How to Tie the Blake’s Hitch The Blake’s hitch is often used by arborists and tree climbers as a friction knot aiding them to ascend a climbing rope. The wonderful thing about the Blake’s Hitch is that it can easily … Continue reading →
How to Splice a Rope onto a Ring There are number of ways to attach a three strand rope onto a ring. In this particular video, I demonstrate how to attach a rope on to a ring using the Crown … Continue reading →
How to Tie the Axle Hitch In this short video I will demonstrate how to tie the Axle Hitch. I am not sure when I last saw a vehicle with an axle, as I think they are all now with … Continue reading →
Rope Splicing There are a number of different ways of Rope Splicing. In this particular post I will be demonstrating how to put and Eye Splice into a three strand rope. However if you are looking for alternative then click … Continue reading →
How to Join 2 Ropes with a Short Splice The Short Splice is a very simple way and secure way of joining two lengths of 3 strand rope together. This is a great way of making a rope longer or … Continue reading →
How to Tie a Tow Rope for Short Hauls In this tow rope tutorial, we will not be looking at making a standard tow rope for a vehicle. This method is designed to be attached to vehicle axles. What we … Continue reading →
More Net Making Posts Here you will find some more Net Making Posts that I have done. Two Net Making Knots I Use When I first started Net Making, I used to use the sheet bend method of tying the … Continue reading →
How to Tie a Dyneema Soft Shackle In this tutorial, I have combine the unboxing of the soft shackle kit, also following the instructions to create a Dyneema Soft Shackle. Well thanks to a secret donation, I was able to … Continue reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Halyard Hitch Variations Since I originally wrote this post, I have since discovered the that there are two versions of the Halyard Hitch. The first version is when it is tied to a ring. The second version is when the … 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 →
What is the Handcuff Knot or Hobble Knot Used For? 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 … Continue reading →
How to Tie 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 … Continue reading →
The Making of a Rope Shackle or Soft Shackle How to Seize Rope 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 … 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? Since writing this post I have a separate section on the Different Bowlines. on my journey into learning knots, I always seem to come across new Bowline Knots. This got me thinking, how … Continue reading →
How to Tie Two Colour Sailmaker’s 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 … Continue reading →
How to Tie the Multiple Figure of Eight Knot Although this particular knot does look similar to the one in this blog post; How to Tie Racking Bend, it is similar in its construction, but the Multiple Figure of Eight … Continue reading →
