Fantastic! Two comments: 1) I spent decades trying memorize individual knots and failing to do so. Only when I started to think about knots this way did I get some traction. It was both recognizing common forms (as you've shown here) but also understanding the function of the individual components. For example, a tautline hitch really has two distinct parts with a clear and simple function: the double-wrap on the inside creates the friction under tension. Then the final wrap on the outside simply ties it off and secures it. Once I understood that, it was so simple to remember. 2) my contribution: the Bowline and the Sheet Bend are also the same knot, in the same sense that you've described here. A bowline is just a sheet bend, but with the tag end tied to the standing end instead of tied to a different rope.
Lying in a hammock in the jungle of the Orinoco river I had a personal epiphany when I realized that the hammock knot I used was also a sheet bend/bowline.
I am a novice w knots, liked the video but would have liked to know basic example of why I would choose that knot or in what task would said knot be beneficial over a different knot. Thanks for the video I’ll get to practicing.
Excellent. I’ve only remembered one or 2 knots in my life, even in the Royal Navy I’ve long forgotten those. Your channel has reignited my interest and your method of explaining and the clarity and speed of tying is excellent for following online.
Love your channel. Someone on a REDDIT site just posted this video to encourage others to learn knots. You focused on similar techniques for tying knots that are related. Loved the idea! In your video you asked for comments. Here are some of my groups: * Group knots that are Sliding Hitches. Midshipman's, Tautline, Rolling, and Blake's Hitches seem to be made extremely similar. Turns and more turns to create friction. * Similar Slipped Knots. Slipped Buntline, Highpoint Hitch, Mooring Hitch, Kalmyk Loop Hitch, Farrimond Hitch (it looks like a Mooring hitch with extra turns before sliding in the bight to me!), and maybe the Siberian (Evenk) Hitch can all be put into one bucket for learning as a group. * Sheet Bend Cousins. Sheet Bend, Double Sheet Bend, Simple Simon (over and under versions), Riverman's Bend (slipped Simple Simon to me), Albright, Racking Bend, and the Seizing Bend (aka the Armadillo Knot, OK I made that up). * Binding Knots. You did a great job with Hitches already. I wanted to focus on knots strictly for binding (no slipped versions) which you can tie and forget about. Constrictor and Double Constrictor start my list, Anchor knot, Butcher's knot, Surgeon's knot, Blood knot, Two Half Hitches, etc... I'm still playing around with these as a group and its more about the task than the technique to learn them. So, perhaps this group does NOT belong in here. Anyhow... Great job (again). Keep up the fun work!
This video totally changed my relationship to knot tying. I went from barely being able to learn a single knot, to learning a dozen knots in a matter of days. Now I totally see how they’re related, and how they work. Thank you!
Knots are a hoot and you're right, there are many that can be used for the same purpose. As a young boy in scouting I first learned several knots for camping, then when rock climbing and kayaking learned several more and yet more again when I began sailing. Bought a good knot book once with too many to be practical and now with the internet you can truly confuse yourself with the many knot videos. They are fun to learn and play around with but my mainly used are square, bowline & trucker hitch with extra locks as needed for the task.
I’ve found that I think very visually with attention to detail, so I see patterns and shapes and make very tidy knots. Some people like to have a rhyme or story to help them remember how to construct a knot. Others note the theory of how the knot works, by constriction, tension, overlapping etc. Many of us use a combination.
This was brilliantly done! You just turned on a light bulb for me.. realizing there are basic foundations/patterns/structures happening in most knots.. So simple, yet mind blown.. I will be reviewing this over and over until I grab every concept shown here! Much thanks 🙏
Very good vidéo. I enjoy knots for a long time, it's very important to understand knots to be able to make them and theirs variantions. The single knot is also at the beginning of many knots; Great job
I’ve been tying the taut line hitch for years and is one of my favorites but when you likened it to a rolling hitch a light bulb switched on. Thank you
As a climber, knowing which knots will save my life is important. Sailors think similarly. But the knots are different in some cases. Wind and water require different knots than gravity. This variety leads to a vast library of fascinating knots. But they are not always based on the atomic overhand knot. Kleimheists and Bachman knots are wonderful. Every knot context has its own basis informed by generations of learning. And each context improvises and extends its own knots to new applications. In climbing, the overhand knot is called the Euro Death Knot. It hasn’t killed me yet.
It's very instructive showing the construction of the knot. Would like to see more examples of the various uses of the each knot. Always good videos from this Y/T channel. Thanks.
Turn the Bowline over to see that it is just, in fact, a Sheet Bend. :O The Ashley Stopper Knot is a simple Noose with the tag end passed through. The Noose and the Slip Knot are just the Marlin Spike Hitch made in opposite directions.
