Bowline

[dandkgroundcare]

i use it all the time at least i dont have to use those tight eyes on yale climbing lines

[bob]

has been known to be tied wrong

some use the yosemity tie off but thats even worse if not tied correctly

DOES need a stopper knot

I find it easy to undo and use it when either using the other end of a rope or on a rope with no splice

[kevin bingham]

probably get shot down for this but i dont like it,

 

too complicated to tie, and can be hard to undo, i use an anglers loop instead

 

I think that is the first time I have ever heard that about the bowline. I was taught that knot before all others as THE most basic knot out out there and THE easiest to untie. I would love to learn a simpler knot that is easier to untie. What is the anglers loop?

[Lorry thompson]

use them all them ,think it was the 1,st knott mi late dad showed me,

 

use them for all sorts ,lorry get a rope we an eye in

 

My rope has an eye in mate but I use other end and tie a bowline on. Can't explain why but I prefer it to an eye:confused1:

[Jamis]

I use a spliced eye primarily but use a bowline on the other end of my climbing line, and of course when rock climbing

[Old Mill Tree Care]

I use it:

To tie into.

Choking timber when roping off.

Running bowline to put a rope up a tree to pull a tree over.

[tommer9]

Termination knot in one end of the climbing line- ise a |VT once in the tree and a bowline and prussik to access the tree.

Running bowline used aplenty in rigging apps.

[tommer9]

probably get shot down for this but i dont like it,

 

too complicated to tie, and can be hard to undo, i use an anglers loop instead

 

You sure you are tying it right??????

[RopeKnight]

I almost always use it for endline knot except on my biners direct to harness.

Tied to pulley for secret weapon.

For rigging and running up the tree for rope walking or pull downs.

I usually add the Yosemite tie off. And on big loads, say off the truck to snap out a stump use the Mountaineering bowline

[Grandad]

One of the most useful knots in tree surgery, applications as noted above plus: if you need to join two ropes which will have a very heavy load applied to them, use a bowline bend; (two bowlines joining each other by the loops) Sheet bends, even when doubled will slip and be a pain to untie. A bowline bend unties without the need for tools even when having been winched upon.