How to Tie a "Magic" Auto Release Knot - The Bellringer's Knot
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- Опубликовано: 30 авг 2023
- You might not have heard of this knot which has one of the coolest functions!! It's a remote release knot, meaning you can tug on the line and the whole thing comes loose! Useful for lowering down objects and then pulling your rope back up to use it again.
This knot tutorial goes through how to tie this remote release knot, as well as what rope to use and common challenges associated with them.
Known as the "Bellringer Knot" it holds under tension, but releases without. So you can lower tools or gear and then retrieve your rope.
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Time to break out my practice strands.
It's very calming. Idk why, idk how but it just is...
That is the coolest knot I haven't heard of. It would be a good one for roofers
Looks very useful. Thanks.
Love your channel. I found making knots strangely relaxing. Managed to make get one right on paracord after ~ 10 attempts or so. It takes patience but it was very satisfying. I reckon starting bit closer, with tiny, tight loops helps a bit.
5-10% effieciency on paracord, so far, so I call it a "Patience Knot"
You misssed yhe opportunity to call the video "The coolest knot you have knot heard of"
I need to hire you to do my titles. I was too tied up to be that clever!!
@@TheBearEssentials"tied up" is hilarious from a guy showing knots 😂
@@TheBearEssentialsnot too late to change it!
No one showed me this knot. I’ve been doing it for years. Thanks for giving me the name for it.
Knots Have Been my Hobby 40 plus years, Maritime, Fishing, Climbing, We get Our Favorites I didn't know this one, Worthwhile to know, Good Video
That’s fantastic! Thanks.
This is a new one to me and I love it. Thank you
thank you. great production. so many videos that should be 2 minutes are 12 minutes, but you nailed it.
That 1:52 runtime is what got me to click.
Excellent I never thought about it
Power utility lineman have been using this knot, know by various names for decades. Great video
Thanks for sharing that! Never thought of it but makes total sense it's used with Linemen!
Professional instruction. Thankyou
This one is one of the easier ones I’ve watched you do in other videos, to make it easier for me I pause the video for each step and save it in a file with various types of knots in a notepad on my phone , the truckers hitch was one of the harder knots you showed me
I love your clarity, beautifully un fluffy commentary.❤
Oh thank you! Thats really nice of you to say
Live saving knot for me.
I love this channel you really break things down and your outdoor knowledge is off the wall.thank you keep up the good work we need more people like you on RUclips.
Can you also insert a toggle in the loop to prevent slippage?
Very nice. Would also like to see a video on all the different cordage you bring along while camping, and what purpose each one is better suited to.
Absolutely, im working on this - takes a lot of finesse and scripting to make that type of video interesting to everyone but I’ll have it out in the upcoming month or two :)
I agree, that would be a useful video
@@TheBearEssentials Another variation that works well with rope or cords... flipe the bights.. example: working end through the object. form clove hitch. Make the loose loop with the standing end and feed it through the clove hitch. Should be able so cinch down the clove hitch pretty snug. It will require a gentle tug to release, but seems to be safer. Another variation could be using your figure 8 quick release/cinching down knot. Just feed a bight from th standing end where the single strand would go, snug it down. Let me know what you think.
My dad taught me this knot this at work a while back. It's very useful indeed.
Edit: There's a similar, stronger knot that doesn't come loose when pulled, meant for heavier loads.
Awesome, what's the knot youre referring to that doesnt come loose??
@@TheBearEssentials I don't know the name, but it's like the opposite of this knot in a way. If you pull on the long end, it holds firm and if you pull on the short end, it easily comes undone. You're probably familiar with what it could be? My dad and I use it for getting the toolbox and other heavy things up and down rooftops/attics.
@@Artist_Keena Ah gotcha, that knot is used when you have a longer rope so you can reach the short end too. It may be any quick release knot, likely one called the Evenk Hitch. There are many others in that category too, Highwayman's, Halter Hitch etc. And are super useful!!
