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Here's a request for something that no one has done on RUclips from the looks of it: Please show us a no-rope knot for the mouth of a sack that already has some produce like potatoes or fruits! :) The idea is that it would be a fairly easy to make knot that seals the sack but is also easy to untie.
What really amazes me about the bowline is that it’s easily undone no matter how much tension you’ve put on it. And that it’s impossible for it to get undone while under tension. Double safe!
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@@thebadger7724 that’s probs a really isolated scenario, also because you were using dynamic rope instead of static I would guess. I’d change the wording to, in nearly all of scenarios it won’t bind
@@TheBearEssentials I should change my wording to 12mm static rope access cord but hey not knocking the bowline! It's a great knot! Just saying if you do ever want to make it bind a tree and a big tractor will do the job 😉🤣 anyways keep up the good work dude 😉
Concise and easy to understand. Knots are hard to memorize and people NEED to revisit, so making this series as it is has been a blessing with the consumer in mind. No filler content, no faffing around, great illustrative editing and splicing with an added hue to make it aesthetic. This puts other RUclips content creators to shame. I’m sure I’m not the first to say it, but thank you so much for what you’re doing!!
In Boy Scouts, in the old days, we practiced and practiced tying all kinds of knots. But if you don't use it you lose it! Thanks for bringing this knot back just when I needed it. Good teaching is rare, great job! I'll be looking at the other videos.
I always struggled with learning knots because the over/under is always poorly illustrated, or I'll get the twist direction wrong because I misinterpreted the diagram. The way this was explained was really clear and I appreciate how it was presented.
Agree with you about different positions. This is rarely brought up, but the knot can be facing you or away from you, the tag end could be in your left hand or right... best to practice all of them if you want it to work when ya need it
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Watched my girlfriend trying to teach her son how to tie his shoes. She had no luck. I figured out it was because she was facing him. I sat down, had him sit on my lap and showed him how to tie it from his side. Bingo. It worked. That’s an excellent point you made about facing the knot or not. Good help! Thanks!
Bowline is one of three knots that everyone should learn and be an expert in. Square knot, clove hitch, bowline. There are other great knots that someone might need for maritime, trucking, climbing, or survivalist applications, but these three will get 95% of people all the way through life and the other 5% through 95% of the knots they'll ever need.
my dad was a first mate/sailor starting on working boats back in the late 1930's and into ww2. He taught me this amazing knot long ago and after watching this it all came back and got it on the first try🤗
Thank you, always knew knots were useful but needed to see it done in motion to learn them. Currently have a family member that I drive to many medical appointments I have two paracords in my pocket and practice while I wait. Thank you for making these videos
I’m so sorry to hear about that family member, hope their situation improves. That’s fantastic that you practice the knots like that though I do the same!!
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Great tutorial on one of the most useful knots. I worked as a rigger and also taught Scout knot tying for a few years. The only thing I see left out of this , is how to ties it one handed. Especially useful in rescue work and downright handy when you need to tie it while holding onto something either to support yourself of stabilize the object. I don't recall how to tie it that way but I'll grab a piece of rope and try .
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When i used to work a the port and harbour where i live, we used bowline knots to moor ships/boats to the pontoons. I used to be able to make them in around about 3 seconds and knew blokes & women that were able to make the bowline 1 handed which was cool af.
Excellent demonstration with the car key turning direction in order to remember how to tie. How many times I have tried at the heat of the moment and failed because i was trying to remember but without any cues or logical process. Before watching your video, the only thing i remembered was how to verify whether i created a true bowline by attempting to slide along either of the two sides (if it slid i knew right away that i screwed up or made a 'monkey knot'!). Your video is so, so great as I 'shall never forget' the car key memory train. MANY THANKS!
Anti-bowline is the "Eskimo" bowline, and it has the same utility as the regular bowline - but with the feature of making the end loop stand open. Useful if you want to throw the loop over something such as a cleat. (You can coil the rope with it to throw in the same manner as a lasso.)
