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5 Knots Everyone Should Know

submitted by newtboy

6 years 9 months 1 week ago

The 5 knots shown are bowline, larkshead, sheepshank, waterknot, fiddlestring (?) knot

11 Comments

jokingly says...

Forgot one:

BSR

Great video. I was amazed and inspired and motivated. Then he shot it all down with his very last sentence.

jokingly says...

What? The best protection against a bad guy with a knot is a good guy with a knot. Don't you want to be part of the solution?

BSR

Great video. I was amazed and inspired and motivated. Then he shot it all down with his very last sentence.

BSR

I do knot.

What? The best protection against a bad guy with a knot is a good guy with a knot. Don't you want to be part of the solution?

The bowline is a good knot, but it can capsize. Just pull the standing part and the bitter end to see.

I've never heard a truckie's hitch called a sheepshank -- it is half a sheepshank, but it's not what most people mean by sheepshank.

Upvote for fiddlestring knot.

BSR

Best description I've heard for a Bowlan knot was from a captain of a scallop boat out of Port Canaveral. He said "...it won't come loose and you can get it loose."

ant

I can't even tie my own shoe laces.

I've never heard a bowline called a "bowlan".

It's pronounced that way, but it's still spelt "bowline".

Good to know. Fixed.

Side note, I did find a spelling of boling listed as archaic.

I've never heard a bowline called a "bowlan".

It's pronounced that way, but it's still spelt "bowline".

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jokingly says...

Where does he get off leaving Don out of the top 5 Knots? Downvoted.

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