Thanks so much for sharing Keena!
@@TheBearEssentials I should be the one thanking you! Thanks for uploading videos on knots! ^^
its a bowline. The almost identical knot that doesn't come undone.
For paracord if you make a full turn instead of a half turn for the loop it tends to hold much better and still releases with a sharp snap once tension is removed.
Excellent! This knot made me subscribe.
Welcome aboard!
Nicely explained.
Great knot. Thanks 👍
Thank you DJ, always appreciate learning from you👊👍stay safe and take care my friend 🙏
My absolute pleasure, thx for watching and taking the time my friend!!
If you make two twists of the cord before passing the loop through it holds much better with slippery synthetic ropes, and releases too.
Thx for this addition George!
Thank you sir!@@TheBearEssentials
It's always good when somebody takes the time to make a video to show us something useful.
Thank you for detailing the specifics of this knot; ever since I saw it on your other video I had issues making it work and now know it was the type of cord I was using. Kudos.
Yeah I got a lot of feedback about the details of this one, so I figured a slightly more in depth video would help. Im really glad it did!! Thx for taking the time to comment!!
Why is this never thaught in any hiker's guide? Retaining the rope is always a difficult task.
This channel is so good at explaining knots and showing the steps and I love it. Thank you!
We use this knot in line work all the time.
A loop grabbing a bite. Technically this would be a hitch, very cool!
Hey Jacob, 100% right. Its technically a hitch.
What's truly amazing is that someone figured (these) knots out.
Yah!! There’s a whole world and guilds dedicated to it!
Reminds me of my favorite knot: the mooring hitch
Excellent breakdown. Thank you so much for the details (standing vs working.
Your videos are sooo helpful for left-handed folks like me 👍
Glad it was helpful! You're feedback on making the lingo change from Right and Left handed really helped make this video that much better for people. :)
Thank you
Can you do a video on the types of rope? I plan on getting more rope for an upcoming trip and I'm curious.
It's half a sheep shank! Many use this as part of the truckers hitch - it works too!
Yes! Your so right, awesome you use it in that way. thx for sharing
Found another neat way very similar to this where you use a stopper knot (figure 8) instead of the bite. Thanks for sharing this it sent me down a knot rabbit hole
Follow the white rabbit.
Yes! the Figure 8 stopper method is a bit more secure than the bite method. So secure that with certain types of ropes it takes a lot of yanking on it to come loose haha! Thanks for sharing this!
@@TheBearEssentials Will this be on one of your upcoming videos?
@@TheHuntForSupper Yes 100%. I'll be having a comprehensive video of a few different types of these knots coming out in the upcoming month !
Fun fact, it's actually spelled "bight"!
Ay that “grab your rope and follow along” had Canyons and crags Rich Carlson vibes about it. 😅
Great knot to know thanks for sharing 👍
Wow, real Elven rope 🧝🏻♀️
Incredible instructions buddy, great work 😊🤙
And then the bag hangs up partway down, momentarily de-loads the rope so it unties, and your means of survival bounces off the ledge below into oblivion.
Great one I'm going to try, just saying be aware of the limitations, as you said at the end!
Keep it going
Thank you!🙏🏽🇺🇸
It's true - it's cool, and I've never heard of it.
lol... yeah, slippery cord/line is way less reliable with this kind of thing. Definitely a handy thing to have on tap sometimes, though.
Great tip brother, I dig the concept and simplicity of this knot.
Glad you like it! Ya crazy how something so simple can be such a great use in the right circumstances. Thx for writing brotha!
Hello, you teach attractive knots, they are really attractive
That's so cool!
Very cool knot and good explanation !
Thank you very much!
Wonderful.
Good reason to carry a few feet if thicker rope. Tie the thicker rope to your paracord and then use the thicker rope to tie this knot.
