I dig knots....when I was much younger...owned and operated a Lafitte skiff in Barataria, La. Had many nets for catching shrimp. Learn a lot a/b sewing up the nets from the local old timers....can't actually remember the name, but that damn thing always worked. Thanks for the vid and the explicit, detail instructions on some the most useful knots ...much appreciated ~
LOVE the quality and the way you explains it. I can easily follow it without stop/repeat/stop/repeat just to try to learn it 1st time. thanks again, and keep it coming!
Thx for watching! I have heard of it referred to as both. But for me claw hitch makes more sense since the finished hitch resembles a claw making it easier to remember how to do it for me.
Check out the Farrimond Friction Hitch. It serves the same purpose but unties in a snap... It's like a prussic with a slip knot. I still use the taut line hitch, but WAY less.
The Sheet Bend is ideal for connecting ropes that are of different widths (weave the smaller diameter rope though a bight in the wider rope). I prefer the Zeppelin Bend for same-width ropes because it is so easily untied even after heavy loads are put on the knot.
The Claw Hitch (I know it as the clove hitch) is not as secure as the similar Constrictor Knot. The final tuck is on the far side of the standing end, under the first wrap. The clove hitch, though, is easily adjustable to get a desired length of standing end, whereas the constrictor knot can be over-tightened such that it can only be loosened by cutting the cordage.
Thx for watching! Almost any knot will come apart if you put enough load on it. Practically, I find the sheet bend using 550 Paracord to be strong enough to hold my body weight without breaking. If I needed a knot to support more load I could either stack the sheet bend into a double or triple sheet bend or use something like the Zeppelin bend but that one is harder to learn and harder to untie.
Under load....always in tension, never in compression or shear. Different materials have different 'tensile' strengths'. - increasing their 'diameter' (circumference) will increase it's 'under load' strength. I worked on the Mississippi River as a young man, on 'tow boats'. We had the usual 'lock line' (which was 2" in diameter') good for tying and breaking off barge tows. I even made some bumpers outta the same stuff between shifts. The "howser' is a 6" line used to 'haul' maritime vessels. The 'load' was too great one time and heard, but did not see, that line break - it sounded like a bomb going off. Yet both of these types of material were treated high density polyprolene . If there were hemp or other similar material, they would not stand any test of time and loading. Material composition, does make a difference ~
I dig knots....when I was much younger...owned and operated a Lafitte skiff in Barataria, La. Had many nets for catching shrimp. Learn a lot a/b sewing up the nets from the local old timers....can't actually remember the name, but that damn thing always worked. Thanks for the vid and the explicit, detail instructions on some the most useful knots ...much appreciated ~
Thanks, glad you found it helpful!
LOVE the quality and the way you explains it. I can easily follow it without stop/repeat/stop/repeat just to try to learn it 1st time. thanks again, and keep it coming!
Thx for watching! Glad you liked it.
I've never heard the Clove Hitch referred to as a claw hitch
Thx for watching! I have heard of it referred to as both. But for me claw hitch makes more sense since the finished hitch resembles a claw making it easier to remember how to do it for me.
Only video that explains the use of the knots
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I understand there is different strength ratings for different knots. This is important when life depends on that knot.
Thx for watching! It's very true.
Good info.
Thanks!
Very cool and informative video. This really helped me a lot, you deserve much more subscribers.
Thanks a bunch, I appreciate it!
Tautline is just as important or more because alot of theese you could use it instead. Also easily adjustable
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Check out the Farrimond Friction Hitch. It serves the same purpose but unties in a snap... It's like a prussic with a slip knot. I still use the taut line hitch, but WAY less.
The Sheet Bend is ideal for connecting ropes that are of different widths (weave the smaller diameter rope though a bight in the wider rope). I prefer the Zeppelin Bend for same-width ropes because it is so easily untied even after heavy loads are put on the knot.
Yes I agree. For very high loads I prefer Zeppelin bend over the sheet bend.
Cool video! Essential skill for a man to know.
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@@WannabeBushcrafter welcome!
The Claw Hitch (I know it as the clove hitch) is not as secure as the similar Constrictor Knot. The final tuck is on the far side of the standing end, under the first wrap. The clove hitch, though, is easily adjustable to get a desired length of standing end, whereas the constrictor knot can be over-tightened such that it can only be loosened by cutting the cordage.
Thanks for watching and sharing your knowledge!
2:20 I can hang objects with that too?
Thanks for watching! Yes you can!
I knew most of the knots, but didn't know what they were used for.
Yeah I tried learning more complex knots but kept actually using these 6 because they are so easy to remember.
Claw hitch is also known as clove line hitch
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Not survival, but for fun...
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This advice contains critical falshoods. Sheet bends do come apart under load.
Thx for watching! Almost any knot will come apart if you put enough load on it. Practically, I find the sheet bend using 550 Paracord to be strong enough to hold my body weight without breaking. If I needed a knot to support more load I could either stack the sheet bend into a double or triple sheet bend or use something like the Zeppelin bend but that one is harder to learn and harder to untie.
@@WannabeBushcrafter yeah, no. Please learn some real climbing knots before someone gets hurt.
Under load....always in tension, never in compression or shear. Different materials have different 'tensile' strengths'. - increasing their 'diameter' (circumference) will increase it's 'under load' strength. I worked on the Mississippi River as a young man, on 'tow boats'. We had the usual 'lock line' (which was 2" in diameter') good for tying and breaking off barge tows. I even made some bumpers outta the same stuff between shifts. The "howser' is a 6" line used to 'haul' maritime vessels. The 'load' was too great one time and heard, but did not see, that line break - it sounded like a bomb going off. Yet both of these types of material were treated high density polyprolene . If there were hemp or other similar material, they would not stand any test of time and loading. Material composition, does make a difference ~
Thought he was dead.
Thanks for watching! With 2 young kids to care for, I feel more like the undead :P
Nice intro commercial.....Chamber Brothers....btw....I know quite a few people I could 'knot' their damn head ~
Lol
It's pronounced bow-luhn not bow-line
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