How many knots do you know/use?

[Mick Dempsey]

There’s a lot of knot talk, lots of exotic names etc.

I regularly use a handful, I might know a few others but never use them.

 

Blakes hitch, for climbing obvs.

Truckers hitch, for mechanical advantage, plus useful midline for machine pulling without overtightening.

Bowline for everything.

Clove hitch, for rigging.

Timber hitch, rarely used.

err…that’s it really.

 

Am I missing out on something else? That doesn’t do the same job as the aforementioned?

 

 

[nepia]

I've forgotten how to tie an Alpine Butterfly as I use the Farmer's Loop or Circus Bowline which is very reluctant to jam because every rope crossing point is 90°.  It's as easy to set as an Alpine unless you're an expert who does it all the time

[Mick Dempsey]

Yeah, my nephew was mad on the alpine butterfly.

Its for Mid-line attachment right? So an alternative to the truckers hitch.

[carlos]

cow hitch.

[Mick Dempsey]

37 minutes ago, carlos said:

cow hitch.

In a way, that illustrates my point.

The cow hitch is a defective cousin of the clove hitch, there isn’t any advantage to it over a clove hitch. No1 being that it undoes under pressure.

[carlos]

5 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

In a way, that illustrates my point.

The cow hitch is a defective cousin of the clove hitch, there isn’t any advantage to it over a clove hitch. No1 being that it undoes under pressure.

its good for tying on blocks and capstans, with a couple of half hitches for back up, much easier and quicker than a timber hitch, 

i find a clove hitch on rigged timber hard to undo.

[AHPP]

5 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

In a way, that illustrates my point.

The cow hitch is a defective cousin of the clove hitch, there isn’t any advantage to it over a clove hitch. No1 being that it undoes under pressure.

 

Couple of half hitches, much like you'd put on a clove anyway. Comes undone easier. Easier to tie on large diameter stuff. Easier to learn I'd say too. 

[nepia]

1 hour ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Yeah, my nephew was mad on the alpine butterfly.

Its for Mid-line attachment right? So an alternative to the truckers hitch.

The Circus Bowline is a midline alternative to the Alpine, yes, but the Trucker's Hitch is for mechanical advantage

[Mick Dempsey]

2 minutes ago, AHPP said:

 

Couple of half hitches, much like you'd put on a clove anyway. Comes undone easier. Easier to tie on large diameter stuff. Easier to learn I'd say too. 

A clove hitch is hard to learn?

[AHPP]

4 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

A clove hitch is hard to learn?

 

Harder. Especially on bigger, vertical timber when the wraps droop and you have to visualise what crosses over what. Less of a difference on a 6" branch. 

Edited May 4, 2024 by AHPP