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    Mors Kochanski Non-Inverting Slipped Bowline Hammock Suspension

    Introducing the Mors Kochanski Non-Inverting Slippery Bowline Hammock Suspension.

    Mors showed us this knot at the Wilderness Living Skills Total Emersion [sic] course, and it occurred to me that it would be ideal for a hammock suspension using no hardware at all. I made a few hammocks for folks attending the Winter Camping Symposium in MN, and this knot turned out to be a reliable and simple way hang a hammock. Check it out!



    So, what do you do with your Dutch Buckles if your hammock suspension uses no hardware? You make Dutch Buckle Art! (see my sculptures below)

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    Elegant, simple and clever! Thanks, Mac...(and Mors (the wizard of the woods!))!
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    That's an amazing find MacEntyre.

    Have you tried it in suspension rope yet? Preferably non-Amsteel. Does it undo easily?

    PS: will MoMA be showing your DutchWare art anytime soon?
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    Brilliant Mac!

    Love it, so well explained too.

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    Good knot. I think its harder to say it then do it,,well for me anyway. Thanks Mac.

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    Great stuff Mac ! Realy like how you walk a person through it.
    I think I could even get it right from your instruction.

    Great video and contrubution.

    By the way love that coat !

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    Great knot, nicely explained and demonstrated! I may go back to webbing suspensions. In use, how did it do as far as adjusting sag? It's clearly easy to take out and retie, but for a winter setup with quilts on/in hammock does it become difficult to tie when the trees are far apart and you need to use a SRL?

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    Nice looking knot!
    I have a mesh type hammock I've had in my old camping junk
    (maybe from Coleman?)
    there's a rope that is attached from each end that comes directly from the hammock

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    I liked that Mors!
    Will try this when I go straps again.
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    Whooooo Buddy)))) All Secure in Sector Seven

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    Shug we coul do this using cord through a tree strap. It would function the same as your whoopie sling but with less cord needed (weight savings!)
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