I enjoy your tidbits and well done videos. you might want to mention that when you are lowering items to someone below simply put a toggle (small stick) in the loop to better secure the knot yet have the person on the receiving side pull the toggle out to release it.
Hey! There’s actually a version like this - it’s called a Marlin spike variation. I’ll do a vid on this! Thx for the inspo
I knew it existed!
seen it some time ago in Bear Grills series, but couldn't remember it
You'd think bell ringers would want more trustworthy knots than this.
Very cool!
Great video, all your videos are very informative. Thank you for sharing them
You’re very welcome!! Thank you
I've been obsessed with this knot since watching your vid. Took some practice, but I got it
Eyy I’m really happy you gave it a try! There’s definitely a knack to it. But once you learn it it’s so satisfying!
Another handy knot!
I taught the Prussic knot to a helmet diver. He said it would going to be useful to carry his tool bag on his drop line.
Does adding a toggle help keep it from collapsing?
You are not wrong this is going to take a while does the rope have to be specific I have a flat road and it keeps coming undone does it need to be a larger rope
I’ve never tried with flat rope - but I would try a more stiff type or experiment t with a few diff options
Why am I just subscribing today I have to ask myself…I don’t know…but thank you.
looking at the thumbnail I was all: how is that not going to untie itself...?
answer: it does. and that's the whole point.
I’m stoked you pushed through and actually watched the video!! Literally didn’t just a book by its cover. Thank you!!
@@TheBearEssentials Haha, your vids are always top notch my dude. You could say I judge a book by its cover knowing that you're going to teach me something. :)
Your vid "The 10 Best Knots in Life" should be required viewing in school.
I did some experimenting and found this: look at the loop you push through the car key hole. If you have the loose end of the loop away from you, on the side of the car key hole that has only 1 rope and not on the side that has 2 ropes crossing, the knot is really solid and cannot be pulled apart (or at least takes a significant force to do so) when it has tension on it. If you have the loose end of the loop facing towards you, so on the side with 2 ropes crossing, the knot is unstable and can easily come undone under load. This was with a relatively slippery 5 millimeter rope.
Cool knot!
Thx my man!!! hope youre doing well!
Technically speaking, this would be a hitch, since it has to be around something, or take tension in order to exist.
Bo I’m bout to binge the shat out of your stuff and tie up everything everywhere like MOLLY😂😂😂😂😂😂 only a few people will get that
hahaha This is a great compliment thank you!
Last two seconds translated: "I said get that camera..."
f'n cool !!
eyyy thank you!
Some people (improperly) call this "trucker's hitch". Some people call it "the magic knot" , because it seems to "magically untie".
A lot of people use it for the inline loop part of the trucker's hitch (instead of a slipknot). If I understand correctly it's the standard way of doing it in Australia. As long as the loop is under load it holds together. As soon as the load is released it comes apart. It's also known as a half sheepshank.
I managed to get it first try 😀
Interesting. I believe this is the knot some people use in a trucker's hitch. In the scenario shown in the video. I would use a giant loop if I had enough rope and then open the loop to the rope back.
Wow💜💜💜💛💛💛💜
Where can i buy some rope like the thick one you are using?
My grandpa taught me this years ago and called it the pirate knot
cool, what name is for this knot?
Couldnt you just make a simple knot, lower your gear and a rope at the same time and then climb down?
For sure, this is just if you need the rope back to lower your buddys pack or something
Why not just put rope through anchor point and then hold two of rope ends while lowering and then release one end when you want to detach it? Yes, it halves the length of rope, but in presented situations I'm pretty sure that whould be not an issue - in opposite to this "knot" failing and droping your stuff.
Yes absolutely, but that’s if you have 2x the length of rope ofcourse to go down then back up.
Where can I get kevlar or dynema rope?
So that's the knot Sam used in the Two Towers
'Real Elvish rope.'
Disclaimer: I'm not implying that people should use it for abseiling.
I experimented with this knot.
