Super Useful Knot - How To Tie A Constrictor Knot
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- Опубликовано: 25 май 2015
- Knot tying video tutorial. Learn how to make a constrictor knot. Easy step by step instructions for tying a constrictor knot in this guide.
The constrictor knot is an extremely useful knot, which is another knot that should be more widely known and utilized. It is mentioned on numerous occasions in the Ashley Book of Knots (ABoK). Clifford Ashley recommends it for a multitude of purposes from whipping a ropes end to handcuffs to clamping a hose. Master rigger Brion Toss describes it as at least as useful as the bowline knot and "to know the knot is to constantly find uses for it."
It is in the category of binding knots and is very secure and easy to tie. It has a very strong clamping characteristic which gives it it's names sake after the snake. The boa constrictor. To get extreme constriction without hurting your hands it is often suggested to use a marlinespike hitch around a rod or other appropriate object and use those to pull hard.
It is tied very similarly to the clove hitch and if you look at the structure of the knot it has an overhand knot which is locked into place with a riding turn. This demonstration showed the knot tied with an end but it can also be tied on a bight.
related knots include: Clove hitch, transom knot, strangle knot, miller's knot, boa knot, cross constrictor knot double constrictor knot.
Uses: replacement for a zip tie. Handcuffs. In spearfishing to tie off speargun bands. Hose clamp. Binding bungee cord. Seizing a hole in a prussic loop to make the carabiner attachment more secure in climbing. Tying off a sack or bag like a millers knot. Tying off slingshot bands. Clamping pieces to be glued.
The main disadvantages of the knot is that it is extremely difficult, or often times impossible to untie. It also needs a curved surface to bind so it is not good for square or flat objects.
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2:25 AM: Best time to learn how to tie a constrictor knot, its useful, I don't know what for as of yet, but... its useful.
"Oh boy, it is 8am. Time for wor...wait, this looks useful. I can probably use this somehow."
@@Assmodean you can use it to tie your boss up
0:40 am and I got the same though
The time though lol!
Here we are again, 24 hrs later, thinking the same thing. Man I really should go to bed.
I’m 70 years old , every time I see knots on videos I watch , it brings me back to my Boy Scout days , those were wonderful times .
same here. born in 57. in the 60s and early 70s god summer camp for a week or two was so fun and learned so much. Was an eagle scout and I learned how to do projects, how to study, build things. Of course nature, hiking, camping, cooking out doors, sailing, rowing, shooting. Too much goodness. As I recall in 1968 my first year at summer camp it cost 25 USD for the week! Camp Yawgoog Rhode Island
Wow that sure is a nice story for someone named hot chihuahua
Did you ever get molested by the scout master?
@@PrideDefiler the fuck is wrong with you
dinosaur`s thread
The cord on my earbuds can tie this knot around whatever is in my bag at the time 🤣
in fractions of a second...
So can any drawstrings on clothing in the washing machine
minecraft
@Brian Venne 👍😁
Hehehehehe........
.....still laughing.......
Seth C...you are hilarious !!! xxx :)
..............still giggling......
Used to use this knot all day every day working on oilfield down hole tools. We secured wiring inside the tools. Created wire bundles, secured wire to structural portions of the machinery. It kept the wires from chafing, getting pinched and breaking off. We were using waxed string much like a super heavy duty dental floss.
This is a useful and simple knot.
No flanks baf baf
I used to buy alot of zip ties to use around the yard to secure bamboo shoots, shrubs, small tree limbs, etc. Thank you!
not the best idea for plants, you don't want to con[/re]strict their growth
@@saigyl9149Right, something flexible and wide like ribbons of old t shirts or nylons are great for this.
I'll know sell my shares in Tie Wraps and Cable Ties. Thanks for the tip-off.
Use poison ivy vines.
When I interned at NASA as a college student 40+ years ago, I was tasked with making dozens of 50-ft 104-pin computer cables. This is exactly the knot I was taught to use for bundling the cables. I got really sick of tying this knot, but by gum, it's a good knot!
They called it a Clove Hitch! I'm proud to say a piece of equipment left on the Moon by Apollo 11 has about 100 of those tied by me!
@@Ghostdog4 Clove Hitch and Constrictor Knot looks similas, but they are actually 2 different knots.
