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    Knots and How To Tie Them
    Knots and How To Tie Them
    Knots and How To Tie Them
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    Knots and How To Tie Them

    By Walter B. Gibson

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    While ew things seem simpler than tying a knot in a piece of string or rope, tying a good knot is another story. In KNOTS AND HOW TO TIE THEM, expert Walter Gibson clearly explains the easiest way to make efficient and effective knots. This helpful guide will teach you the ins and outs of making more than 75 different knots, complete with expanations of their specific uses. 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFrederick Fell Publishers, Inc.
    Release dateJan 1, 2019
    ISBN9780883914878
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      Knots and How To Tie Them - Walter B. Gibson

      ROPECRAFT

      I

      KNOTS ARE KNOTS

      Knots are Knots

      Few things are easier than making a knot in a piece of string or rope. Although, how good or efficient that knot may be is another story. Some people just can’t seem to tie knots that will stay, while others have an aptitude for tying knots that just won’t come untied, no matter how hard they work at it.

      Someone once quipped, Almost everybody knows how to tie a knot, but practically nobody knows how to tie one right. That is very nearly true. At least 99 percent of the population knows how to tie a knot of some sort; and of those, at least 99 percent do it blindly or by rote, unless they have had some instruction or have made a study of rope work.

      Of course I know how to tie knots! a person might insist. It’s one of the first things I was taught. And probably, that lesson was the last, given by an instructor who had been similarly taught — the wrong way. If a survey were taken, it would probably prove that the greatest hazard to human safety, aside from driving in holiday traffic or rocking a boat filled with people who cannot swim, is not knowing how to tie a knot properly.

      Consider the thousands of instances where people have tripped over trailing shoelaces, where scaffoldings or other weights have slipped from insecure fastenings, or when anything from a mad dog to a cabin cruiser has broken loose from its moorings, and you get the general idea. On the other side are the rare instances where a life has been spared because somebody bungled the tying of a hangman’s noose.

      This suggests another important factor in rope work — it is possible to tie a knot properly only to find that it is the wrong knot for the purpose. Actually, this may be worse than tying the right knot the wrong way, because the mistake is seldom recognized until it is too late. Knots that hold under some conditions will slip under others. This is a basic principle of rope work, and also one of the most intriguing things about the art.

      All ties or fastenings that use rope or cordage fall into three general classifications: knots, hitches, and bends. All are knots in the full sense of the term, and there are some ties which have more than one classification, their purposes being interchangeable.

      A knot, in the restricted sense, is a tie made in a rope and usually requires the manipulation of only one end. Both ends may be used when the rope is short enough. A hitch is used primarily for attaching a rope to another object — a post, ring, or what have you. This may automatically result in the formation of a knot. Conversely, a knot may be converted to a hitch.

      A bend involves joining of two ropes so they will stand the strain of being used as one long rope. Obviously, this can be done by merely knotting the ends together. But a bend, in its fullest meaning, signifies a bending or binding of ropes to eliminate their slipping, particularly when they are of different size or make-up.

      The classification of the tie is less important than the purpose it serves, or its correct formation. Loosely speaking, you begin your knotting with a single rope end, throw a hitch when you attach it to an object, and bend two ropes together. But, the practical way is to begin at the beginning, namely with the loose end of the rope and the simpler ways of knotting it.

      II

      SIMPLE KNOTS

      Basic Knot Formations

      In basic knot work, three terms are used to indicate different portions of the rope.

      First, there is the loose or working end of the rope, which is used in forming simple knots and is referred to as the End.

      Next is the slack portion of the rope which can be bent until it practically doubles back on itself, and is known as the Bight.

      fig. 1

      Finally, there is the leftover or unused section of the rope which includes the longer end. This is commonly called the Standing Part.

      At the outset, you actually only have the working end and the standing part. If the rope is drawn taut between the hands, you have two ends (A and B) with a length of rope between, A being the working end and B the standing part.

      fig. 2

      The moment you allow any slack, a bight begins to form between the end and the standing part (fig. 1), but it is not truly a bight unless retained in the doubled form.

      However, if the sides are crossed, it becomes a Loop (fig. 2). There are two types: the Overhand Loop, where the end is carried over or above the standing part of the rope; or the Underhand Loop, where the end goes under or beneath the standing part. (fig. 3)

      When a loop is carried around the standing part, it is called a Turn, or Round Turn. Thus, to take a turn around the standing part is almost the same as forming an overhand loop followed by an underhand loop.

      These various formations are combined in one way or another to produce a knot, which results when the end of the rope is properly interwoven or inserted through a waiting loop.

      Overhand Knot

      Form a loop by crossing the end over the standing part of the rope. Draw the end upward through the loop thus formed. This makes a solid knot when drawn tight, the sort

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