Knack Knots You Need Step-by-Step instructions for More Than 100 of the Best Sailing, Fishing, Climbing, Camping and Decorative Knots

by Tilton, Buck; Hede, Bob

• ISBN13: 9781599213958
• ISBN10: 1599213958
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-09-02
• Publisher: Globe Pequot

Summary

Untie the mystery of knot-making with this clever and handy guide. This new volume presents all the knots you need to know, and its brightly coloured photographs take you step by step through each bend and turn. The book provides information on using these multi-purpose knots in most popular activities and covers a full range of stoppers, bends, loops, and hitches. This is the one volume you can count on to guide you toward quick success for all your knot needs.

Author Biography

Buck Tilton is a wilderness medicine expert and writer whose many books for FalconGuides have sold more than 100,000 copies combined. He is also a regular columnist for Backpacker magazine. He lives in Lander, Wyoming.
 
Bob Hede is a photographer based out of Lander, Wyoming.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 8
Camping Knots: Stoppers
Overhand Knot	p. 18
Overhand Knot with Draw Loop	p. 19
Heaving Line Knot	p. 20
Figure 8 Knot	p. 22
Figure 8 Knot with Draw Loop	p. 24
Camping Knots: Bends
Square (Reef) Knot	p. 25
Sheet Bend	p. 26
Double Sheet Bend	p. 27
Camping Knots: Loops
Figure 8 Loop	p. 28
Overhand Loop	p. 30
Slip Knot (Simple Noose)	p. 31
Hangman's Knot (Noose)	p. 32
Camping Knots: Stationary Hitches
Half Hitch	p. 34
Two Half Hitches	p. 35
Clove Hitch	p. 36
Clove Hitch on a Stake	p. 37
Clove Hitch on a Ring	p. 38
Cow Hitch (Simple)	p. 39
Cow Hitch (Pedigree)	p. 40
Bull Hitch	p. 42
Transom Knot	p. 44
Camping Knots: Moving Hitches
Trucker's Hitch	p. 46
Tautline Hitch	p. 48
Timber Hitch	p. 50
Killick Hitch	p. 51
Boat Knots: Stoppers
Double Overhand Knot	p. 52
Ashley's Stopper Knot	p. 53
Boat Knots: Bends
Carrick Bend	p. 54
Vice Versa	p. 56
Zeppelin Bend	p. 58
Boat Knots: Loops
Scaffold Knot	p. 60
Bowline	p. 62
Bowline on a Bight	p. 64
Double Bowline	p. 66
Triple Bowline	p. 68
Running Bowline	p. 70
Midshipman's Hitch	p. 72
Boat Knots: Hitches
Anchor (Fisherman's) Bend	p. 74
Buntline Hitch	p. 76
Highwayman's Hitch	p. 78
Rolling Hitch	p. 80
Camel Hitch	p. 81
Pole Hitch	p. 82
Pile (Post) Hitch	p. 84
Constrictor Knot	p. 85
Double Constrictor Knot	p. 86
Boat Knots: Miscellaneous
Sheepshank	p. 88
Eye Splice	p. 89
Back Splice	p. 90
Asher's Bottle Sling	p. 92
Common Whipping	p. 94
Climbing Knots: Hitches
Bachmann Hitch	p. 96
Girth Hitch	p. 98
Munter (Italian) Hitch	p. 99
Garda Knot	p. 100
Klemheist Knot	p. 101
Prusik Knot	p. 102
Round Turn and Two Half Hitches	p. 104
Climbing Knots: Bends
Hunter's (Rigger's) Bend	p. 105
Fisherman's Knot	p. 106
Double Fisherman's Knot	p. 108
Water Knot	p. 110
Figure 8 Bend	p. 112
Climbing Knots: Loops
Figure 8 Follow-Through	p. 114
Figure 8 Double Loop	p. 116
Figure 8 Triple Loop	p. 118
Alpine Butterfly	p. 120
Spanish Bowline	p. 123
Loop Knot	p. 126
Fishing Knots: Hook and Tackle Knots
Arbor Knot	p. 127
Improved Clinch Knot	p. 128
Dry Fly Knot	p. 130
Uni-Knot	p. 132
Double Turle Knot	p. 134
Crawford Knot	p. 136
Cairnton (Woods) Knot	p. 137
Trilene Knot	p. 138
Simple Snell	p. 140
Snelling a Hook	p. 142
Tandem Hook Knot	p. 143
Swivel Knot	p. 144
Palomar Knot	p. 146
World's Fair Knot	p. 148
Fishing Knots: Joining Lines
Interlocking Loops	p. 149
Blood Knot	p. 150
Albright Knot	p. 152
Double Uni-Knot	p. 154
Fishing Knots: Loops
Angler's (Perfection) Loop	p. 156
Trombone Loop	p. 158
Rapala Knot	p. 160
Dropper Loop	p. 162
Double Overhand Loop	p. 164
Decorative Knots: Bowknots
Japanese Bowknot	p. 165
Simple Bowknot	p. 166
Sheepshank Bowknot	p. 168
True Lover's Knot	p. 170
Decorative Knots: Lanyard Knots
Simple Lanyard Knot	p. 172
Four-Ply Knot	p. 173
Five-Lead Flat-Sinnet	p. 174
Braid Knot	p. 176
Crown Knot	p. 178
Two-Strand Matthew Walker Knot	p. 180
Chinese Butterfly Knot	p. 181
Knife Lanyard Knot	p. 182
Decorative Knots: Button Knots
Chinese Button Knot	p. 184
Eight-Part Button Knot	p. 186
Decorative Knots: Miscellaneous
Monkey's Fist	p. 188
Turk's Head	p. 190
Simple Chain Sinnet (Monkey Chain)	p. 192
Chinese Flat Knot	p. 194
Knots in Action	p. 196
Index	p. 204
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