That's the way i first learned to tie it but after doing linework for over 2 decades i can tie it in my sleep. I do it all in one motion without having to make the loop and hold it like that. Hard to explain but i can tie one in like 2 seconds. Another good use for it is an inline bowline. You tie it without the end of the rope. You make a bowline in the line and then pass the working end around an anchor and then through the bowline. Then you pull on that end to make the rope tight and tie a couple half hitches. It's very easy to hold the tension with one hand as you tie the half hitches with the other. You can hold the tension with just 2 fingers by pinching where the rope goes through the bowline and back toward the anchor point. It works very good for if you want to get a rope really tight. We use to use them for temporary guy wires when doing transmission work. It also comes in handy for pulling vehicles out and you have a really long rope that you don't want to cut. Or even tying things down in the back of a truck or 4 wheeler. A lot of people don't know how to tie things down properly and get slack in the line, lose the tightness in the rope. Do an inline bowline and you will get the rope extremely tight. I've even made a clothes line with it before.
When I was young I learned this knot for tying "swimming" lures. Some lures wiggle when retrieved and need to have a loose connection to the fishing line. This knot works well. It doesn't tighten against the lure and with monofilament it doesn't come loose on it's own.
When you crossed then 'turned off' and completed the knot, same goes for when the knot is away but 'turn on' then complete. Hope this helps all. Great video.
The bowline marlin spiked with a carabiner has also served me well. Rather than use a stick, I simply run the marlin spike bight through the bowline loop, then lock a carabiner around the bowline loop so the marlin spike can't escape. Still adjustable. Stick won't break, or slide. plus the setup feels mad-outdoorsy. ;)
I know that you do this for spare pocket change so everything you say has to be taken with a block of salt but the double half-hitch is the King of knots. Simple, secure, and easily untied regardless of the type of cordage.
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The most important use was not covered. Suppose someone breaks through ice on a body of water. You are on the shore with a rope. Just throwing the loose end of the rope may not help, because it will be difficult for the person in the cold water to hang onto it. You put a large loop in the rope with a bowline. The loop does two things. It adds weight to the end of the rope, making it easier to throw. Then the person in the water puts his head and arms through the loop. He can hold the rope under his arms even though his hands can’t grip tightly.
Can't believe I'm about to get nerdy with a knot video 😂. There's another way to tie a bowline (maybe the easiest way to tie it?). Make your loop, then push the mainline above your loop through the loop to create a half loop. Then grab the tag, put it through the half loop and then pinch the end of the tag "onto itself" (aka the portion of tag that is creating the main loop of the bowline) and then pull the mainline to tighten it
I like how you use the on and off analogy to handle wheb an object is in front or to the rear, but I was wondering if you realize that you are actually tying two different bowlines, one where the knot is around the right leg(off analogy) of the loop and the other, the knot is around the left(on analogy) leg of the loop. They both are bowlines and both are equal, but they ate different. I prefer the "on" version because I tie it differently than most. Most bowline tutorials show a starting loop with the tag end over the line when the first loop is made with the tag end point to the tying person's right. I like to tie it by simply doing an overhand knot, then i pull the tag end through the loop, over the standing line, down under and up into the loop. This forms a bowline with the not around the left leg of the loop. It's easier for me because i always start with a simple overhand loop
As always you the man DJ. When we going to hang out. I'm serious you should put together a meet and greet class course. I will be there. Thanks for always giving out gems
In Sweden some learn this knot with a slightly different and more dramatic story that goes: You have a lake with a tower next to it with a princess in it, and out of the lake comes a dragon and grabs the princess in the tower and dives back into the lake 😊
@@TheBearEssentials now you have two stories to tell with it though. I really like your car ignition mind trick. This might help me get over the problem you had of only being able to tie it from one side. But it’ll only work as long as there are people who knows cars with a ignition key 😅Thanks!
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I use the bowline every single day. Less common but very useful is the so-called boat-cover hitch. It's used for securing a loop around an object or for securing a canvas cover onto a lifeboat aboard ship. One bowline is on an end, but a second bowline is on the standing part, so that you get two opposed bowlines, and the other end runs through one and the other, giving a mechanical advantage, The end that's gone through the bowline on the standing part is then tied off with two half hitches, or with a single slipped half hitch, as desired. I've not found the boat-cover hitch in ABOK but perhaps Ashley used some other terminology. How do I use the bowline? It's good for tying horses when you feel that a slipped "horse hitch" knot might not be sufficiently secure or might jam. How do you teach a horse to stand quietly when tied? That's a topic for a different day, with a secret method that allows the horse to teach himself.
