The Pocket Guide to Outdoor Knots provides easy-to-follow, step-by-step diagrams and instructions for tying over eighty knots. Over 300 full-color illustrations and photographs guide the reader through the stages of tying each knot correctly.
This beautifully illustrated, full-color guide unties the mysteries of dozens of knots. Using incredibly clear photographs and diagrams, as well as straightforward, easy-to-follow instructions, any reader can master knots for fishing, boating, camping, and climbing. Climbers will feel safer knowing they have tied the perfect Water or Tape knot. Fishermen will fight big fish with more confidence. There are overhand knots, figure eight knots, bowlines and sheet bends, crossing knots, and more. There is even fascinating "knot lore." Whether for practical use or just for fun, this is a great place to start knotting, so grab a piece of rope, sit back, and enjoy!
Author(s): Geoffrey Budworth
Edition: 1
Publisher: Skyhorse
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 160
City: New York, NY
Tags: Survival Skills; Knots
CONTENTS
Introduction
A knotting history
GETTING STARTED
Cordage materials
Cordage construction
Care of cordage
Knotting terms
Knot names
Knot security
Tying tips
KNOT FINDER
Images
SECTION 1—OVERHAND KNOTS
Simple overhand knot
Overhand knot with draw-loop
Angler’s loop
Simple noose
Ashley’s stopper knot
Overhand loop
Bag, sack or miller’s knot
Tricorn loop
Fisherman’s knot
Hunter’s (or rigger’s) bend
Zeppelin bend (or Rosendahl’s knot)
Reef (or square) knot
Wrapped and reef-knotted coil
West Country whipping
Water (or tape) knot
Round turn and two half-hitches
Fisherman’s bend
Double overhand knot
Strangle knot
Strangle knot coil
Double overhand noose
Double fisherman’s knot
Double overhand loop
Images
SECTION 2—FIGURE OF EIGHT KNOTS
Figure of eight knot
Figure of eight knot (with draw-loop)
Figure of eight noose
Figure of eight hitch
Figure of eight loop
Figure of eight becket hitch
Sliding figure of eight bend
Figure of eight bend
Figure of eight twin loops
Figure of eight triple loops
Figure of eight coil
SECTION 3—BOWLINES & SHEET BENDS
Common bowline
Twin bowline bend
Water bowline
Double bowline
Bowline in the bight
Triple bowline
Eskimo bowline
Sheet bend (and with draw-loop)
Double sheet bend
One-way sheet bend
Three-way sheet bend
Images
SECTION 4—CROSSING KNOTS
Clove hitch
Buntline hitch
Rolling hitch
Midshipman’s hitch
Constrictor knot (and with draw-loop)
Double constrictor knot
Transom knot
Groundline hitch coil
Snuggle hitch
Double figure of eight hitch
Boom hitch
Images
SECTION 5—OTHER USEFUL KNOTS
Common whipping
Timber and Killick hitches
Alpine butterfly knot
Reef (or square) knot loop
The frustrator
Highwayman’s hitch
Pile, post or stake hitch
Pedigree cow hitch
Bull hitch
Prusik knot
Asher’s bottle sling
Jug, jar or bottle sling
Braid knot
Square knot
Chinese cloverleaf
Matthew Walker knot
Chinese lanyard knot
Vice versa
Lapp knot
Carrick bend
Turk’s head (3 lead x 4 bight)
Knife lanyard knot
Ring hitch
Turk’s head (3 lead x 5 bight)
Turk’s head (5 lead x 4 bight)
Turk’s head (T-shaped)
Summary
Glossary of terms
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