@@Ghostdog4 The Clove Hitch is the standard knot for starting and ending cable lacing with an underhand knots in between.
Thank you youtube algorithm for give me something useful.
This is a great knot to know. What a shame that my crappy memory means that I have already forgotten how to tie it.
@Peter Evans Being able to tie your shoelaces is pretty useful.
try tying one every day on a random thing like a pencil. It only takes a minute of your time. In a few days you'll remember how to do it without the video
It's almost like a clove hitch.
@@Eralen00 Looking around... I have noting to tie a knot with. Do I get up to find somethi.......... next video.
Practice it a few times it is almost like a clove hitch. Simple . One guy posted to add a loop for the part of the line going through the x and you then have a quick release for the knot.
I actually have a set of cards with useful knots that is hinged together and it has the 3 step diagram to tie this knot and I could not figure it out until I saw your video. Thank you for taking the time to make it.
This looks exactly like another knot except for the part that's different.
The knot you're thinking of is a clove hitch, and yeah that's exactly what I thought.
@@JoshuaRPearce_ Yup, that's what I was gonna say.
@@JoshuaRPearce_ Yes, just that its passed under two parts instead of just the one
That does knot explain which knot you are knot referring to.
@@JP-cy1lw )))))
what a great knot, i wish i could have used it to hold together my sanity.
great one mate hahaha
speaking of which i wonder if one can use it around their neck to suffocate themself(im not suicidal just curious)
That is a great knot!! I wish I could have used it for my marriage.
It works better around the neck.
@ hangman knot works better
Use it for what in your marriage? 🤔
🤣🤣🤣🤣oh shit thats good
🤣😂🤣😂 Brilliant!
Glad to see Ashley's knot recognized! When he published his Book of Knots in 1944 he included two 'new' knots, the first new knots invented in a century. One was Hunter's knot and is a magic trick. The other is the Constrictor, and Ashley invented it himself!
"Although Ashley seemed to imply that he had invented the constrictor knot over 25 years before publishing The Ashley Book of Knots, research indicates that he was not its only originator." That knot seems too easy to be invented only after thousands of years of knot mastering.
Do you really think they were the first new knots in a century? In the entire world? How could anyone possible know that??? Especially back then???? Sounds like nonsense
@@chuckchucky8781 Read Ashley, is my suggestion.
Grew up in the boy scout program, we learned this knot as the clove hitch. There is a fun trick you can use when setting up tents/rain fly. You end up tying a double clove hitch, just repeat the knot again with however many inches of slack you want for adjustment. You can slide the second knot up/down the slack to loosen or tighten whatever it is you are trying to secure!
Eagle Scout Class of '89 here. Not quite a clove hitch. It's made similarly to a clove hitch but with one end passed under the other, forming an overhand knot under a riding turn. The clove hitch is basically two successive half-hitches around an object.
Notice that at 1:12 the end is passed under both parts of the ‘X’, a clove hitch has it passed only under the ‘bar’
@@tomrocks5367 two half-hitches is different from a clove hitch.
@@Kyuzio The ends come out perpendicular to your object instead of parallel, that's about the only difference. Saves me a a lot of messing around when I'm trying to tie a clove one-handed 40ft up a tree to rope a piece down.
@Peter Evans It's funny because it's true. LOL
It's like an overhand and a clove hitch had a baby...
This is a perfect description.
cloverhand hitch
@@dotdotdot3186 I like it! Much better than The Overclover...
This is a proper presentation on how to tie a knot. The camera angle is POV, so it looks just like when the user is making the knot, It was left loose and you stopped to explain what the structure is before it was cinched tight. I appreciate that while learning a new knot that being said , a little finger adjustment was made while cinching without an explanation of the importance of the adjustment, my instructor would often just say make this adjustment for a 'well dressed knot' to make it look proper and neat. A little explanation of the cinching technique is often important, pulling the wrong line can upset an otherwise well tied knot. Thank you for your content.
Got taught this in communication school for lacing cable looms ... Must have forgotten it as soon as I got to management. Now I have learn't it again, thankyou.
