You're very welcome! I'm glad that you enjoyed my video for my latest original, designer friction hitch! Thank you for commenting (for feeding the algorithm), and thank you for being a public subscriber for 6+ months! I genuinely appreciate your support and I know you've definitely been in the comments section in the past! Thanks for being active in my community! Commenting is honestly the best way for a subscriber to support my channel! =-D
@@MrBaastardo Thank you for the compliment regarding my channel! I really appreciate it! Compliments are fuel for my creativity! Also really pleased that you're enjoying the Sticht hitch! Out of curiosity, how are you using it? On a lanyard, climbing SRS without a rope wrench, etc.?
There are definitely better, simpler hitches that I have created and tested...but this one very unique. It wouldn't be in my top ten recommended hitches (that I've created), but it does work extremely well. It's just a bit of a pain to dress and set...and it must be dressed and set very carefully and deliberately or it won't work well and perhaps even slip. It absolutely does run beautifully once all of that has been done, though! Glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for being a public subscriber for 2+ months!
I'm just convinced you can make 3 or 4 top wraps, and do whatever on the bottom, and have a working climbing hitch. I've miss tied climbing hitches in the learning process, distel or vt, and end up with another existing hitch or something that still was safe to climb with. Cheers from Florida!
There is some truth to what you're saying, but the secondary stage/adjustability section (the portion below the coil) does have some science behind it. You can't simply do "whatever" and expect the hitch to function as well as a tried and true method. However, "whatever" still may work well enough to keep you safe and for the hitch to function appropriately; albeit not as well as a properly tied friction hitch. This particular hitch that you commented on has three wraps worth of friction in the secondary stage and that is not something any of the "mainstream" friction hitches provide. That's what makes this friction hitch unique. The secondary stage, for any hitch, doesn't grab as hard as the coil does, and so while three wraps worth of friction may seem like a lot, due to the fact that it is at that stage, and because I've chosen to weave the legs so neatly, both that stage and the coil can be SET to a desire amount of friction WITHOUT the hitch ever binding up. Not bragging, but I've created and tested 85+ unique and orginal friction hitches. And with the exception of one other person, my friend Brocky, the creator of the Sticht hitch, I've created and tested more friction hitches than anyone else (that I'm aware of), making me somewhat of an expert. Again, I don't mean to sound like a know-it-all, but there are nuances to all of the structural elements within a friction hitch. I give you my resume simply to help you feel confident that the answer I've supplied you with is sound. But again, you aren't entirely wrong. The coil gives most of the friction and it is a fundamental aspect of any successful climbing hitch. Maybe for mainstream hitches the secondary stage might seem pointless, but we're talking about big boy hitches here. My hitches are designer and often have just as many wraps in the secondary as the primary (coil). Thanks for commenting. I appreciate your insight. I don't normally respond with rants, but you brought up something that I believe a lot of people can relate to. But the science is trickier than that once you go beyond one wrap in the secondary stage, and even the secondary stage wtih one wrap must be done correctly or it will not be a good climbing hitch. I've done over 100+ tests on my hitches, each test with as many as 50-100 repititions (climbing up and down the rope with it). This hitch is meant to be used wtih a rope wrench. Friction hitch and knotting are a bit of an obsession of mine. Thank you again for commenting haha I'll shut up now.
@@Knot-orious I don't wish to touch upon a sensitive point (and thereby to provoke upset or a rant) but I would observe that the saying "less is more" might apply to friction hitches (though "fewer is more" would be better grammar). The reason for saying this is that a proliferation of hitches is valuable only when each new one has specific characteristics that better suit it for use in a particular application than existing hitches: otherwise confusion is the consequence among those of us who spend less time than do you on the topic. This is NOT at all a criticism of your skills and imaginativeness in devising new hitches: on the contrary, I admire & applaud them. Rather, it follows my noticing that the few videos of yours that I have watched distinguish hitches primarily by their appearance and method of tying more than making the case for their existence by particular functional features. I wonder if this aspect is something you might dwell on more for future videos. I for instance, am wondering whether to trouble to find and learn a different hitch for my lanyard, and your observations on the implications for knot choice of the slightly different usage it receives, and of whether the hitch cord terminates in knots or sewn or spliced eyes...would be interesting. Yet your videos don't seem suitable to help me make this decision and choice. Perhaps a few summary videos might address this and analogous needs?