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In my opinion the king is the Alpine Butterfly. It holds king and queen posts. It will esily be tied in as similar fassion for similar uses as a bowline. It does knot need to tied the regular way. It can be tied around objects and an end of the rope. Also better than the bowline is the anglers/the perfection knot, because it is as easily to remember and much more stable during variable stress loads. But Apline Butterfly is the best. Both is as easy to untie as the regular Bowline. The Apline is also the best way to join ropes. It solves almost any need. Bowline is however easier to tie with one hand and somewhat quicker, but less stable and with fewer uses. The most useful is 1. alpine butterfly, 2. truckers hitch with overhand with quick release, 3. farrimonds friction knot with quick release, 4. perfection/anglers knot/loop, 5. shoe lace rosette, 6. figure eight
My friend taught me this knot, he used a snake coming out of a hole, crossing and then back into its hole. It drove me nuts watching him tie it on the quick side and me not doing it right. But the Turn the car off tip to get the first loop right makes it easy to remember.
I tried it like 20 times and everytime the knot just opened when I pulled to tighten it. Then I noticed I was turning the loop in the wring direction (turning the car on). I out of hope just tried the other direction and it worked the first time. I really suggest everyone to try variations and see why they work out or fail. Leads to a lot of learning
I usually making a loop out of the working end on the last step for a "quick-release." These do actually get hard to untie if you've put them under a lot of load, especially with small cordage like paracord.
I'm a few months late, but I think I just figured out a quick-release variant of this knot! After going around the tree, and before going back into the hole again, take a bight, and pass that bight back through the hole. Cinch it down tight, and I bet it'll hold nice and firm! To release, pull the tag end to undo that last loop of the knot, which turns it into a simple friction hitch. Pull again towards the open loop created by the knot to release the hitch, and boom!
Very nice tutorials, but as a sailor, I have to mention, that the rabbit should go the other way around the tree. That way, the loose end wil stay on the outside, not the inside of the loop. It is said that it "could" come undone with friction over time when the loose end is in the loop. In Dutch we have special names for the inner; merchant bowline (koopmans paalsteek).
Please do a video of tying a life saving bowline around your own waist, one handed if necessary. if Someone throws you a rope without a bowline already completed, your hand can slip from the rope should you go unconscious due to gases or hypothermia. It might save your own life one day! I used to teach Light Rescue in the Army and later, Elementary School as well. I taught the Bowline, as well as the Bowline around your own waist to every one of my Students.
Another useful trick is that this can be tied one-handed such as in the scenario of grabbing a rescue line. You loop the rope around you, let's say right handed so from left around your back to right. You then dip your hand across the taught end of the line to your left, down and into the loop created. You then flip up and to the right, and loop the line behind and to the left of the taught side. You grab the end and pull back through the loop around your hand. It's not the easiest to explain but you may be able to look it up. When done, you now have a non-slipping knot that is already around you and you can relax and wait to be pulled up by rescue. Contact me if you need more info or a video demonstration.
I knew this knot as a rescuer's knot from my sailing days. Imagine you fall off from the sailing yacht and somebody throws your a rope. You can hold on the rope with one hand and tie this knot with the other around yourself. How to do that? You grab the end of the rope, tension the rope with the other hand creating some slack. Then the hand with the end of the rope creates a hole with the twist of the wrist and threads the end through. It's easy (depending on the speed of the yacht) and potentially life saving.
There is another way to attach two lines together using a boline knot, also, there is a faster way to tie one where you don't need the bunny and tree part.
Ever discuss the running bowline as a retired 40 year + arborist I used this not more than the standing bowline by far main usage same features as standing bowline but running bowline used for tying bowline beyond reach of desired object in my case a tree branch and knot completion you would pull the standing line and bowline would run up and secure object for in my case rigging purposes as a young trainee back in the day always wondered if I would ever get it right now a days I can tie the running bowline much easier than the standing bowline of course only because of the running bowline my every day knot as most all situations aloft in scaling a tree knotting generally was a unreachable Endeavour a little humour to add to my story I remember well when a close friend arborist province forester Ontario Hydro said to me hey Mark do you know the running bowline I replied honestly and said no I don’t so he in turn took a standing bowline placed on the ground and took the line with bowline on the ground and ran across the yard with it ! Lol still find it funny to this day ! Joke of the day so to speak and of course from that day on I mastered the running bowline as my primary occupational knot with all the same features of strength and easy untying upon completion of task ! Thought I would share love your site ! Mark from 🇨🇦!
