This expanded edition of the bestselling Handbook of Knotsincludes 16 additional pages with new photography. Clear instructions and annotated step-by-step photographs will help you learn how to tie more than 100 knots. Choose knots for fishing, camping, sailing, climbing, and for general or decorative use with the help of a quick reference guide.

Des Pawson has studied knots and rope work since he was seven. For more than 25 years he has run a rope working business and teaches and displays his skills at exhibitions, boat shows, and museums in the United States and Europe. He is a frequent contributor to magazines and newspapers, and is a cofounder of the International Guild of Knot Tyers.

INTRODUCTION

6

(1)

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

7

(3)

USING ROPE

Rope Construction

10

(2)

Rope Materials

12

(4)

Rope Maintenance

16

(2)

Storing Rope

18

(2)

Terms & Equipment

20

(2)

Knot-Tying Techniques

22

(6)

STOPPER KNOTS

Overhand Knot

28

(1)

Slipped Overhand Knot

28

(1)

Double Overhand Knot

29

(1)

Figure-Eight

30

(1)

Slipped Figure-Eight

30

(1)

Stopper Knot

31

(1)

Sink Stopper

32

(1)

Stevedore Knot

33

(1)

Monkey's Fist

34

(2)

Crown Knot

36

(1)

Wall Knot

37

(1)

Matthew Walker Knot

38

(2)

Manrope Knot

40

(2)

Diamond Knot

42

(1)

Double Diamond Knot

43

(4)

BINDING KNOTS

True Lover's Knot

47

(1)

Sailors Cross

47

(1)

Square Knot

48

(1)

Slipped Square Knot

49

(1)

Granny Knot

49

(1)

Thief Knot

50

(1)

Surgeon's Knot

51

(1)

Turquoise Turtle

52

(2)

Packer's Knot

54

(2)

Clove Hitch

56

(1)

Constrictor Knot

57

(1)

Timber Hitch

58

(1)

Boa Knot

59

(1)

Turk's Head - Three-Lead Four-Bight

60

(2)

Turk's Head - Four-Lead Five-Bight

62

(2)

Turk's Head - Five-Lead Four-Bight

64

(4)

BENDS

Sheet Bend

68

(1)

Double Sheet Bend

68

(1)

Tucked Sheet Bend

69

(1)

Slipped Sheet Bend

69

(1)

Rope Yarn Knot

70

(1)

Carrick Bend

71

(1)

Lanyard Knot

71

(1)

Hunter's Bend

72

(1)

Ashley's Bend

73

(1)

Fisherman's Knot

74

(1)

Double Fisherman's Knot

75

(1)

Blood Knot

76

(1)

Water Knot

77

(5)

HITCHES

Rolling Hitch

82

(1)

Round Turn & Two Half Hitches

83

(1)

Buntline Hitch

84

(1)

Fisherman's Bend

85

(1)

Cow Hitch

86

(1)

Pedigree Cow Hitch

86

(1)

Cow Hitch with Toggle

86

(1)

Sheepshank

87

(1)

Sheepshank Man o' War

87

(1)

Marlingspike Hitch

88

(1)

Highwayman's Hitch

89

(1)

Waggoner's Hitch

90

(2)

Snelling a Hook

92

(2)

Clinch Knot

94

(1)

Improved Clinch Knot

94

(1)

Palomar Knot

95

(1)

Square Lashing

96

(2)

Diagonal Lashing

98

(2)

Sheer Lashing

100

(2)

Icicle Hitch

102

(2)

Prusik Knot

104

(1)

Bachmann Knot

105

(1)

Klemheist Knot

106

(1)

Italian Hitch

107

(4)

LOOPS

Alpine Butterfly

111

(1)

Bowline

112

(1)

Bowline with Stopper

113

(1)

Bowline with Two Turns

113

(1)

Figure-Eight Loop

114

(1)

Threaded Figure-Eight Loop

115

(1)

Double Overhand Loop

116

(1)

Double Overhand Sliding Loop

117

(1)

Bowline on the Bight

118

(1)

Portuguese Bowline

119

(1)

Spanish Bowline

120

(2)

Anglers Loop

122

(1)

Single Figure-Eight on the Bight

123

(1)

Fisherman's Loop

124

(1)

Double Fisherman's Loop

124

(1)

Blood Dropper Knot

125

(1)

Bimini Twist

126

(2)

Basic Net

128

(2)

Cargo Net Knot

130

(1)

Jury Mast Knot

131

(3)

PLAITS & SENNITS

Three-Strand Braid

134

(1)

Five-Strand Sennit

134

(1)

Four-Strand Sennit

135

(1)

Six-Strand Sennit

135

(1)

Ocean-Braid Mat

136

(2)

Oval Mat

138

(2)

Chain Sennit

140

(1)

Square Chain Sennit

141

(1)

Round Crown Sennit

142

(1)

Square Crown Sennit

143

(1)

Four-Strand Round Sennit

144

(1)

Eight-Strand Square Sennit

145

(3)

SPLICES & WHIPPINGS

Back Splice

148

(3)

Eye Splice

151

(1)

Short Splice

152

(2)

Long Splice

154

(2)

Right Angle-Splice

156

(2)

Grommet

158

(2)

Common Whipping

160

(1)

French Whipping

161

(1)

Moku Whipping

161

(1)

Sailmaker's Whipping

162

(2)

Palm & Needle Whipping I

164

(2)

Palm & Needle Whipping II

166

(1)

West Country Whipping

167

(1)

Seizing

168

(2)

Stitch & Seize

170

(1)

GLOSSARY

171

(2)

INDEX

173

(3)

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

176

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