the the Carrick Loop I found two variants, one in the Ashley Book of Knots and another shown to me. I have to now question as to whether or not, the version in ABoK 1033 is … Continue reading →