2:26, if only you keep the working end in your two fingers (as shown here before tying) and THEN turn the key, you will have tied even more of the knot, with the finish a bit more self evident. I have a feeling that you know this, but are breaking it down further for viewers. This is a mighty useful way to tie it one-handed, as well.
It really doesn't matter whether you do "key on" or "key off", you just need to enter the loop in the correct direction. Here's what I do: - Make the loop in the standing end of the line. - Look at the X part of the loop. If the standing end of the line is on top of the X, then insert the working end through the loop from the top. If the standing end is on the bottom of the X, insert the working end through the loop from the bottom. - Then finish the knot by going around the standing end and back through the loop. The cool thing is if you get it wrong, the knot will completely fail and you just try again.
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Here's a request for something that no one has done on RUclips from the looks of it: Please show us a no-rope knot for the mouth of a sack that already has some produce like potatoes or fruits! :)
The idea is that it would be a fairly easy to make knot that seals the sack but is also easy to untie.
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What really amazes me about the bowline is that it’s easily undone no matter how much tension you’ve put on it. And that it’s impossible for it to get undone while under tension. Double safe!
Great point!! I forgot to include it’s impossible to get undone under tension. Thank you 🙏
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Not quite 'no matter how much tension' I used some old climbing rope to pull an oak tree down with a tractor... That bowline never came undone 😂
@@thebadger7724 that’s probs a really isolated scenario, also because you were using dynamic rope instead of static I would guess. I’d change the wording to, in nearly all of scenarios it won’t bind
@@TheBearEssentials I should change my wording to 12mm static rope access cord but hey not knocking the bowline! It's a great knot! Just saying if you do ever want to make it bind a tree and a big tractor will do the job 😉🤣 anyways keep up the good work dude 😉
Concise and easy to understand. Knots are hard to memorize and people NEED to revisit, so making this series as it is has been a blessing with the consumer in mind.
No filler content, no faffing around, great illustrative editing and splicing with an added hue to make it aesthetic.
This puts other RUclips content creators to shame. I’m sure I’m not the first to say it, but thank you so much for what you’re doing!!
I’m not sure concise means what you think it means
@ been a while but i think i do. it’s succinct, a short yet informative video.
I learned how to tie this knot many years ago and still appreciate a well done step by step video. Thanks dude!
Hey that means a lot! Thanks a bunch for watching my friend!
In Boy Scouts, in the old days, we practiced and practiced tying all kinds of knots. But if you don't use it you lose it! Thanks for bringing this knot back just when I needed it. Good teaching is rare, great job! I'll be looking at the other videos.
We still do
I always struggled with learning knots because the over/under is always poorly illustrated, or I'll get the twist direction wrong because I misinterpreted the diagram. The way this was explained was really clear and I appreciate how it was presented.
Agree with you about different positions. This is rarely brought up, but the knot can be facing you or away from you, the tag end could be in your left hand or right... best to practice all of them if you want it to work when ya need it
Ya this is hardly every thought of, it always used to confuse me!!
This is what RUclips was intended for
Exactly
And, apparently, cat videos.
Love the quickness of this knot. I used to know it (learned it as a Girlscout, I think) but hadn't used it in a while; good refresher. Thanks!
Oh that’s awesome, I wish I took scouts when I was younger, glad to have found this all later in my life though
Your explanation is one of the most clear and simple one out there. Kudos to you 👍👍Thanks for the info brother
My pleasure I’m glad you enjoyed it!!
Agreed!!
I'm so grateful for these knot videos ☺️ So essential... Thank you! 💪🏻
You’re very welcome thanks for commenting here Susan!!!
Susan Henning See the anchor knot: ruclips.net/video/ckkC5rPDAjY/видео.html The fastest anchor knot: ruclips.net/video/HaCg4FOQH_A/видео.html
CAUTION: The Bowline is not a climbing knot unless it is finished: ruclips.net/video/Jj42B8eCOzc/видео.html
The finish I trust my life with is the EBSB finish: ruclips.net/video/TjSle3ZoGAI/видео.html
I love how you suggested we create the loop by turning a key on or off. Makes it easier to understand. 👍
Watched my girlfriend trying to teach her son how to tie his shoes. She had no luck. I figured out it was because she was facing him. I sat down, had him sit on my lap and showed him how to tie it from his side. Bingo. It worked. That’s an excellent point you made about facing the knot or not. Good help! Thanks!