My favorite knot, although difficult to untie (unlike it's cousin, the "clove hitch"). But, if you need a powerful knot to stay there, and if you're able to apply lots of force when tying it, it will never come undone (short of a knife). There are also a couple variations if you want to tie it to a standing thing in the middle of your rope / line, but they end up with the same powerful knot.
Nicely done video!
I learned that knot at philips. We made wiring harnesses with this knot. Much nicer than a zip tie. there is special wiring harness "rope" which is super strong but only 1mm diameter.
@@2000jago Well, that remark is just capital...
@@2000jago :-D Philips is a big company which makes( made) a lot of electronic's TV's Radio's X-ray systems lighting. etc etc
@@wilfredswinkels as well as a whole slew of medical equipment. The biggest manufacturer in certain subfields.
Thumbs up! Used it today to tie off s rope to a trailer rail to cinch down a refrigerator I was moving. I felt confident I looked like I knew what I was doing to the men at the loading dock watching me out of the corner of their eyes. It really is a beautiful hitch.
Whey called it a knot because its better for binding a few objects together, it loses almost no tention when you let go. Just keep the knot pressed to round object.
For tying rope to a rail i would use "round turn and two half hitches" or 4 half hitches if its particular hairy.
Alternatively an anchor knot with the tail of the last half hitch tucked under the round turn. Like that - ibb***co/RQW1pKN (change *** to a dot)
I am terrible at tying knots and this was perfect for what I needed. Thank you so much for the video!
Thank you Sir,this is the second knot i learnt,and i managed to get it within 4 mins
Really interesting.....I didn't think I had any interest in knots , but this was a cool video.....gonna look for stuff I can tie up now....
.....look out kids........mum's coming !!.........
Just saw this video! Thanks I believe I like this more than the clove hitch! I have been towing knots for 40+ years and have never seen this one. Thanks again!
This is great for someone with a hand deficit like me. With a double knot I can’t hold down the first knot to keep it from loosening as I make the second. This constrictor knot means I don’t need to tie a double knot and it cleverly tightens with a simple pull of both ends. Thank you❤
This is the knot I didn't know I needed 'til now.
i still dont know why i need it
@@meme_0 same here.
This is the only knot Houdini could not escape!
IS THAT RIGHT?
Very clear demonstration of constrictor knot.Much appreciated.
You have such a wonderful way of explaining things. Thank you.
I learned that rope tie (hitch tie) as a young firefighter for quickly hoisting an axe or a pike pole to an upper floor or roof. One end of the rope should always be under some tension to keep it secure. Easy to loosen in the dark, or with firefighter gloves on, if necessary. I was told it's the same tie used in the old west by cowboys to quickly secure horse reins to the hitching post. Still use that rope tie to this day. Haven't lost an axe or a horse, yet!🙂
Thank you for your demonstration! This will be good for camping and hiking!
Not gonna lie I'm happy I learned this cus this knot tight for anything and I really needed it
My dad refused to teach my how to tie my shoes, and then he'd call me an idiot for not getting it right when I tried to do it myself. This is irelevant but it's all I could think about watching this. Hearing this explanation, and seeing how easy this is, it just makes me wish I had a better dad who could have done this for me...
Good video! Thanks!
man that's infuriating to read. some parents just don't use their brain
@@nixiontm some parents don't have a brain to use..
So nice! Perfect for my broken line clothes drying rack 🤩🤩🤩
Oh, thank you for giving an example!! I was scratching my head trying to think of an use case
OMG! I suck at trying to learn knots, they just don't click for me, but THIS. This is so easy and useful! Thank you so much!
thank you so much! helped me. very simple and easy
Not sure how I got here but feels like the algorithm is improving.
Well done. Throughout my sailing career I've used this on occasion. But always had to dig out Brian's book. Watching you do it on video and it's finally in my brain.
Basically it's a clove hitch most of the time, but just before taking the tail out through the top to complete a clove hitch you lay the rope over the standing part and then take it out through the top. That's how I'll remember it.
