Do you know any useful knots?
Oh dear...
>>3000057Yes. I got a pro-knot card thing over the pandemic to use as a fidget toy, and it's become a real fixation. Half of my shit has paracord on it now. I no longer have any rattling zippers anywhere.
>>3000057I never leave home without it
>>3000057I always tell people how to tie alpine butterflies and stevedore knots. They're easy to teach and let people do new things with cordage.
>>3000057I know of this one knot you tie, then you lose all your money.
Rope jokes?
I know an alpine butterfly and a bowline and a truckers hitch but you use an alpine butterfly instead of whatever is in the textbooks.
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>>3000245fucking kek never heard this one before, and i know jokes
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>>3000310I learned this one as a kid with no more explanation than seeing nooses in movies
>>3000310why not wrap it 6 more times, instead of 2 times 3 more times
>>3000057Best knots in my opinionfor joining ropes: zeppelin bend or ashley bendtying the corner of a tarp: sheet bendshoelaces: "ian's secure shoelace knot"fishing: palomar knot is as strong and secure as it gets, i don't use anything elsefor binding: constrictor hitchfor a loop: alpine butterfly or double bowlinehonorable mentions: buntline hitch, adjustable grip hitch, trucker hitchknots that suck ass:carrick bend: complicated and ineffectivebowline: easy to tie but very weak. double bowline is way way strongerstandard shoelace knot: unties way too easilygranny knot: use a reef knot instead
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>>3003991>for joining ropes: zeppelin bend or ashley bendjust as fussy and complicated as the carrick bend, just use a sheet bend for anything non-life threatening and tie a reef knot/lock on top or use your typical double fisherman's/EDK knots otherwse.>for binding: constrictor hitchgood luck untying it again, lmao. clove hitch is quick, easy, versatile and holds very well around soft objects, round turn and 2 half hitches is super secure around posts and is basically a clove hitch around the rope.>bowline: easy to tie but very weak.there's nothing weak about bowline unless you're a climber fucking with dyneema ropes and your life depends on it. double bowline is not meaningfully more secure than regular one for those applications either. you want either a tieoff overhand for the loose tail or any of the locked bowline variants like scott's locked bowline, EBSB or yosemite finish(if you tie it cleanly).you shouldn't learn 50 different knots poorly, learn 4 or 5 well and learn to apply or modify them depending on the task. bowline, sheet bend(bowline), clove hitch, alpine butterfly/bowline on a bight, figure 8, overhand, reef knot.