Well done. I started keeping a list of every knot I’ve learned so I can drill them. Then I started organizing them by type as you’ve done here. Then there’s applying them well.
Start with a Marlin spike 1 with stick or 2 with tag end let capsize to bowline 3 pull loop up and have Slip knot (noose) or 4 use noose run tag line around something and use for truckers hitch. That's 4 knots that do 4 different things but start the same.. Great video
I am fascinated by knots and have tried to memorize some really useful knots for real life use. However, just this afternoon I was trying to bundle some wood lengths together and my mind went blank. I just watched your video and found it informative but I know my next real life need for a knot will likely end up with me making up a knot and making a hash of it. After watching your video I realized that all the UA-cam knot experts do the same; using beautiful brand new climbing rope lengths and a pristine set with abstract anchor points. I feel I would learn a lot more easily if I could see an expert identify a real life application for a knot and discuss the right knot choice before actually using it. No one I have watched on UA-cam has yet gone this route. Would you consider trying that?
I'm realizing there are a couple of formulaic ways to think of the bowline. Form an overhand loop, followed by passing the working end through the loop. Form an underhand loop and then pass the working end into the original overhand loop, and that's a bowline. Alternatively, forming noose knot in the standing rope followed by passing the working end through the noose forms a bowline.
Another great video Jason. Just getting into learning knots and want to learn more. Already learned how to tie a bowline. Really struggling with what kind of knot to use when securing a tarp or cover over an object like a bbq or atv, etc.. I think a video demonstrating that would be helpful for your subscribers and would get a lot of views. Just a suggestion.
Nice video. One note -- the finish of the anchor hitch should resemble a clove hitch (in this case the last turn around the anchor line should go over then under), not a girth hitch. See ABOK 1841.
It's a bit like music, there are basic intervals that build up basic chords, then other intervals are built on them to create almost endless variations.
ok, the point of the video is that complex knots are made of simpler knots combined in different ways. The way to memorize the thousands of knots isn't to memorize the diagram of each knot separately, but to recognize the simpler knots that make up the bigger knot, with the little changes in orientation. It is like, to memorize how to cook an egg, you don't memorize "turning on the stove, moving the pan, putting oil,..." you memorize bigger common elements: heat the pan, drop the egg, cook till brown.
You should definitely get a rope if you plan to tie knots. There is no mystery to the purpose of any knot. You only need to learn the most basic concept, that there are only a few different categories of knot. There’s no reason to mention in every video. Good luck
To the novice, this may be news but it is very far from what you're advertising. Seasoned people know this very well. Claiming it is a secret you discovered is kind of silly.
You lost me at "noose". That's just a slipknot that you tied. A noose is a more complex knot. I use the noose knot for keychains and knife lanyards, it's very useful.
I hope I didn’t lose you with that… you can check all knot resources for what a noose is. The Slip Knot vs the Noose Knot | CONTROVERSIAL?? Know the Difference! ua-cam.com/video/uh_uQurwE2E/v-deo.html
A “noose” is a category of knot that is defined as a loop that you can tie in hand that when you throw it over an object and pull the standing end it will cinch up/close/collapse around the object The one he tied is a simple noose, but most people just call it a slip knot. A literal slip knot is a stopper knot that has the exact same construction as a simple noose but the working end and standing end are reversed. In a simple noose you pull the standing end to close the loop, in a slip knot, you pull the tag end to close the loop which unties the stopper knot From my experience, everybody just calls it a slipknot
Fantastic! Two comments:
1) I spent decades trying memorize individual knots and failing to do so. Only when I started to think about knots this way did I get some traction. It was both recognizing common forms (as you've shown here) but also understanding the function of the individual components. For example, a tautline hitch really has two distinct parts with a clear and simple function: the double-wrap on the inside creates the friction under tension. Then the final wrap on the outside simply ties it off and secures it. Once I understood that, it was so simple to remember.
2) my contribution: the Bowline and the Sheet Bend are also the same knot, in the same sense that you've described here. A bowline is just a sheet bend, but with the tag end tied to the standing end instead of tied to a different rope.
Lying in a hammock in the jungle of the Orinoco river I had a personal epiphany when I realized that the hammock knot I used was also a sheet bend/bowline.
It would be useful to know when I would use which type of knot
Knots should have a formula the same way molecules have. They each have their name, but you can describe them by their formula.
clicked on this video just bc of this comment. knot topology needs a periodic table!
👍 I think knitters have something like this already.
I am a novice w knots, liked the video but would have liked to know basic example of why I would choose that knot or in what task would said knot be beneficial over a different knot. Thanks for the video I’ll get to practicing.
