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Knots 3D – Learn how to tie over 150 useful knots

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Re: Knots 3D – Learn how to tie over 150 useful knots

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Post by andrewflnr »

BozeWolf wrote: post #123
stevesimmons wrote: post #121

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The trucker's hitch is great. So quick, and perfect for tensioning loads. I've used it probably a thousand times for tying kayaks on roofracks. Only had one lost load, due to using the wrong rope (my friend's polypropylene rope rather than my usual climbing rope or yachting halyard rope). Unfortunately, that involved 5 canoe polo kayaks falling off, in the middle of a busy city intersection, in the evening peak hour.…

Climbing rope is probably not a good fit for this job. Climbing rope has at least 10% stretch.

But you're going to take up a lot of the stretch during the tensioning phase. The key thing is that it's not so slippery that knots fall apart.

Re: Knots 3D – Learn how to tie over 150 useful knots

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Post by andrewflnr »

MasterYoda wrote: post #122

Does anyone have any suggestions for any good knots that can be used to tie coiled tubing together? I want to be able to easily tie the hose tightly and at the same time have a knot that can be easy to untie. My problem is that when tightening the cord around the coiled hose, once I try to tie then the cord gets looser around the coiled hose and the coil gets "sloppy". I saw a person do a good knot for this once, but…

Any of the variations on the trucker's hitch or taut-line/midshipman's hitch mentioned in this thread can probably be made to work. Or maybe even just a clove hitch secured with a shoe knot or whatever else you're using now might hold together long enough to stay tight. I've used a constrictor knot for similar jobs before, but it's honestly not great; having space between the poles/cords under the knot turns it from extremely difficult to untie into somewhat insecure.

Re: Knots 3D – Learn how to tie over 150 useful knots

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Post by andrewflnr »

gffrd wrote: post #9

I have to ask: what is HN's interest in knots? Regularly (and dependably!), posts about knots make their way to the front page, often to the top … it's nearly in the same mold as "articles warning about lending/housing behavior".

Knots take a nearly 1-dimensional object and generate a 3d structure that is both durable and potentially useful, sometimes bordering on life-changing. That's super cool.

I think a lot of us also have a bit of a primitivist streak, and knots are a low technology that can replace a lot of higher tech and still get a lot done (compare to HN's enduring fascination with Forth).

Re: Knots 3D – Learn how to tie over 150 useful knots

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Post by aporetics »

almog wrote: post #87
etra0 wrote: post #80

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That's a good selection :^) This pandemic I started learning about knots as well but IMHO one end up using a very few selection that works for most cases. I admit sharing small selections may not be that useful because people have different life styles but there are some that are almost always useful. I'd like to add a few 'quick releases' to your selection like the Painter's Hitch and the Highwayman's Hitch. I perso…

I'll try to add Painter's Hitch to my repertoire, I can see how it can come handy. And yes, the selection really depends on one's use case. I think that Trucker Hitch was the most life changing for me. Both for securing items in the car but also as a more versatile replacement for taut line hitch when staking down guylines to the ground (Andrew Skurka has a good demonstration of this use case). Though for your use ca…

I’m guessing this is the link:

https://andrewskurka.com/guyline-tension-system-backpacking-...

Re: Knots 3D – Learn how to tie over 150 useful knots

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Post by Emptysister »

kriro wrote: post #120

It seems like in my daily life I use only three knots and then very rarely I use a couple more. My guess is most people spend all their life on I'd be interested in recommendations for better shoe-binding knots (other than the old TED talk advice of doing it in reverse). As an aside...my brain is really bad at doing knots. I have an old book and it's almost impossible for me to work from graphics+text only.

Ian`s knot or Ian`s secure knot:

https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/ianknot.htm

https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/secureknot.htm

Re: Knots 3D – Learn how to tie over 150 useful knots

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Post by almog »

aporetics wrote: post #134
almog wrote: post #87

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I'll try to add Painter's Hitch to my repertoire, I can see how it can come handy. And yes, the selection really depends on one's use case. I think that Trucker Hitch was the most life changing for me. Both for securing items in the car but also as a more versatile replacement for taut line hitch when staking down guylines to the ground (Andrew Skurka has a good demonstration of this use case). Though for your use ca…

I’m guessing this is the link: https://andrewskurka.com/guyline-tension-system-backpacking-...

Specifically the one he calls McCarthy's Hitch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slOhlEmBwwY

Re: Knots 3D – Learn how to tie over 150 useful knots

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Post by dhimes »

almog wrote: post #129
dhimes wrote: post #127

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Great list. I would invite you to try a stevedore instead of the figure 8. It's really the same knot with an extra wrap, and it cinches into something the size of a double-overhand but won't jam. It's an outstanding stopper know- the only one I use on sailboats now (and I'm converting many people to it).

I just tried it and at first I thought it really was just a figure eight with extra wrap (a bit like the figure of nine bend), I noticed the difference was not just the extra wrap but also that the working end is finally fed back into the loop from the bottom rather than from the top (as in figure of eight). That last piece I think result in a different final shape.

I feed the working end through the bottom in the figure-eight as well.

Re: Knots 3D – Learn how to tie over 150 useful knots

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Post by almog »

dhimes wrote: post #137
almog wrote: post #129

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I just tried it and at first I thought it really was just a figure eight with extra wrap (a bit like the figure of nine bend), I noticed the difference was not just the extra wrap but also that the working end is finally fed back into the loop from the bottom rather than from the top (as in figure of eight). That last piece I think result in a different final shape.

I feed the working end through the bottom in the figure-eight as well.

I think in both cases, whether the working end should be fed from the bottom of the loop or from the top depends on whether we're crossing the working end under or above the bight the first time: working end that crosses above the bight leads to feeding into the loop from the top and vice versa. That's for figure of eight but for figure of eight above first leads to feeding from the bottom of the loop at the final step and vice versa.

Re: Knots 3D – Learn how to tie over 150 useful knots

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Post by gffrd »

fdr wrote: post #17

I took pandemic time to learn some knots, and then forget a bunch of them that didn't offer enough distinct utility to me. I highly recommend the Farrimond Friction Hitch: https://www.animatedknots.com/farrimond-friction-hitch-knot It's simple and fast to tie (with a little practice for muscle memory), and with an extra turn has exceptional friction preventing loop collapse in some situations where even a bowline wou…

Want to add: the _about us_ of this site ("Grog Story") is excellent. I always seek out the "about" of sites to find out "why do you do this, and how well do you understand what you do?"

This does not disappoint: https://www.animatedknots.com/grog-story

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