@@michaelstreeter3125 I like that memory cue. Here's my 'notes' from watching his video: He starts with a rope that he ties onto a horizontal piece of pipe or steel bar, the knot is basically an overhand knot with a bar going across it to contain it, lock it in, and prevent it from un-doing itself. He works the knot from right to left. Standing line is below the bar. He first takes the working end over the bar, under and around it, coming up toward the left in front of you, so a simple x is made with the working end crossing over (#1 time) the standing line. He continues with the working end and heads left along the pole a short bit, then goes over and around the pole (away from you) and back around to your side. As the working end comes back in front of you, it will be (should be) crossing OVER the standing line below. Now you will want to tuck the working end UNDER the X in front of you, but still in front of the pipe / bar. So, take the working end UNDER the X, bifurcating the X in a vertical direction (going from bottom to top). Pull the working end through (and up). (hope I got it right)
These videos have revolutionized knot tying in my estimation. Yours included. Your idea of a knot as a temporary thing that you might want to untie has made an impression. Daily use for me is tying up tomatoes. Before watching these videos it was square knot everything. Now it's a bowline hitch around the tomato stem, and a wrap with two half hitches against the pole. That's been plenty good enough to hold up the tomatoes as they're plucked one by one, or until they all come down at first frost. In the meantime I'll add the constrictor to my repertoire along with the 5 knots you demoed on your video. I appreciate you and WhyKnot and all the other knot people who've taken the time to expand our horizons. Thanks.
Great video, thank you!
I do like a knot. So satisfying when they’re done correctly.
A clove hitch on a bight! So simple and so clever. Thanks!
I thought it was a clove hitch until I saw him tie it.
@@alphabravo8703 I knew it wasn't: too many wrinkles on the port side, lol. There's variation of the clove hitch called a hywayman's hitch. Instead of passing the bitter end under the crossed lines you pass a bight, so you can snatch it loose and get out of Dodge, lol.
I find this knot very useful.
I learned this one as a locking clove hitch, very useful for tieing leads to the bottom of some web
I learned this knot from a book back in the mid 1990s. It's a great knot, and even better when slipped.
What does "slipped" mean when applied to this knot?
I use that instead of rubber bands to tie up things like open bag of sugar or flour, or rice in the kitchen cabinet. But I make it a "slip" constrictor, I make a loop on the end that tucks under the X and pull the long end while holding the loop from slipping out.
4yrs later I see the video and tied it. Your version is far superior! Thank you good sir.
Steve Serfass-
Theater people & some roadies use your version ("slip constrictor") to secure bundles of cable together for a show, or hold a coiled cable for transport.
I use it to secure bags, etc.
Very clever, thank you
I practiced this knot on my tie i was wearing and almost choked myself hey it works.
You are awesome; thank you for the very useful and informative video!👍🏾
I bought ABOK because of this channel, and learned to use this most effective knot on numerous farming applications. Sorry to see that you no longer post knot videos, but we have learned a lot from you.
I am very familiar with the clove hitch. This is a nice variation! Thx.
This thing is a clove hitch on steroids.
Clean, simple and effective knot, as well as your presentation. Thanks from Alabama.
thanks.nice illustration.
I can knot get over how useful this is!
Ok looks exactly like a clove hitch except for the last part.
Chuck Addison that is exactly what I said. It is a clove hitch except for the part where you go over the standing part before going through the X.
@@carllove3705 wonder if one is more effective than the other
@@MattygFTW Both have their pros and cons. Constrictor knot holds extremely tight but is harder to loosen/untie. Clove hitch doesn't hold as tight but is easier to untie. Clove hitch doesn't have the same amount of clamping pressure as the constrictor. Each has their own use case. Choose the most appropriate for the situation.
Was thinking the same thing, and now I feel like I'm part of a special club. Nice.
As easy as a clove hitch and stronger- it's double-locked- the harder you pull the tighter it grips.
Is it different from a clove hitch because it threads in from the left instead of the right (making that extra pass over the line)?
Is it more difficult to release ?
@@dmitripogosian5084 Yes. Very hard to get loose. It's a good idea to put a slip in it.
@@dmitripogosian5084
If you want something more secure than a clove hitch but still easy to undo, try a rolling hitch - essentially a clove hitch with one (or more) extra turn before the finishing turn.
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@@jwmmitch Yes, it is different. It constricts meaning it does not require tension. A clove hitch is commonly used to hang things or secure with the use of tension. Whithout tension is basically becomes unhitched. A constrictor would be good for bundling items when the tension is not present.
Nice binding knot, and easy to undue afterwards.