@@stevenowens4511 I was expecting this video to be more like your comment 👍
@@stevenowens4511 very well explained, great contribution
Excellent. I’ve only remembered one or 2 knots in my life, even in the Royal Navy I’ve long forgotten those. Your channel has reignited my interest and your method of explaining and the clarity and speed of tying is excellent for following online.
Love your channel. Someone on a REDDIT site just posted this video to encourage others to learn knots. You focused on similar techniques for tying knots that are related. Loved the idea! In your video you asked for comments. Here are some of my groups:
* Group knots that are Sliding Hitches. Midshipman's, Tautline, Rolling, and Blake's Hitches seem to be made extremely similar. Turns and more turns to create friction.
* Similar Slipped Knots. Slipped Buntline, Highpoint Hitch, Mooring Hitch, Kalmyk Loop Hitch, Farrimond Hitch (it looks like a Mooring hitch with extra turns before sliding in the bight to me!), and maybe the Siberian (Evenk) Hitch can all be put into one bucket for learning as a group.
* Sheet Bend Cousins. Sheet Bend, Double Sheet Bend, Simple Simon (over and under versions), Riverman's Bend (slipped Simple Simon to me), Albright, Racking Bend, and the Seizing Bend (aka the Armadillo Knot, OK I made that up).
* Binding Knots. You did a great job with Hitches already. I wanted to focus on knots strictly for binding (no slipped versions) which you can tie and forget about. Constrictor and Double Constrictor start my list, Anchor knot, Butcher's knot, Surgeon's knot, Blood knot, Two Half Hitches, etc... I'm still playing around with these as a group and its more about the task than the technique to learn them. So, perhaps this group does NOT belong in here.
Anyhow... Great job (again). Keep up the fun work!
This video totally changed my relationship to knot tying. I went from barely being able to learn a single knot, to learning a dozen knots in a matter of days. Now I totally see how they’re related, and how they work. Thank you!
Knots are a hoot and you're right, there are many that can be used for the same purpose. As a young boy in scouting I first learned several knots for camping, then when rock climbing and kayaking learned several more and yet more again when I began sailing. Bought a good knot book once with too many to be practical and now with the internet you can truly confuse yourself with the many knot videos. They are fun to learn and play around with but my mainly used are square, bowline & trucker hitch with extra locks as needed for the task.
excellent! love it! I tried to find a pattern similar to yours but gave up on it. thanks a lot!!
Great video, only thing I'd add is for what purpose and use these knots are used for and why.
Well holy cow!! That sure opened my eyes!!!
I’ve found that I think very visually with attention to detail, so I see patterns and shapes and make very tidy knots.
Some people like to have a rhyme or story to help them remember how to construct a knot.
Others note the theory of how the knot works, by constriction, tension, overlapping etc.
Many of us use a combination.
This was brilliantly done! You just turned on a light bulb for me.. realizing there are basic foundations/patterns/structures happening in most knots.. So simple, yet mind blown..
I will be reviewing this over and over until I grab every concept shown here! Much thanks 🙏
Great! This one might be of interest too The REAL KING of KNOTS?
ua-cam.com/video/UweywLlyPn8/v-deo.html
@@JasonsKnotChannel Yep. Have to agree.. it IS the king. Nice. Thanks for that! 😎
Very good vidéo. I enjoy knots for a long time, it's very important to understand knots to be able to make them and theirs variantions.
The single knot is also at the beginning of many knots;
Great job
Great skill. Thank you very much. ❤
Thank you, the pace in which you tie the knots is what I need to learn. Keep going.
Brilliant knot video 🙏
I’ve started thinking of the Taut line hitch as a prussik applied to itself, but that’s from a rock climber’s perspective ;)
I’ve been tying the taut line hitch for years and is one of my favorites but when you likened it to a rolling hitch a light bulb switched on. Thank you
As a climber, knowing which knots will save my life is important. Sailors think similarly. But the knots are different in some cases. Wind and water require different knots than gravity. This variety leads to a vast library of fascinating knots. But they are not always based on the atomic overhand knot. Kleimheists and Bachman knots are wonderful. Every knot context has its own basis informed by generations of learning. And each context improvises and extends its own knots to new applications. In climbing, the overhand knot is called the Euro Death Knot. It hasn’t killed me yet.
It's very instructive showing the construction of the knot. Would like to see more examples of the various uses of the each knot. Always good videos from this Y/T channel. Thanks.
Very useful video, straight to the point. 5*
Turn the Bowline over to see that it is just, in fact, a Sheet Bend. :O
The Ashley Stopper Knot is a simple Noose with the tag end passed through. The Noose and the Slip Knot are just the Marlin Spike Hitch made in opposite directions.
I've got the whole family watching this guy.