@falfield You make some very interesting observations. I'll do a better job of making those distinctions going forward. To be honest, I used to spend a lot of time explaining what each hitch is best at until I realized that they all have the potential to be used for basically most or all hitch related applications, with some exceptions. I found myself repeating the same information in my videos and I felt like it was hurting retention. My channel is mostly geared more towards people who have an intermediate to professional understanding of knots, friction hitches and climbing systems. For example, in my newer videos you never hear me explain what a friction hitch is, how they work or what they are used for. I let the viewer enjoy my new hitches, see the tying method, get some basic information and then it's up to them to decide how to use it. It may not be very helpful to you and I can see why that might be. But omitting lengthy discussion sections in my videos has helped my viewer retention statistics and, unless stated otherwise, my hitches can be used for a lanyard, an MRS hitch climber system, an SRS rope wrench system, for rigging, for hauling with progress capture, etc. ad nauseum.
I also wasn't upset, however, I did rant in a polite and friendly manner. Less is not always more. Complexity often comes with many benefits over simplicity. If humans never dared to create more complex systems of any kind, we'd still be in the stone age. Just look at the modern combustion or electric engine for example. Not simple, but revolutionary.
I'll admit most people do prefer simple friction hitches and I do try to make as many simple hitches as I can. And perhaps they are easier and more convenient, but not always better. This is of course my opinion. You're entitled to yours.
@@plant.more.trees. You seem to have a lot of knowledge about trees! I respect that! I commented on a few of your videos! You should post more! Looks like you haven't posted in over a year! Are you still in the tree business? Just so you know, I'm not a tree worker. I'm purely a recreational climber for now. I've been considering taking my talent to an actual tree work company. Most people assume I'm a tree worker; I just love to climb trees and do it for fun! Not sayin you assumed that. Just sharing that with you!
Nothing in this life excites as much as climbing a tree; the fastest growing, and most beautiful living organisms on the planet. Climbing in general excites me also, however, tree climbing is especially rewarding as you said. I could talk about climbing trees all day long. My dream job would be an instructor for tree climbing, with a primary focus on SRS/SRT since that is absolutely my specialty. Most of the climbing related videos I make are for SRS/SRT techniques. In my opinion, it is far superior to MRS/DRT in almost every way. It's faster, the climbing systems and devices are better, less physically demanding when you rope walk, you have the ability to make multiple redirects, etc. =-D
Also, thank you for being a public subscriber for over 1 year! I genuinely appreciate your support and commenting is the best way you can give it. I hope you had a happy holiday! =-D
Kokopelli is a rain sprit. He plays his flute to summon clouds. I wonder if climbing on this hitch would make it rain on me, like when I used to draw the sacred symbols on the ground so the rain. Would get me out of work.
@@kavemanthewoodbutcher I didn't know that. Neither did Wikipedia. I love snow, so maybe if I draw him on the ground when it's above 32 degrees I'll get some snow! Thanks for commenting!
Well, that's really for you to decide. Unless it's blatantly obvious to me, I try not to make claims to that extent since everyone's experiences with a friction hitch, just like any climbing system, or rope, hitch cord, climbing device, etc. is going to be subjective. I would say that this hitch is more of a fun novelty and that it will work equally as well, if not better in some cases, than the already well established friction hitches. The downside of this hitch is its complexity and the fact that the tier must pay VERY close attention to dressing and setting it well and that it's a bit of a PITA to do so compared to hitches of more simple design and structure. Due to the amount of extra friction in the secondary stage, and because the hitch is woven so complexly, strain on the coil is alleviated much more than with already established/mainstream hitches. This means it won't likely bind very easily at all. I suspect this hitch may even work without a rope wrench, but I have yet to confirm this. As far as my hitches go, this wouldn't even make my top ten best hitches that I've created and tested. But it's really cool looking and does work well for anyone willing to learn how to use it correctly. Great question! Thanks for commenting!
