Great post. Thanks.
Great post. Thanks.
Farrimond hitch, Butterfly Loop, and Figure 8 knot.
Thanks for posting Rat. My knot tying repertoire has just exploded .
Loved the DirtTime video...truckers vs. truckie. Thanks for the information.
This is a great resource, thanks for posting!
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I can't believe those aren't mentioned in the OP! The larkshead is an obvious inclusion as a hammocker (at least give it honorable mention). And I use the Marlin Spike Hitch every time I go camping.
The Marlin Spike Hitch is so simple to tie I can do it in less than 5 seconds, dressed and all. I will never use anything else to stake out a guy line. And when you are ready to go, just pull out the stake/toggle and it literally falls apart. Forget those little junky plastic tensioners that come on tent guylines. I can't count the number of times I've had a guyline with plastic tensioner slip off a lightweight tent stake. The standard issue wire tent stake will spin around and lose that loop so quick. And the expensive aluminum or titanium Y stakes have only a little ridge to hold on to. Both are worthless with tensioners. But with the Marlin Spike Hitch the cheapy stake is workable and the Y stake is superb!
Plus, a Marlin Spike Hitch can be used to make a handle quick and easy. Find anything long and slender as the toggle and you have an instant handle for your rope. Or find a spare finger sized twig as a toggle and you can hang any loop of rope off the knot (not the toggle, unless you know it is strong enough)
Obviously I love the Marlin Spike Hitch. And if your lady loves crochet then it is almost identical to the slip knot she undoubtedly uses to start a chain. The only difference is how it is dressed. So it should be easy to teach her too.
I showed a fellow hanger how to set up tarp guylines using the double fisherman to create a loop and turning the loop onto a prussik. It was very rewarding. Thanks for showing me some cool stuff to expand my knowledge.
At the risk of repeating someone, 'cuz I dunno how to do a thread search on my phone...
Yosemite bowline!
I love the bowline (step 1, 2 in image below) to make a quick loop at the end of a line, but with slippery zing-it it need more security.
That is where the Yosemite finish (step 3, 4) comes in.
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