70% as Good as the Bowline
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- Опубликовано: 18 янв 2024
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I've been using this knot more and more and it is starting to become one of my favorites. It's a spilled lark's foot, but there is actually another knot name for it. I won't tell you here because of the offer I make in the video. I like to use this knot for when I only need a quick tiedown that I can undo quickly. Thanks for watching.
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I waited too long to watch this, congrats to the marlinspike winners! :)
Very neat, and something I can't recall seeing before. While the bowline reigns supreme still, I think this new knot has potential, especially as a teaching aid to show people how seemingly complex knots are often just simpler knots stacked up in interesting configurations. To make it so it isn't a slip knot, or doesn't jam so tight that you need to cut it free.... that'll be something I need to ponder on for a bit.
Hey First, here's a neat idea for a 'move-able snap stopper'. Take a 6 inch section of paracord and throw two separate ignition twist loops into it. You'll have the two tag ends hanging straight down. Move the left tag end to the right and vice versa; you should have a pretzel with three 'windows'. Then take the end of another, longer length of paracord and feed it through the three windows from left to right, first down through, then up through, then down through. This should hold the pretzel together so it doesn't fall apart. Slide this pretzel down to exactly wherever you need a stopper in your main line, and yank the ends of the pretzel. This will capsize into a chinese square knot, forming a non-jamming stopper that can be very accurately placed in a length of line. Hope you try it out👍 Thanks for all the inspiration
I have also used this knot before for in the same way you would a Kalmyk loop or even a Siberian hitch in some cases. I know it as the Speir Knot, but Ashely doesn’t make note of it in ABOK. I tie it a different short hand way similar to the Kalmyk. Also I slip mine especially when I tie it as a hitch. The frame of the knot is a theif knot, however when tied as a loop (slipped or not slipped) it is known as a Speir Knot. Great video!!
Nicely done. Thank you for sharing. Wish you well.
haha the package clearly states "loosens knots" on that new knife but you cut if off anyway! love it!
Thank you for the Marlin Spike offer. 👍👍
Absolutely. I thought the coupon code settings in my shop would work for shipping as well. I will refund you any shipping you spent. Thanks!
@@First_Class_Amateur I chose the ~ $3.90 (?) shipping and have no problem paying for that seeing as the marlin spike is free. But, if you want to refund it I won't argue with you about it. 😁
_Awesome for free..._ Thanks again. 👍👍
@@Confoil awesome for free 😂😂😂😂😂😂 love it!
In my opinion, the main advantages of a bowline are 1) that it will not run, and 2) that it's easy to untie, even after it's been heavily loaded. This new knot is cool, but the fact that it may have a higher overall strength than a bowline is cancelled out by its tendency to run. A fixed loop becoming a noose when it's under heavy load is a recipe for a bad time, at least on a sailboat.
Also: I used to carry the previous version of that Camillus marlin spike, good to know they've updated the design! I'll have to pick one up. EDIT: Ugh, they got rid of the shackle key in favor of a dumb bottle opener. That shackle key was dead useful. Dang.
Does this version have a reputation for breaking the MS lock like the bamboo handle did?
I heard that if you have enough rope, wrapping it several times around the object (like 5,6,7+) until you start getting exponential, big amounts of friction on the object and then finishing it off might be the best bet to prevent the line snapping. Supposedly the heavy load pulling on the line doesn’t need to go through any weak spots created by any knot before it starts its first wrap around the object. I’ve used this tying up a long line between two trees to clip my dogs leash into instead of using a running bowline to secure the rope to the first tree. I just start with like 5 wraps around the trunk. No idea if it’s complete B.S. lol. Hoping you could test it vs other knots somehow. I suppose there are many surfaces that might not have enough friction? Thanks!
Do the Eskimo bowline (Cossack knot)
Have you tried passing the standing end through the cow hitch from the other side? I think it will not spill quite that easily.
Have you tried tying a diamond button knot at the end of the standing end? That will make it more secure, I believe.
Hey the link for the spike knife is a torch. Cool video BTW
Thanks for letting me know. I got it fixed.
How do I make a clothesline between two trees that can be loaded and then hoisted into the air? Bonus points for an Unreasonable Shackles option.
I know a knot 100% as good as a bowline.
Why did you buy a MS knife to open the knot with the blade instead of using the MS?
I did try but that part got edited out.
Have you already tested the bowline vs the kalmyk loop?
I like the Kalmyk very much and use it in preference to the (unsymmetrical) bowline. (@dragonwisard You may know that if you don't finish with a bight but just feed the end through it becomes an Eskimo Bowline, which is also a great knot, though less easy to untie.)
Not sure the link for the knife is correct.
In most applications where a bowline would be used slipping tight is a failure. So we have multiple tests where the bowline broke after the competition already failed.
Agreed. Back to the drawing board.
@@First_Class_Amateur The alternative is changing the cow hitch for a clove hitch...
And you just end up with an angler's knot, which is definitely as strong as a bowline, although harder to untie.
There are 2 marlin spike options, I chose the one with the red cord (because it matches the one in this video) then tried to find where the knot name goes as a code but stopped at the address since I wasn't sure if this was the set offered here. Figured if a box for the code showed up and I typed the name of the knot, it would accept or deny. If it denied I'd know it was the other spike. Can you be specific with which one it is? Thx
Use the link in the description.
Thief knot. It looks like the square knot. The knot that you showed at the end of your video.
So except for inversion, slipping and sometimes becoming impossible to untie…. Lol. Great video nonetheless.
Disappointed about offer at end. Know the answer but can't find the "coupon code"
You enter it in at checkout.
Barrel knot
I know the knot, but I guess I wasn't fast enough, or I'm typing it wrong
Yes 😢 same problem, but at least we know the name!
The promotional code you entered cannot be applied to any items in your order.
@@SuperPatleo I tried typing in a different code and got a different error, so at least it was correct. Probably just not quick enough
@@SuperPatleo
Yeah, if I spell it incorrectly, it says not a valid code.
If spelled correctly, it says it doesn't apply to any variation of the marlin spike.
Must be too late.
I'm replying to your post about an hour after you posted it and I just completed my order - it worked fine for me.
The first word of that knot can be singular or plural - I used the singular version. Did you follow the instructions from the video and capitalize it with no spaces?
The answer of your knot at end of video was an " Carrick bend knot " .
Thief knot
@First_Class_Amateur Brent, for business reasons my phone formats automatically. It corrected the all-caps in the coupon code. Does that still qualify?
Did you get it to work?
Thief knot