Well done. I started keeping a list of every knot I’ve learned so I can drill them. Then I started organizing them by type as you’ve done here. Then there’s applying them well.
Great job drawing all the connections between the various knots!
Please add a short description of the various uses of the knots. Would be a big help.
Start with a Marlin spike 1 with stick or 2 with tag end let capsize to bowline 3 pull loop up and have Slip knot (noose) or 4 use noose run tag line around something and use for truckers hitch. That's 4 knots that do 4 different things but start the same.. Great video
The marlinspike hitch is fascinating to me. Many other knots use this structure including the bowline
I am fascinated by knots and have tried to memorize some really useful knots for real life use. However, just this afternoon I was trying to bundle some wood lengths together and my mind went blank. I just watched your video and found it informative but I know my next real life need for a knot will likely end up with me making up a knot and making a hash of it. After watching your video I realized that all the UA-cam knot experts do the same; using beautiful brand new climbing rope lengths and a pristine set with abstract anchor points. I feel I would learn a lot more easily if I could see an expert identify a real life application for a knot and discuss the right knot choice before actually using it. No one I have watched on UA-cam has yet gone this route. Would you consider trying that?
Excellent video. Thank you...
Glad you liked it!
can you do a little video (maybe there already is ? ) where and when to use these different kind of knots ?
Thank you
You're welcome. Thanks for watching
I'm realizing there are a couple of formulaic ways to think of the bowline.
Form an overhand loop, followed by passing the working end through the loop. Form an underhand loop and then pass the working end into the original overhand loop, and that's a bowline.
Alternatively, forming noose knot in the standing rope followed by passing the working end through the noose forms a bowline.
Another great video Jason. Just getting into learning knots and want to learn more. Already learned how to tie a bowline. Really struggling with what kind of knot to use when securing a tarp or cover over an object like a bbq or atv, etc.. I think a video demonstrating that would be helpful for your subscribers and would get a lot of views. Just a suggestion.
You should start an online knot store
Nice video. One note -- the finish of the anchor hitch should resemble a clove hitch (in this case the last turn around the anchor line should go over then under), not a girth hitch. See ABOK 1841.
Good video , thanks for sharing YAH bless !
A cleat hitch is a clove hitch tied on a cleat.
I always tied a rolling hitch like a midshipman's hitch instead of taut-line
It's a bit like music, there are basic intervals that build up basic chords, then other intervals are built on them to create almost endless variations.
bowline and the canoe man Knott same knot different technique. Also the bowline and the single and double becket are quite interesting.
ok, the point of the video is that complex knots are made of simpler knots combined in different ways. The way to memorize the thousands of knots isn't to memorize the diagram of each knot separately, but to recognize the simpler knots that make up the bigger knot, with the little changes in orientation. It is like, to memorize how to cook an egg, you don't memorize "turning on the stove, moving the pan, putting oil,..." you memorize bigger common elements: heat the pan, drop the egg, cook till brown.
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Knots should have a noted purpose. Videos showing knots need to display these purposes. Otherwise, I'll get a rope and a book.
You should definitely get a rope if you plan to tie knots. There is no mystery to the purpose of any knot. You only need to learn the most basic concept, that there are only a few different categories of knot. There’s no reason to mention in every video. Good luck
The most important, the only... same difference lol
Were were you 50yrs. ago when I was Just starting Boy Scouts? 😅
To the novice, this may be news but it is very far from what you're advertising. Seasoned people know this very well. Claiming it is a secret you discovered is kind of silly.
Fantastic attention span buddy 00:10 couldn’t last ten seconds eh? 🙄
You lost me at "noose". That's just a slipknot that you tied. A noose is a more complex knot. I use the noose knot for keychains and knife lanyards, it's very useful.
Serious question, What is the plural of Noose? Nooses or Neese?
I hope I didn’t lose you with that… you can check all knot resources for what a noose is. The Slip Knot vs the Noose Knot | CONTROVERSIAL?? Know the Difference!
ua-cam.com/video/uh_uQurwE2E/v-deo.html
A “noose” is a category of knot that is defined as a loop that you can tie in hand that when you throw it over an object and pull the standing end it will cinch up/close/collapse around the object
The one he tied is a simple noose, but most people just call it a slip knot. A literal slip knot is a stopper knot that has the exact same construction as a simple noose but the working end and standing end are reversed.
In a simple noose you pull the standing end to close the loop, in a slip knot, you pull the tag end to close the loop which unties the stopper knot
From my experience, everybody just calls it a slipknot
I would like to congratulate you on the correct pronunciation of "bouy" = 'boy'. Not the absurd " Boo eee"!
I'm just learning, but I appreciate your videos. Concise, well filmed, and easy to understand. 🪢🪢🪢