That is so cool! Thank you for sharing this. I am looking to use it today . . . somewhere!
Great hitch. Everyone should know, it is good on round surfaces. If the surface is flat or square, then it will fail
Not if you get the X right over the corner of the square
Nope it won’t. Just tie the safety and it’s fine
Constrictor is mostly for binding objects very tightly. Double constristor is even better. For that purpose it does work poorly on square objects.
If you are using it as a hitch, to tie a rope to an object, maybe consider using "round turn and two half hitches" or just two half hitches. You can make it 4 half hitches if you are woried they will loosen up. Anchor knot is stronger version of it. Tucking the end under the loop can prevent untying.
Thank you for this. Adding it my repertoire.
Like a clove hitch that locks!! Thanks I had never seen this knot and use it around the garden.
Thank you so much for this video.
I had some young trees fall over and I’m going to set up supports for them. The support contraption I was building needs hose clamps (the round ones with the screw), but I thought there had to be a better way.
Here it is.👍🏼👍🏼
The perfect knot to tie around my neck!
Clove hitch that doesn't work itself loose. I'll have to try it.
Well done - I'll try to learn how to use this and your "Elongated Double Connection Knot".
Very nice....I have often used a clove hitch with additional one hitch, but this is better!
I've tied 10's of thousands of these around blood vessels during my career
Either paracord or kudzu vine. Depends on how close to civilization he is!
Peter Hughes DVM
💥👍🏻💥
DVM = Doctor of Veterinary Medicine... no people involved.
I'm a heroin user too.
But why tie up the ladies play toy?! 🙂
They should teach this in school. I wish they had in mine. Thank you sir.
Some practical life skills in school? Ha ;-)
too dangerous for children to know because it ratchets. they'll have to get fingers amputated
@@Chewy427 I take your point. Perhaps you are thinking of primary school children. It is perhaps safer to teach in middle school and above.
send your kids to boy scouts or Cubs
Boy Scouts Girl Scouts?
Wonderful. This popped up as things do on here. Somehow RUclips bots read my mind from out in the garden, where I was nowhere near any electronic device. I was trying to tie up a roll of newspapers to put them in the recycling and on another occasion trying to tie bundles of straight Willow branches; struggling in each case to get a nice tight bundle. Thanks for the upload. I may always say from now on when I use this knot: "I know knot what I would do without you!"
One of the first knots I learned to tie, it's served me well for 40 years, this and other knots should be taught at school....DA
Literally the second knot they tought us in the boy scouts, we used it for so many things its about the only one i still remember, we also knew how to do it by making 2 seperate loops that are inserted above object you were tying
That would be a clove hitch this is slightly different.
The 3 knots they taught us in Navy boot camp were: Your not hard, your not in, your not getting your money back!
I love watching people teach me how to tie knots, and they would be very useful. However, after leaving my computer and walking 10 feet I can still remember how to tie my shoes but that's about it.
Very clear and easy to repeat! Nice job!
Someday this will come in handy.
I don't know when, but someday.
Probably.
This is the type of knot used on bagpipes to tie the wooden stock parts into the leather bag.
It is also the type of knot we use in the spearfishing community, to tie loops of Dyneema into our rubber bands, to have something to mount the wishbone (the bit of Dyneema that hooks into the spear) to.
Nice factoid!
@@dustinlerch9272 how old are you
A H strange question but I was born in the early to mid 80s
You wanna know my favorite color too?
@@dustinlerch9272 i do, what is it? also, your mothers maiden name, library card number, least frequently visited website too while we're at it. thanks.
I always called that a double clove hitch when I worked as a steeplejack in Toronto. We mostly used it to tie off the safety lines, then used a running bowline to tie our belts to.
I'm sorry, my eyesight is so bad that I misread 'belts'. Sounded painful, really painful
Where do you live and work now? Wanna come back to Toronto to climb trees? We’re always looking for good people. Safe people.
@@GeneBasler I am still in Toronto. but I was 73 on my last birthday. So thanks for the offer but no thanks.
@@rembrandt100 Haha. Well it’s a beautiful city. I’ve been out of my 2-week quarantine for a little less than 24 hours/ we walked several miles up and down Yonge, and we went downtown and walked around Sugar Beach, and took the kids through downtown. That’s it so far. Going to go exploring and house hunting tomorrow. Once they open up for outdoor seating let me buy you a drink.