Bowline is one of three knots that everyone should learn and be an expert in. Square knot, clove hitch, bowline. There are other great knots that someone might need for maritime, trucking, climbing, or survivalist applications, but these three will get 95% of people all the way through life and the other 5% through 95% of the knots they'll ever need.
my dad was a first mate/sailor starting on working boats back in the late 1930's and into ww2. He taught me this amazing knot long ago and after watching this it all came back and got it on the first try🤗
Thank you, always knew knots were useful but needed to see it done in motion to learn them. Currently have a family member that I drive to many medical appointments I have two paracords in my pocket and practice while I wait. Thank you for making these videos
I’m so sorry to hear about that family member, hope their situation improves. That’s fantastic that you practice the knots like that though I do the same!!
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I am touched by your reply, thank you for taking the time to respond
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CAUTION: The Bowline is not a climbing knot unless it is finished: ruclips.net/video/Jj42B8eCOzc/видео.html
The finish I trust my life with is the EBSB finish: ruclips.net/video/TjSle3ZoGAI/видео.html
Great tutorial on one of the most useful knots. I worked as a rigger and also taught Scout knot tying for a few years. The only thing I see left out of this , is how to ties it one handed. Especially useful in rescue work and downright handy when you need to tie it while holding onto something either to support yourself of stabilize the object. I don't recall how to tie it that way but I'll grab a piece of rope and try .
I’m in scouts and in the navy cadets. We do a lot of these knots
You're a wonderful teacher. Thank you so much for sharing the knowledge! 💓💓💓
Wow thanks so much for saying this Joanne, I’m glad you’re enjoying it!!
Joanne Black See the anchor knot: ruclips.net/video/ckkC5rPDAjY/видео.html The fastest anchor knot: ruclips.net/video/HaCg4FOQH_A/видео.html
CAUTION: The Bowline is not a climbing knot unless it is finished: ruclips.net/video/Jj42B8eCOzc/видео.html
The finish I trust my life with is the EBSB finish: ruclips.net/video/TjSle3ZoGAI/видео.html
When i used to work a the port and harbour where i live, we used bowline knots to moor ships/boats to the pontoons.
I used to be able to make them in around about 3 seconds and knew blokes & women that were able to make the bowline 1 handed which was cool af.
Even more so when you can take about 3-5 ft or line and whip it around yourself and tie it one handed.
Excellent demonstration with the car key turning direction in order to remember how to tie. How many times I have tried at the heat of the moment and failed because i was trying to remember but without any cues or logical process. Before watching your video, the only thing i remembered was how to verify whether i created a true bowline by attempting to slide along either of the two sides (if it slid i knew right away that i screwed up or made a 'monkey knot'!). Your video is so, so great as I 'shall never forget' the car key memory train. MANY THANKS!
Wow. Thanks for the extra uses & combination uses.
Watched 3 other videos but this was the one that helped me learn it the best.
Anti-bowline is the "Eskimo" bowline, and it has the same utility as the regular bowline - but with the feature of making the end loop stand open. Useful if you want to throw the loop over something such as a cleat. (You can coil the rope with it to throw in the same manner as a lasso.)
Great addition!! Never thought of this application! Thx!
Basic tutorial, but exceptionally handy to know. Thank you.
That's the way i first learned to tie it but after doing linework for over 2 decades i can tie it in my sleep. I do it all in one motion without having to make the loop and hold it like that. Hard to explain but i can tie one in like 2 seconds. Another good use for it is an inline bowline. You tie it without the end of the rope. You make a bowline in the line and then pass the working end around an anchor and then through the bowline. Then you pull on that end to make the rope tight and tie a couple half hitches. It's very easy to hold the tension with one hand as you tie the half hitches with the other. You can hold the tension with just 2 fingers by pinching where the rope goes through the bowline and back toward the anchor point. It works very good for if you want to get a rope really tight. We use to use them for temporary guy wires when doing transmission work. It also comes in handy for pulling vehicles out and you have a really long rope that you don't want to cut. Or even tying things down in the back of a truck or 4 wheeler. A lot of people don't know how to tie things down properly and get slack in the line, lose the tightness in the rope. Do an inline bowline and you will get the rope extremely tight. I've even made a clothes line with it before.
I have an hybrid car, but still know how to drive something wit a real key and thist car off/car on twist, was a game changer! Great!
I really like the marlinespike hitch idea. Thank you for another helpful video.