ThanX .. Awesome 🪢 knot tutorial .. Nice 👍
You're very welcome! I'm glad that you enjoyed my video for my latest original, designer friction hitch! Thank you for commenting (for feeding the algorithm), and thank you for being a public subscriber for 6+ months! I genuinely appreciate your support and I know you've definitely been in the comments section in the past! Thanks for being active in my community! Commenting is honestly the best way for a subscriber to support my channel! =-D
U have an awesome channel .. BTW I'm still using and impressed with the STICHT knot U posted couple of months ago 🤩
@@MrBaastardo Thank you for the compliment regarding my channel! I really appreciate it! Compliments are fuel for my creativity! Also really pleased that you're enjoying the Sticht hitch! Out of curiosity, how are you using it? On a lanyard, climbing SRS without a rope wrench, etc.?
Thank you for this video, and for this knot! It looks like it5 would be worth the time and effort required to learn to tie it well.
There are definitely better, simpler hitches that I have created and tested...but this one very unique. It wouldn't be in my top ten recommended hitches (that I've created), but it does work extremely well. It's just a bit of a pain to dress and set...and it must be dressed and set very carefully and deliberately or it won't work well and perhaps even slip. It absolutely does run beautifully once all of that has been done, though! Glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for being a public subscriber for 2+ months!
I'm just convinced you can make 3 or 4 top wraps, and do whatever on the bottom, and have a working climbing hitch. I've miss tied climbing hitches in the learning process, distel or vt, and end up with another existing hitch or something that still was safe to climb with. Cheers from Florida!
There is some truth to what you're saying, but the secondary stage/adjustability section (the portion below the coil) does have some science behind it. You can't simply do "whatever" and expect the hitch to function as well as a tried and true method. However, "whatever" still may work well enough to keep you safe and for the hitch to function appropriately; albeit not as well as a properly tied friction hitch. This particular hitch that you commented on has three wraps worth of friction in the secondary stage and that is not something any of the "mainstream" friction hitches provide. That's what makes this friction hitch unique.
The secondary stage, for any hitch, doesn't grab as hard as the coil does, and so while three wraps worth of friction may seem like a lot, due to the fact that it is at that stage, and because I've chosen to weave the legs so neatly, both that stage and the coil can be SET to a desire amount of friction WITHOUT the hitch ever binding up. Not bragging, but I've created and tested 85+ unique and orginal friction hitches. And with the exception of one other person, my friend Brocky, the creator of the Sticht hitch, I've created and tested more friction hitches than anyone else (that I'm aware of), making me somewhat of an expert.
Again, I don't mean to sound like a know-it-all, but there are nuances to all of the structural elements within a friction hitch. I give you my resume simply to help you feel confident that the answer I've supplied you with is sound. But again, you aren't entirely wrong. The coil gives most of the friction and it is a fundamental aspect of any successful climbing hitch. Maybe for mainstream hitches the secondary stage might seem pointless, but we're talking about big boy hitches here. My hitches are designer and often have just as many wraps in the secondary as the primary (coil).
Thanks for commenting. I appreciate your insight. I don't normally respond with rants, but you brought up something that I believe a lot of people can relate to. But the science is trickier than that once you go beyond one wrap in the secondary stage, and even the secondary stage wtih one wrap must be done correctly or it will not be a good climbing hitch. I've done over 100+ tests on my hitches, each test with as many as 50-100 repititions (climbing up and down the rope with it). This hitch is meant to be used wtih a rope wrench. Friction hitch and knotting are a bit of an obsession of mine. Thank you again for commenting haha I'll shut up now.
@@Knot-orious I don't wish to touch upon a sensitive point (and thereby to provoke upset or a rant) but I would observe that the saying "less is more" might apply to friction hitches (though "fewer is more" would be better grammar). The reason for saying this is that a proliferation of hitches is valuable only when each new one has specific characteristics that better suit it for use in a particular application than existing hitches: otherwise confusion is the consequence among those of us who spend less time than do you on the topic.
This is NOT at all a criticism of your skills and imaginativeness in devising new hitches: on the contrary, I admire & applaud them. Rather, it follows my noticing that the few videos of yours that I have watched distinguish hitches primarily by their appearance and method of tying more than making the case for their existence by particular functional features. I wonder if this aspect is something you might dwell on more for future videos. I for instance, am wondering whether to trouble to find and learn a different hitch for my lanyard, and your observations on the implications for knot choice of the slightly different usage it receives, and of whether the hitch cord terminates in knots or sewn or spliced eyes...would be interesting. Yet your videos don't seem suitable to help me make this decision and choice. Perhaps a few summary videos might address this and analogous needs?
