Tying knots

[teejk]

:laughing::laughing: Thats funny

Funny to you perhaps...not so much to Citydude I'm guessing. Although Chris Rock once posed the question about why divorce was so expensive...his answer was "because it's worth it".

 

[Lineman North Florida]

I was just reading a thread on ratchet straps and the subject of knots came up. Just curious how many people use knots or can tie any. I myself use knots daily rigging blocks/materials as a power lineman. My favorites include a bowline, square knot and the timber hitch. There are many more we tie on a daily basis but these can cover most basics. I was just curious what everyone else out there does.

Oh yeah the old timber hitch to tag out them rear lot transformers while raising and lowering them, I don't know that I have ever used it for much of anything else though, bowline, half hitch, clove hitch, etc, pretty much every day.

 

[lennyzx11]

I hate the knife knot.
You know. The kind of knot you screw with for a half an hour trying to untie then cut it in frustration and desperation!

 

[dmccarty]

Square, bowline, Figure eight, shoe lace, slip knot, fishing hook and trucker.

If you really want to learn some knots, The Ashley Book of Knots - Wikipedia. A total of 3,800 knots! :shocked::shocked::shocked:

Later,
Dan

 

[dragoneggs]

Square, bowline, Figure eight, shoe lace, slip knot, fishing hook and trucker.

If you really want to learn some knots, The Ashley Book of Knots - Wikipedia. A total of 3,800 knots! :shocked::shocked::shocked:

Later,
Dan

I heard about that book long ago. Do you have it? Just looked it up online $85 for the hardback but wondering how instructional it truly is... says 3900 knots and 7000 illustrations. That is less than two pics per knot. I'm a slow learner. . Obviously a comprehensive book. Thanks for jogging my memory.

 

[Wagtail]

I heard about that book long ago. Do you have it? Just looked it up online $85 for the hardback but wondering how instructional it truly is... says 3900 knots and 7000 illustrations. That is less than two pics per knot. I'm a slow learner. . Obviously a comprehensive book. Thanks for jogging my memory.

This might help: Animated Knots by Grog | How to Tie Knots | Fishing, Boating, Climbing, Scouting, Search and Rescue, Household, Decorative, Rope Care,

 

[newbury]

The greatest thing about fishing is that even if you don't catch a fish, you've still wasted a day.....

There were many a day in my youth I would carefully ensure I had no bait or hook on my line, just a chunk of split shot to keep the line in the water. Why mess up a beautiful day with cleaning fish. Yet still at a distance looking like I was doing something useful like trying to get food

My most frequently tied knot would be the Shoelace knot, my longest tied knot the wedding knot.

 

[Dutch445]

This might help: Animated Knots by Grog | How to Tie Knots | Fishing, Boating, Climbing, Scouting, Search and Rescue, Household, Decorative, Rope Care,

that's a great website,, thanks!

 

[dmccarty]

I heard about that book long ago. Do you have it? Just looked it up online $85 for the hardback but wondering how instructional it truly is... says 3900 knots and 7000 illustrations. That is less than two pics per knot. I'm a slow learner. . Obviously a comprehensive book. Thanks for jogging my memory.

Yes and no. :shocked::laughing::laughing::laughing: I downloaded a pdf of the book years ago after a quick search. Did not realize the book was still in copyright so I deleted the PDF. From my quick look, it was like most knot books and had decent drawings on how to tie the knot. From other books on knots I have, sometimes the drawings are easy to follow and sometimes not. I think Ashley's book was similar.

Later,
Dan