I tied both according to the animation on animated knots. The rope is pretty stiff. No matter what I try, I don't get the two strands to be parallel as in the first one. Is the second one also fine or will that impair the stability?
Is there a name for this? Or a tutorial some where? Or can any of yall help me? Thanks
I might be lazy but I think problem solving and survival-ing (?) is also about "learning the least amount of stuff to solve the most amount of problems". Let me be clear: a multi-tool is a cool thing because it allows you to do many things with a single tool.
Yeah, toold that do just ONE thing usually do it better, but you can't bring EVERYTHING with you all the time.
The same goes for knots: I think many knots are cool, but you actually only need... maybe 3? One for creating loops at the end of a rope, one for creating loops in the middle (if you can make a loop in the middle you can use it at the end too, but yeah a bowline is easier to tie AROUND a pole than an alpine butterfly - maybe it's more about creating a closed loop and an "open loop", one you can tie around an object), one to make adjustable lenghts (the ones that keep tension once you slide them on another rope). Yeah, some will do what you need BETTER than the three you know, but I have a lot of trouble remembering knots so I guess 3 is cool. AND I love the idea that I can use the same, small mental toolkit to solve almost every problem.
Need to tie a closed loop? Need to isolate a piece of rope? Alpine butterfly. Need to join two ropes toghether? Still alpine butterfly, use the two ropes as one while tying.
Need to make an "open loop"? It has a name I'm sure btw. Bowline. Securing your rope to something? Bowline.
Oh, I just realized you could need an adjustable loop. You can probably tie a knot of the third kind to the SAME rope instead of another and make a loop with a sliding knot, tho.
Let me know if I'm wrong (I probably am). I'm gonna say this is a hyperbolic post: for example, there are easier ways to make handles for a box or a bottle than using these knots. Also... yeah, a simple "stopper" knot is useful too, one that has volume to stop the rope from going through a hole. I think you get the point anyway
I need this knot for my boyscout uniform and I can't find any resources for this, please help
I start with a regular Overhand Knot, but then i double back and THEN tighten. I end up with a loop and a double hitch (though ideally you also put tension on the loop, otherwise the hitch is not very secure - i use it to hang stuff).
I assume in the "professional scene" this knot is too dubious to have a name, but surely the avalible terminology would let you describe this unambiguously.
How can I tie this lace to my hat ? It keeps coming undone.
Thanks for your help !
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This conundrum comes up on this sub quite often when people are asking for a visual identification of either of these knots. We know that a scaffold knot is adjustable and a two-strand Matthew Walker loop is fixed but when looking at a blurry photo it a be quite hard to tell the difference. Hopefully, this will help a bit.
I was just experimenting with knots which can be used to squeeze down tightly on an object and not lose tension (e.g. a bedroll)
I tried both of these knots and think both achieved a similar squeezing force
I tied the constrictor with a quick release bight and both that and the woodland zip tie were very easy to untie even after a lot of pressure
Is there anything between these knots? Which do you prefer? Any other good knots for this application?
I can't remember the name of it but I learned it many years ago from an uncle who was in the Navy.
Hi all,
this might be a strange question ;) I have a wooden pull-up bar (basically just a wood bar with holes) and would like to to a e.g. tree on the go. So it needs to be set-up quikly and ideally also adjusted easily.
May ideas was the following I have 2 ropes (left/right) and i would attach each rope to a carabiner and leave is like that al the time. This way it will be easier to throw the rope over a branch as well.
The other end is threaded though the holes in the wood bar and gets some kind of loop to attach to the carabiner. That way i can just hand it up and down quickly.
So far so easy ;) But know i need to adjust the position of the loop easly so i can adjust the length of the left and right side. Ideally quite easily to get the bar straight even after attaching it to see branch.
Is there any easy way to do this?
Thanks a lot!!!
This is a weird question but I’ve been a knot hobbyist for a few months now and I want to try and assemble some special purpose cordage for unique situations.
Are there any types of rope or cord you’ve used that only work for certain situations, or work much better?
Like Kevlar or dyneema or silk thread or cotton rope or anything outside the typical nylon rope and paracord
This conundrum comes up on this sub quite often when people are asking for a visual identification of either of these knots. We know that a scaffold knot is adjustable and a two-strand Matthew Walker loop is fixed but when looking at a blurry photo it a be quite hard to tell the difference. Hopefully, this will help a bit.
Closest things I can find was a taut-line hitch (which twists the working end around the standing end in the opposite direction). Main advantages are that it can be retracted if it catches on anything on its way to the destination and holds fairly well before it is locked. Use it for closing hernias and other structures at unconventional angles, since it beats trying to tie knots on the ceiling with laparoscopic instruments. I didn't create this or anything, but it's been 20 years since I learned it and I have no idea where I picked it up.
Anyone able to identity what type of knot this is? I’d like to replicate it and I don’t want to untie this example. The knot shown is at the end of a drawstring cord.
Appreciate any help!
i found it about a year ago but it keeps slipping lower down and coming undone.. anyone have a good knot i can do for it to stay up? preferably a link to a clear tutorial as i dont tie ropes
If you tie a slip knot with one wrap around the standing end, then it's an overhand on a bight if I'm not mistaken. But from the looks of it, a slip knot is the same thing as an overhand on a bight but with one more wrap, but they both function the same, which would make them both slip knots, but they're not exactly the same thing as one has one more wrap than the other. Is the correct name for a slip knot with two wraps a double overhand on a bight?
I know it doesn't matter, but I'd rather be correct with naming if I can
I just found it interesting and I figured I'd share.
Well title says it all. Using a decorative rope to span about 16' near the ceiling between two eye bolts. Need a knot I can tighten to get rid of the slack to reduce sagging over time. Would prefer something that looks nice too if possible but function over form will win here if needed!
Edit: thank you all for the quality of responses. Have a good path forward. Top tier sub :) You all taut me a lot ;)