We called it a double clove hitch as well when I was doing tree work for a living. Honestly was the funnest job I ever had and I would still be climbing if my side company hadn't taken off like it did. Nothing like climbing a 160ft fir and blowing the top out! One hell of a ride!! Lol
probably the most satisfying knot there is
27 year tug captain here. 100% agree.
Cool video, Thanks!
BTW out of passing interest... Brion Toss sadly passed away recently, always wanted to meet him. More info is on his website.
Sad day. Brion did the rigging on a 3/4 rigged 27' classic wood boat I used to own. Great guy, scary good with knots.
Thank you... Great knot.
Almost a Clove Hitch: but, èxtra pressure by being under the "X".
X marks the spot 🧡
Indeed, I often use a clove hitch when tying ropes to logs for my obstacle course. If someone ties it with the constrictor knot I get pretty pissed off though, those are extremely hard to get loose again if you tighten them over a extended period of time (e.g. hang people in it for a couple of days).
Thanks. That's a good cue for remembering it.
A truly useful channel!
Excellent 👍 ,I kept tying a clove hitch , till I watched your video , thanks
Make a loop to put through the 'x' then you have a quick release.
Great idea! Thanks.
Great Idea but I think you mean a bite.
Very useful or knot! For those new to knot tying it’s a good reminder that this knot should not be used for extreme loads as it can slip out and easily be worked loose when the tension level varies, as with a shifting load.
That's not true at all. Under _any_ load, this knot becomes tighter, cinching onto itself ever more. You must have something else in mind..
@@SineEyed Don't be so quick. Even great knots have their downsides. Here's a comment from one of my favorite places (Animatedknots.com) on one disadvantage of the Constrictor knot: "The Constrictor Knot fails when tied against a flat surface - it requires a curved surface for the binding turn to grip the Half Hitch. "
@@dessyedeeclark1144 the same could be said for _most_ hitches one might choose to tie. That's not the claim I'm refuting though, because that's not the claim you made. You said the knot was likely to fail under extreme load conditions. That assertion is still just as false as it ever was..
@@dessyedeeclark1144 sorry, I mistook you for OP. It wasn't you who made the claim I was refuting. Regardless, my point stands..
After watching this video, I'm legit using my earphones as a guinea pig to learn this knot
Thank you!! I must have watched 4 unclear videos before I found yours and tied it the very first try!!
I just tried this knot out. At first it seemed just wonderful but then I noticed that it gets loose if the rope isn't constantly under tension. Anything that moves with the wind or otherwise loosens and tensions the rope repeatedly will have this knot fall off quickly.
now that's a helpful comment
Sounds like the new Decepticon: “Bow before ConstrictorNot”
I like that, it's a really cool useful knot, I will have to make use of that, thank you.
Thank you! I was looking or a knot that is totally permanent to join my threads together when I crochet!
Looks almost identical to the clove hitch every eleven year old boy scout learns
Except that it's not a clove hitch..the tail end doesn't go under the middle, or under both stands, only the initial one.
It's very similar, but has totally different uses. E.g. if you tied up your boat with a constrictor knot and had some bad weather you'd find it extremely hard to untie, while the clove hitch is fairly simple.
You can also tie the constrictor the same way you could tie a clove hitch with just one small step afterwards.
nothing like a clove hitch
“A really useful....not” A childish part of me heard that. lol
A great knot to use before unlaying strands for an eye splice.
@WhyKnot you're a genius!
I always called this a "messed up clove hitch"
So this piece of rope walks into a bar and orders a beer. The bartender kicks him out, saying "We don't serve ropes around here!" The rope leaves and is dejected, but gets an idea... He ties the top of himself into a knot, then frays the end, and walks back into the bar. "Bartender, I'd like a beer, please." The bartender says, "Say, aren't you that rope I just kicked out of here?"
"No. I'm a frayed knot."
Nicely done. Now if only I could learn how to use a gizmo that ties a fish hook and line.
Amazing - even works with fishing line.
The cross or the X knot !
I am here because of Lutheran Satire
I love knots~
Very nicely done: You surely delivered as promised quote: "easy step by step instructions" Thanks for sharing!