I have the loose end, like showed, left and the main line right. When i now take the main line, make a loop to the right of the main line, then a second loop on the other side and put the loose end in a loop through both main-line loops, i get a stronger knot. It loosen straight without tension, but when i shake the main line some time.
I hope you get my english😂
Hmm, I don’t entirely understand, but if your following the instructions, it may depend on the type of rope your using. It is a pretty tricky knot to get if your rope is too flimsy or slippery
As you see the first Pictures of the knot in this Video, but with an additional loop of the standing line on the left
Yes, could have the wrong material, but solved the problem 😂
Another, more stable knot ties as folles:
arount an anchor point, clove hitch (or something similar) in the loose end, a U-shape piece of the standing end through the clove hitch. Under load the clove hitch tightens down on the u-shape, if you pull really hard on it, the u-shape slips through the clove hitch. cheeers
An easy alteration is to turn the "starting the car" loop away from you an extra turn or two and weave the bight through. Easier to get it to work and still remotely releasable
Is this the same knot that was used in The Dick Van Dyke Show episode "The Ballad of the Betty Lou?"
I'm going to practice by lowering my nephew off an aqueduct
Here are 2 much stronger variation using a quick release figure 8 knot.
First, quick release via the standing end.
For this example:
1. pass the working/tail/bottom end through the equipment loop.
2. The short end you just passed through, form a half twist bringing more rope from the right on a clockwise motion.
3. On the OTHER side equipment loop, form a bight. Pass it through the front of the rope loop. You can use a significant amount of rope. We can shorten it later.
4. Take the very bottom of the tail and, from the front, stick it through the bottom loop that just formed (it will look like a figure 8 when you start to tighten it) and pull tight.
You can further tighten by pulling on the tail and the shorter part of the long loop from the bight you made on the longer, standing end.
Next, pull on the standing end of the rope itself until you are comfortable with the size of the loop.
Re-tighten as above.
Now slowly test lift your equipment.
When ready to release, give the standing end you are using to raise or lower your equipment a sudden, quick tug on the rope.
Viola !! Improved bell ringer's knot with figure 8 quick on the standing side.
Next is the same, but the tail will need to be pulled for the quick release. It WILL hold MUCH more weight.
But, you need either another person at the bottom to release it, or paracord tied to the tail the same length as the rope. Pull the paracord when you want to release the knot.
1. Make a bight and pass it through the loop with the tail/working/ shorter end on the right side, or top, depending on equipment loop orientation.
2. Wrap the short end all the way around the longer/standing end until it comes back around to the right, or top.
3. Make a bight with the shorter/tail end.
4. Place the shorter/tail bight you just made into the other bight.
(At this point, you will see the figure 8 on the BACK side of the knot.)
5. Hold the top of this loop and slowly pull the standing/long end of the rope until tight. The remaining loop is the lock. The short end of the rope is the tail. This knot will NOT release unless the tail is pulled.
This one MUST be released from the TAIL, as the standing/longer end CAN NOT release THIS version of the figure 8 quick release knot.
Tell me what you think.
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I saw this video yesterday somewhere.
Hey, ya I posted it as a short :)
Kinda like Sam's elvish rope in Lord of The Rings hehe
Is this how samwise used his elvish rope?
How do we make rope???
The Bell ringers knot, not to be used for people or valuable things as you could truly get your
"bell rung"...
ahha this is great!
is it 'probably' or 'never' heard of ?
Is it called a Bell Ringer's knot because if you DID use it on a person, they are prob gonna ring their own bell when it fails?
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I would be really cautious about putting a knot like that out there as useful in any sort of climbing situation. People with a little knowledge and overconfidence could be in for disaster and the loss of their gear. Don't do this knot in any situation where the falling equipment could strike a lower climber. Or with anything you can't afford to lose.
I prefer to use a hook but this is elegant
This totally explains the elvish rope in Lord of the Rings.