Reference, Knots
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- Trivia, jokes, records, projects, and games. Knot basics. Downloadable fonts.
- Includes information on knots for boating and scouting.
- Covers the Angler's loop, the Fisherman's knot, and the Friendship knot. Step by step illustrations and instructions.
- Illustrations and instructions for a large number of knots used in fishing, boating and paddling.
- Discussion, comments, and tips regarding use for both sailing and climbing. History.
- Covers climbing and rescue knots including how to make a seat harness from webbing and the bowline-on-a-coil. Photos and instructions.
- Covers the Alpine Butterfly, Bowline, Clove hitch, and Fisherman's knot. Animation and common uses.
- Photos and instructions for tying this variant of the water knot.
- Illustrations and instructions. Including common, faster and more secure knots. Also a section on different methods of lacing shoes.
- Sells a video (VHS/DVD) showing 47 knots and 6 splices tied from the user's perspective. Also gives information on making and caring for ropes. Language and Subtitle options: English/Spanish.
- Analysis of the strength loss caused by using a girth hitch. Climbing variations of the girth hitch, the dogvine, the mule knot, and the Figure-8. How to tie a bowline and clove hitch one-handed.
- Frequently asked questions for the newsgroup, covering resources, recommendations, and links.
- Illustrated guide to the most commonly used knots in underground exploration.
- Covers some common and some uncommon knots, including the Reef knot, Square knot, Sheepshank, Simple Simon Over, Monkey's Fist, and Vice Versa. Illustrations and common uses. What the knot is called in other languages. User-submitted comments.
- Illustrations and step-by-step instructions.
- Covers six knots that untie easily, including the Sliding Butterfly, Double Carrick bend, and Clove Hitch Biting a Bight. Step-by-step illustrations with instructions and a table of properties.
- A book of knots, hitches, splicing, lashing and rope making.
- Explanation, illustrations, and instructions.
- Catfishing Team. Includes information on baits, knots, rigs, tackle, recipes, and tournaments.
- New, useful, and interesting bends, loops, hitches, and knots.
- Guide to surgical knots, including sutures.
- Common sailing knots, including the Figure 8, Square knot, Sheet bend, Clove hitch, and Bowline. Illustrations, instructions, and common uses.
- Covers the Bowline, the Fisherman's, the Clove hitch, and the Blood knot. Animated with instructions. Requires Shockwave Player.
- Covers common caving knots including the Figure 8, Figure 9, Alpine Butterfly, Italian hitch, and Tape knot. Illustrations and common uses.
- Covers common caving knots including the double figure-8 on a bight and the farmer's knot. Illustrations.
- Index of knots with links, illustrations, and descriptions.
- Animated graphics of several knots being tied.
- Covers common rescue knots including the Tensionless hitch, Mariner's knot, and Inline Figure 8. Illustrations and appropriate uses.
- Covers common marine knots, plus the Hangman's knot, the Scaffold knot, and the Gallows knot. Illustrations and common uses.
- A collection of knotting resources.
- Covers common climbing knots, including five friction knots for ascending the rope. Illustrations and common uses.
- Covers the Fisherman's knot, Bowline, Prusik, Water knot and several hitches. Illustrations and common uses.
- Downloadable demonstration software
- Covers single loop knots, double loop knots, hitches, friction knots, bends, and stopper knots. Step by step instructions with photos. Definitions of terminology.
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