When I was young I learned this knot for tying "swimming" lures. Some lures wiggle when retrieved and need to have a loose connection to the fishing line. This knot works well. It doesn't tighten against the lure and with monofilament it doesn't come loose on it's own.
When you crossed then 'turned off' and completed the knot, same goes for when the knot is away but 'turn on' then complete. Hope this helps all. Great video.
I've never thought of using it in a marlin spike. That's going to make my tarp experience so much better!
The bowline marlin spiked with a carabiner has also served me well. Rather than use a stick, I simply run the marlin spike bight through the bowline loop, then lock a carabiner around the bowline loop so the marlin spike can't escape. Still adjustable. Stick won't break, or slide. plus the setup feels mad-outdoorsy. ;)
I know that you do this for spare pocket change so everything you say has to be taken with a block of salt but the double half-hitch is the King of knots. Simple, secure, and easily untied regardless of the type of cordage.
Brilliant explanation to do the knot, and their applications. Thanks a lot!!!
You’re very welcome! Thx for the awesome feedback.
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Thanks for watching!! I’ll be visiting Japan later this year!! Can’t wait
The most important use was not covered. Suppose someone breaks through ice on a body of water. You are on the shore with a rope. Just throwing the loose end of the rope may not help, because it will be difficult for the person in the cold water to hang onto it. You put a large loop in the rope with a bowline. The loop does two things. It adds weight to the end of the rope, making it easier to throw. Then the person in the water puts his head and arms through the loop. He can hold the rope under his arms even though his hands can’t grip tightly.
Fantastic explanation. I learned how to tie a bowling in a matter of seconds. Thank you!
Such a cool channel! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Can't believe I'm about to get nerdy with a knot video 😂. There's another way to tie a bowline (maybe the easiest way to tie it?). Make your loop, then push the mainline above your loop through the loop to create a half loop. Then grab the tag, put it through the half loop and then pinch the end of the tag "onto itself" (aka the portion of tag that is creating the main loop of the bowline) and then pull the mainline to tighten it
I like how you use the on and off analogy to handle wheb an object is in front or to the rear, but I was wondering if you realize that you are actually tying two different bowlines, one where the knot is around the right leg(off analogy) of the loop and the other, the knot is around the left(on analogy) leg of the loop. They both are bowlines and both are equal, but they ate different. I prefer the "on" version because I tie it differently than most. Most bowline tutorials show a starting loop with the tag end over the line when the first loop is made with the tag end point to the tying person's right. I like to tie it by simply doing an overhand knot, then i pull the tag end through the loop, over the standing line, down under and up into the loop. This forms a bowline with the not around the left leg of the loop. It's easier for me because i always start with a simple overhand loop
Thank you for the tutorial, sir
I used it to knot my clothes hanging stick
It's safe and tight 🫡
My favourite knot 😍
As always you the man DJ. When we going to hang out. I'm serious you should put together a meet and greet class course. I will be there. Thanks for always giving out gems
Ahh you’re a legend!! I think I will one of these days. Once we get a solid community going here I’ll plan some sort of outing :)
@@TheBearEssentials awesome! and I will be waiting. Thank you brotha DJ
Very cool tutorial. I'm digging that Marlin Spike move!
Thx brother!!
Thanks for the great content!! super helpful and really accessibly explained.
Thanks from London
In Sweden some learn this knot with a slightly different and more dramatic story that goes: You have a lake with a tower next to it with a princess in it, and out of the lake comes a dragon and grabs the princess in the tower and dives back into the lake 😊
Niklas that’s awesome, I like the Swedish version a lot better lol!
@@TheBearEssentials now you have two stories to tell with it though. I really like your car ignition mind trick. This might help me get over the problem you had of only being able to tie it from one side. But it’ll only work as long as there are people who knows cars with a ignition key 😅Thanks!
@@niklaswo lol you’re right this information will soon be a thing of the past! I’ll have to find some way of telling it with a push button ignition 🤣
In Chile I was taught “the bird flies off the lake, flies around the tree, and returns to the lake”. Your version is much more interesting.
Very well explained
your videos are very good friend
Excellent explanation!!
Excellent video. Thank you!
My pleasure thanks for watching james
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Good for wire antenna support ropes, and for dial string knots.