@falfield You make some very interesting observations. I'll do a better job of making those distinctions going forward. To be honest, I used to spend a lot of time explaining what each hitch is best at until I realized that they all have the potential to be used for basically most or all hitch related applications, with some exceptions.
I found myself repeating the same information in my videos and I felt like it was hurting retention. My channel is mostly geared more towards people who have an intermediate to professional understanding of knots, friction hitches and climbing systems.
For example, in my newer videos you never hear me explain what a friction hitch is, how they work or what they are used for. I let the viewer enjoy my new hitches, see the tying method, get some basic information and then it's up to them to decide how to use it.
It may not be very helpful to you and I can see why that might be. But omitting lengthy discussion sections in my videos has helped my viewer retention statistics and, unless stated otherwise, my hitches can be used for a lanyard, an MRS hitch climber system, an SRS rope wrench system, for rigging, for hauling with progress capture, etc. ad nauseum.
I also wasn't upset, however, I did rant in a polite and friendly manner. Less is not always more. Complexity often comes with many benefits over simplicity. If humans never dared to create more complex systems of any kind, we'd still be in the stone age. Just look at the modern combustion or electric engine for example. Not simple, but revolutionary.
I'll admit most people do prefer simple friction hitches and I do try to make as many simple hitches as I can. And perhaps they are easier and more convenient, but not always better. This is of course my opinion. You're entitled to yours.
Looks interesting ❤❤❤
It's definitely one of my most unique friction hitch creations! Thanks for your love and support! I really appreciate it! I love your username!
@ right on. I uploaded a bunch of videos featuring trees & more. Take a look see if you like the videos
@@plant.more.trees. You seem to have a lot of knowledge about trees! I respect that! I commented on a few of your videos! You should post more! Looks like you haven't posted in over a year! Are you still in the tree business? Just so you know, I'm not a tree worker. I'm purely a recreational climber for now. I've been considering taking my talent to an actual tree work company. Most people assume I'm a tree worker; I just love to climb trees and do it for fun! Not sayin you assumed that. Just sharing that with you!
@ right on! Thanks. I work with/for/on trees a lot. It’s super fun and rewarding.
Good luck with everything ! Maybe I’ll post something soon.
Nothing in this life excites as much as climbing a tree; the fastest growing, and most beautiful living organisms on the planet. Climbing in general excites me also, however, tree climbing is especially rewarding as you said. I could talk about climbing trees all day long. My dream job would be an instructor for tree climbing, with a primary focus on SRS/SRT since that is absolutely my specialty. Most of the climbing related videos I make are for SRS/SRT techniques. In my opinion, it is far superior to MRS/DRT in almost every way. It's faster, the climbing systems and devices are better, less physically demanding when you rope walk, you have the ability to make multiple redirects, etc. =-D
Thank you
You're welcome! Thanks for your continued support!
Also, thank you for being a public subscriber for over 1 year! I genuinely appreciate your support and commenting is the best way you can give it. I hope you had a happy holiday! =-D
Kokopelli is a rain sprit. He plays his flute to summon clouds. I wonder if climbing on this hitch would make it rain on me, like when I used to draw the sacred symbols on the ground so the rain. Would get me out of work.
@@kavemanthewoodbutcher I didn't know that. Neither did Wikipedia. I love snow, so maybe if I draw him on the ground when it's above 32 degrees I'll get some snow! Thanks for commenting!
Does this hitch have any benefits over more established ones?
Well, that's really for you to decide. Unless it's blatantly obvious to me, I try not to make claims to that extent since everyone's experiences with a friction hitch, just like any climbing system, or rope, hitch cord, climbing device, etc. is going to be subjective. I would say that this hitch is more of a fun novelty and that it will work equally as well, if not better in some cases, than the already well established friction hitches. The downside of this hitch is its complexity and the fact that the tier must pay VERY close attention to dressing and setting it well and that it's a bit of a PITA to do so compared to hitches of more simple design and structure. Due to the amount of extra friction in the secondary stage, and because the hitch is woven so complexly, strain on the coil is alleviated much more than with already established/mainstream hitches. This means it won't likely bind very easily at all. I suspect this hitch may even work without a rope wrench, but I have yet to confirm this. As far as my hitches go, this wouldn't even make my top ten best hitches that I've created and tested. But it's really cool looking and does work well for anyone willing to learn how to use it correctly. Great question! Thanks for commenting!