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good first post... A debate has come up as to what are the essential knots a working person has to know. I know this is a craft knot site but hopefully this question is not inappropriate here. What we're talking abt here are knots for everyday occupational work, and tasks around the house. What are the five knots you'd choose if you could only choose five? Also, let's assume the very basics are givens and not to be included in the list (overhand, square, half hitch, etc.) Leslie |
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wrote : Also, let's assume the very basics are givens and not to be included in the list (overhand, square, half hitch, etc.) I have seen this question before and (IIRC) it quickly devolved into an argument about which knots were "assumed". My list of essentials: Bowline - Use almost every day for temporarily hanging loops on eyelets. Constrictor - tying bundles of weeds with another weed. Stopper - I usually make a quick triple overhand on every cut end until I get time for a proper terminal. Back splice - not really a knot I suppose, but I use it or an Eye splice often. I hate to store a twisted rope unless I have put an eye in one end and a back on the other. It just seems more immediately useful to already have them ready. Salamander hitch - Since I invented it to fill my need, it's no surprise I need it regularly. These are the five I use most now. I am sure there are a few I would need more if I really depended on ropes everyday. |
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On 3 Jul 2006 08:20:12 -0700, wrote:
A debate has come up as to what are the essential knots a working person has to know. I know this is a craft knot site but hopefully this question is not inappropriate here. This newsgroup is oriented about equally between working and decorative knots. This is about the ONLY place in the usenet newsgroups to ask your question. If you ask it in a group like one of the boating newsgroups, your list will be biased towards mariners' knots; if you ask in a climbing or fishing newsgroup, you will get different biases. Beyond the basics (in which I would also include things like bowlines, clove hitches, etc.) I like these two less-common knots: Midshipman's Hitch I use a lot of parachute cord, and this holds reasonably well and is good for non-critical guy ropes and lashings that you want to tie under tension. Finished with an extra half-hitch it doesn't tend to come apart under no tension and it takes a fair amount of excess tension to make it slip. (I said, non-critical.) Knife Lanyard Knot (Ashley 787) Again, tied in parachute cord. This simple decorative knot can be used for a lot of things. I make (surprise) knife lanyards, fobs, loops for just about any static purpose. By burying different ends within the knot you can make it do a lot of things. I especially like making it into a double loop symmetrical knot. I make the fixed loop small for the suspended item. I make the large loop from the two free ends by cutting (and melting) one short, inside the knot. Then I measure for the large loop in the other free end, melt a generous lump on the end and bury it inside the knot, entering where the short end would have exited. Work the knot tight and you have a safe lanyard; if it ever gets hooked on something that would otherwise drag or strangle you, it will pull out and save you from maybe an unexpected hanging. I've never had one of these come free under normal loads, but I have had it pop loose when I fell and had it hook over something on my way down. -- --Pete "Peter W. Meek" http://www.msen.com/~pwmeek/ |
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??? oups.com ???... I've learned by following posts here, and I thought this would be a good first post... A debate has come up as to what are the essential knots a working person has to know. I know this is a craft knot site but hopefully this question is not inappropriate here. What we're talking abt here are knots for everyday occupational work, and tasks around the house. What are the five knots you'd choose if you could only choose five? Also, let's assume the very basics are givens and not to be included in the list (overhand, square, half hitch, etc.) Leslie |
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