I use the bowline every single day. Less common but very useful is the so-called boat-cover hitch. It's used for securing a loop around an object or for securing a canvas cover onto a lifeboat aboard ship. One bowline is on an end, but a second bowline is on the standing part, so that you get two opposed bowlines, and the other end runs through one and the other, giving a mechanical advantage, The end that's gone through the bowline on the standing part is then tied off with two half hitches, or with a single slipped half hitch, as desired. I've not found the boat-cover hitch in ABOK but perhaps Ashley used some other terminology.
How do I use the bowline? It's good for tying horses when you feel that a slipped "horse hitch" knot might not be sufficiently secure or might jam. How do you teach a horse to stand quietly when tied? That's a topic for a different day, with a secret method that allows the horse to teach himself.
Brilliant and simple, bravo
Thanks Marko! Much respect 🫡
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CAUTION: The Bowline is not a climbing knot unless it is finished: ruclips.net/video/Jj42B8eCOzc/видео.html
The finish I trust my life with is the EBSB finish: ruclips.net/video/TjSle3ZoGAI/видео.html
In my opinion the king is the Alpine Butterfly. It holds king and queen posts. It will esily be tied in as similar fassion for similar uses as a bowline. It does knot need to tied the regular way. It can be tied around objects and an end of the rope. Also better than the bowline is the anglers/the perfection knot, because it is as easily to remember and much more stable during variable stress loads. But Apline Butterfly is the best. Both is as easy to untie as the regular Bowline. The Apline is also the best way to join ropes. It solves almost any need. Bowline is however easier to tie with one hand and somewhat quicker, but less stable and with fewer uses. The most useful is 1. alpine butterfly, 2. truckers hitch with overhand with quick release, 3. farrimonds friction knot with quick release, 4. perfection/anglers knot/loop, 5. shoe lace rosette, 6. figure eight
My favorite knot I use it everyday to cut trees lower down branches
Thank you! I think the turning off the key only works if using the right hand, but I am pretty dumb with this stuff haha
My friend taught me this knot, he used a snake coming out of a hole, crossing and then back into its hole. It drove me nuts watching him tie it on the quick side and me not doing it right. But the Turn the car off tip to get the first loop right makes it easy to remember.
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Great Video! 🙂 Very good explained. Thank you very much.
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Christian 🙂
Wow. That was really good.
Combining this with trucker's hitch knots makes a good ratchet strap for securing cargo.
Great info Mitch. Ya I think it’s the best knot to use for the truckers hitch loop.
I'm using 2 on my thin strap dresses straps. Works perfectly.
Thank you for showing us how to tie a bowline facing away and towards. I was struggling. 😅
Perfect and useful. 😊
My man 👊👊 thx brother
Great Video again. Fun fact, the Bowline and the Sheet Bend are the same knot.
Thats a good point, took a few mins to think about that and you’re right!!! Wow
I tried it like 20 times and everytime the knot just opened when I pulled to tighten it. Then I noticed I was turning the loop in the wring direction (turning the car on). I out of hope just tried the other direction and it worked the first time. I really suggest everyone to try variations and see why they work out or fail. Leads to a lot of learning
Knot used most by bridge and water tower painters. We also use the clove hitch a lot
Best video thank you!
Thank you for video 👍😉
You’re welcome, thx for watching!
I usually making a loop out of the working end on the last step for a "quick-release." These do actually get hard to untie if you've put them under a lot of load, especially with small cordage like paracord.
Nice a slipped version is a great addition!
I use a saying for remembering how to loosen bowlines too- "break its neck" meaning push the standing line into the knot
@@z1z2z3z I used to use a normal bowline on one side of my hammock. Would always be too tight the next morning to push anything through.
@@z1z2z3z I’ve never heard this one before! Thx for sharing it with me!
I'm a few months late, but I think I just figured out a quick-release variant of this knot! After going around the tree, and before going back into the hole again, take a bight, and pass that bight back through the hole. Cinch it down tight, and I bet it'll hold nice and firm! To release, pull the tag end to undo that last loop of the knot, which turns it into a simple friction hitch. Pull again towards the open loop created by the knot to release the hitch, and boom!
This is the single most important knot you learn and use as an infantryman followed by the square knot.
1:44 Wow, that was really good
Awesome content. Thank you so much!
Very nice tutorials, but as a sailor, I have to mention, that the rabbit should go the other way around the tree. That way, the loose end wil stay on the outside, not the inside of the loop. It is said that it "could" come undone with friction over time when the loose end is in the loop. In Dutch we have special names for the inner; merchant bowline (koopmans paalsteek).
