Knots

[chrisjpainter]

For a while I've been fiddling around learning more and more knots. But it did get me thinking how many knots people actually use? Ignoring specialist angling knots (Albright, Palomar etc.) how many do PW users regularly, or irregularly turn to, and which ones?

P.s. Where should this go? Crafts and DIY? Country Sports? Other Topics? I'll leave that knotty problem to the mods...

[Dougy]

I use knots allot, nearly every day, in fact definitely 6 out of 7 days. 2 knots mostly are the simple Bow for both shoes or boots, and the Windsor knot for a tie. 

 

 

[martinj]

I used a couple in my angling days, 5 turn grinner for braid, Half blood for Mono and figure 8 for loops. These days a granny does as well as anything.

I did go through a phase of making lanyards for dog whistles where a bosun's knot was used

and this (also in a spiral variant)

(robbed from the internet, thanks to the owners of the photos)

[loriusgarrulus]

Reef knot is my favourite knot to use for most things not fishing.

Left over right. Right over left. 

Or

Right over left. Left over right.

 

Round turn and two half hitches is another I use a lot.

[mossy835]

we have to know our knots.in my job

[Diver One]

I quite like the 'truckers hitch'. 'Thief knot' is handy as you don't need to go back to untie it BUT needs twice as much rope.....unless using it as a marking line, then you just run out the "release end"  hard to explain so it's easier f you google it

bowline, reef, round turn and two half hitches, clove hitch, artillery hitch get used a lot

[oowee]

Use them all the time not least of which retying farm gates. 

[Retsdon]

A half hitch, a bowline, and a reef knot pretty much does me. The trucker's knot is a handy one to know too for securing stuff down. I think those four would cover most people's bases.

Wait, there's another one. The sheet bend. So make that 5  

Edited October 16, 2019 by Retsdon

[chrisjpainter]

13 minutes ago, oowee said:

Use them all the time not least of which retying farm gates. 

[oowee]

6 minutes ago, chrisjpainter said:

That's the gate I had to go through the other night. In fact I will get a pic and post it.

[Benthejockey]

That's a fully functional gate I dont know what you're moaning about. You should have seen some of the proper Welsh gates I used to have to use when I was hunting in Wales. They were made of bale string with a hint of rusty metal. 

 

[Mr gen]

half hitch, bowline and harvest knot are the main ones I use.

[Retsdon]

32 minutes ago, oowee said:

That's the gate I had to go through the other night. In fact I will get a pic and post it.

There's a perfectly good knot securing the gate. The rest of the twine is the other side, backing up the wires. Just untie the knot and lift the gate around.

[bluesj]

I use overhand or clove hitch mostly

[stumfelter]

At work I use a timber hitch quite frequently.

[The Mighty Prawn]

Ooh I love knots, my favourite is the marlin spike hitch and I use it a lot for quickly tying off things without much load - good for securing a boat for a short stop

[JohnfromUK]

There is a reference book called "The Ashley Book of Knots" written quite some time ago (1944).  I think there may be a free pdf download available.

[Bigbob]

A carrick knot for knitting rabbit nets 

[grrclark]

Proper knots are great things, the classic clove hitch is such a good example, under load it is almost unfailingly reliable, yet so elegant, easy to tie and undo compared to some of the monstrosities that people will tie to achieve the same end.

[rovercoupe]

All you need to know is this old saying,

 

if you cannot tie a knot tie a lot! 

Edited October 16, 2019 by rovercoupe

[dipper]

Don’t like blowing my own trumpet but I must say I am exelent at tying knots.My uncle who worked on  the dry docks taught me .As a kid I always had some rope with me and had books on knot tying.I joined the scouts at a early age and I could match most of them .I never tried splicing rope that’s something I’d like to try.

 

 

 

 

[DUNKS]

As a boy seaman at HMS Ganges I was taught numerous knots. Never used most of them.

Now I suppose I use the bowline, reef knot and clove hitch most. Bumped into a guy once who could manage a bowline one handed "behind his back." try it!

[oowee]

4 minutes ago, DUNKS said:

As a boy seaman at HMS Ganges I was taught numerous knots. Never used most of them.

Now I suppose I use the bowline, reef knot and clove hitch most. Bumped into a guy once who could manage a bowline one handed "behind his back." try it!

If you can tie it one handed then behind your back is almost as easy.  Not so easy with my shoulder but my wife can breeze it. Where she struggles is tying the bowline to a fixed object rather than tying it as a loop. 

[Robertt]

Use a Davy knot for attaching flies but have found it really handy for everyday jobs.

[AndyCM]

Cow hitch

prussik

diagonal lashing - used it today.....but had to look up the name 🤠

alpine butterfly

Taut line hitch / taut tarp