knots

Langmuir only mentions a "Double Sheet Bend" and a couple of other most common knots already mentioned (bowline, fig 8, double fishermans etc) - see photo
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I'll have a look tomorrow and see what Lofty Wiseman says about knots - he's in the van too. What Lofty doesn't know isn't worth knowing :)


Here's quite a good free pdf download of some common knots used in climbing, produced by the British Mountaineering Council
Knots booklet
 
Please don't be swayed by the names I call these things, as I'm only guessing at what folk have said to me. :lol-053:

I don't really know what they're called properly.

What my nephew uses to make his "loops" ( continuous circle of rope about five foot long) is not what i said but a "double fisherman's bend". :scared:

For me, I use the Zepelin or, if I'm lazy and it's not so critical, the double overhand. I'm told they use that for tying on at bungee jumping, so it can't be as bad as its reputation.

WVW, yes, what I was calling the "Highwayman's" is probably the same sort of thing you used for you're pony: just pull the bittar tail and it releases. The old "slippery knot".

I should have added that I use the "Timber hitch" in so many situations where i probably shouldn't, and of course, the old faithful: the " trucker's hitch".

Boaters and mountaineers will turn their nose up, but there ya go!

There are a couple of others that I have no idea what they're called, but they can be used for hauling up two scaffold planks or four putlogs ninety foot above your head. As you're the one standing under and pulling the rope, be it on your own head if you tie it wrong!

As we're in Lent now and I'm off the drink, I won't tell you anything about my dog's name, or whether I'm leaving ADAC, or whether I have a bad back, or anything like that, so
happy bondage, ya ***** ***** ****** all !! :lol-049::rolleyes2::wacko::goodluck:


sean rua
 
whitevanwoman said:
I agree although my rabbit still goes round the tree the wrong way and never knows whether to go up or down the rabbit hole :mad2::lol-053:

As a former rock climber, I can't live without a figure of 8, which I can do in my sleep and which I can use if I mess up the Bowline, by rethreading it if necessary around something, I'll try to find a link to explain better.
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Figure of Eight is a great knot (ex-climber too) for security and also it makes a loop that doesn't close when the rope's pulled BUT its a bugger to open up once it's pulled tight sometimes!
 
Very intersting thread, am now looking for a book as I seem to be a bit hooked with the idea of knowing and using some effective knots instead of my usual method of tying things together somehow, explains many mishaps and OHs frequent complaints. :eek:
 
Thanks for bumping this thread up again, I'd forgotten to check my dodgy knot book in the van but I will do.

I have had a look at Lofty Wiseman's Urban survival manual and I can't find any mention of knots whatsoever although I've just skimmed through it. Lofty's original SAS survival handbook (the square one with the red and white cover) is in the loft somewhere but next time I'm up there I'll dig it out for a look. I'm sure there'll be knots in that one.
 
Talking of cable ties previously in the thread, the damage these can do if not secured properly.

If used in a high vibration area such as on aircraft, they can eat away substantial quantities of alloy tubing just by vibration and the hard plastic against soft metal. It was really quite disturbing when 50% of the tube thickness was eaten away, OK it was multiple tubing, but still cost quite a few pounds to replace (the monopole on a microlight aircraft for those interested, it did also have a steel cable as extra security to stop you dying if the pole fails, but makes landing a controlled crash!!)
 
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