Please do a video of tying a life saving bowline around your own waist, one handed if necessary. if Someone throws you a rope without a bowline already completed, your hand can slip from the rope should you go unconscious due to gases or hypothermia. It might save your own life one day! I used to teach Light Rescue in the Army and later, Elementary School as well. I taught the Bowline, as well as the Bowline around your own waist to every one of my Students.
thank you for sharing. muchas gracias!!
My pleasure!
Hi, when you have your hats back in stock? Thanks! Also, great video!
Hey!! Thanks a bunch.
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Another useful trick is that this can be tied one-handed such as in the scenario of grabbing a rescue line. You loop the rope around you, let's say right handed so from left around your back to right. You then dip your hand across the taught end of the line to your left, down and into the loop created. You then flip up and to the right, and loop the line behind and to the left of the taught side. You grab the end and pull back through the loop around your hand. It's not the easiest to explain but you may be able to look it up. When done, you now have a non-slipping knot that is already around you and you can relax and wait to be pulled up by rescue. Contact me if you need more info or a video demonstration.
I knew this knot as a rescuer's knot from my sailing days.
Imagine you fall off from the sailing yacht and somebody throws your a rope.
You can hold on the rope with one hand and tie this knot with the other around yourself.
How to do that? You grab the end of the rope, tension the rope with the other hand creating some slack. Then the hand with the end of the rope creates a hole with the twist of the wrist and threads the end through.
It's easy (depending on the speed of the yacht) and potentially life saving.
There is another way to attach two lines together using a boline knot, also, there is a faster way to tie one where you don't need the bunny and tree part.
As a lineman for 30+ yrs. I have tied a bowline everyday of my career. Never fails
Ever discuss the running bowline as a retired 40 year + arborist I used this not more than the standing bowline by far main usage same features as standing bowline but running bowline used for tying bowline beyond reach of desired object in my case a tree branch and knot completion you would pull the standing line and bowline would run up and secure object for in my case rigging purposes as a young trainee back in the day always wondered if I would ever get it right now a days I can tie the running bowline much easier than the standing bowline of course only because of the running bowline my every day knot as most all situations aloft in scaling a tree knotting generally was a unreachable Endeavour a little humour to add to my story I remember well when a close friend arborist province forester Ontario Hydro said to me hey Mark do you know the running bowline I replied honestly and said no I don’t so he in turn took a standing bowline placed on the ground and took the line with bowline on the ground and ran across the yard with it ! Lol still find it funny to this day ! Joke of the day so to speak and of course from that day on I mastered the running bowline as my primary occupational knot with all the same features of strength and easy untying upon completion of task ! Thought I would share love your site ! Mark from 🇨🇦!
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Could this knot be use for hanging a Hammock?
Great explanation! BTW, at 3:11 that’s not a sheet bend. It’s actually a square knot, aka reef knot.
Good JOB ❤
Thanks!
LEE!! Wow thank you SO much. !!
Great channel bro
Awesome thanks Davek!
You're amazing!!!
perfect pov im looking for. most bowline videos pov is sideway.
is this knot supposed to get tighter and close when I pull the longer side?
No it’s not
This is the ONE knot I learned to tie in boy scouts. I can tie it around my body, and otherwise not at all.
That’s great, I heard there was a specific badge for it I think
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ThankYou.
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Goes without saying. A great versatile knot - just don’t take the pressure off. I’ll take a double dragon in preference for many applications.
I don't see the application of the Marlin knot...is it when you don't want to damage the object you are tying the line to?
2:26, if only you keep the working end in your two fingers (as shown here before tying) and THEN turn the key, you will have tied even more of the knot, with the finish a bit more self evident. I have a feeling that you know this, but are breaking it down further for viewers. This is a mighty useful way to tie it one-handed, as well.
It really doesn't matter whether you do "key on" or "key off", you just need to enter the loop in the correct direction. Here's what I do:
- Make the loop in the standing end of the line.
- Look at the X part of the loop. If the standing end of the line is on top of the X, then insert the working end through the loop from the top. If the standing end is on the bottom of the X, insert the working end through the loop from the bottom.
- Then finish the knot by going around the standing end and back through the loop.
The cool thing is if you get it wrong, the knot will completely fail and you just try again.