I learned this very useful knot after watching a newspaper seller (called Jack Steinberg) who used to have a night time street trading stall; selling early edition newspapers with his brother (Alan) on Coventry Street near Leicester Square, London. He stopped selling newspapers several years ago. He used to sell a lot of papers & he used to also wholesale papers & whilst bundling up the wholesale orders of newspapers I used to watch him with fascination when ever he used this knot. I wanted to learn the knot but Jack was very secretive about his knot and used to tie the knot so fast that it was frustratingly very difficult to watch & learn............but I persevered & finally did learn to master the knot. Learning & using the knot has served me well over the years whenever I've had to use string to tie up anything - I hope it serves you just as well. I'm very sorry but I don't know the name of the knot - a few people have suggested it's called a bowline knot but I don't think it is. Anyway it's very useful if you're wanting to know how to bundle a stack of newspapers or the like.
Brilliant mate! This is a lovely way to bundle and tie up books, newspapers, and parcels. Thank you kindly for sharing this video, which I will use for many years to come. Cheers mate!
Great knot, I keep coming back to it. Two things make this jam knot better than the Canadian Jam knot. Number 1, this knot self-tightens to achieve maximum friction immediately, unlike the Canadian jam knot where you need to work the two knots close together. Number 2, you can lock it immediately (half hitch with the standing end), while the Canadian jam knot needs to be rotated under itself in order to lock it.
Thank you for your appreciative comment, really pleased to know that you like using it. There was a time in my life that I used it regularly and yes it is a great knot.
You're mostly fine up until like 30 seconds in, when the entire knot gets obscured by both your hands & the speed at which the knot was done. Even cutting this to quarter speed only barely let me get an idea of the steps to this knot.
finally a knot that keeps my many heavy parcels i post stay in tact as tape often comes undone. i watched it about ten times and mastered it. thank you.
You're welcome! Thank you for your comment......pleasure to have feedback such as yours regarding this knot. It's a great knot which has served me well over the years - hope it does the same for you. Good Luck!!!
Though it's a bit hard to see what you're doing, I finally get to tie my old school books. Thank you. I wonder why my school doesn't teach me this haha
This is basically a bight made using a simple double overhand knot. The books are in the bight. The brilliant thing about this is that just by pulling the "standing end" the knot tightens around the "standing end" in a way that generates so much friction that it doesn't loosen when you let go of the tension, making it easy to tie further knots without loosing tension.
Thank you for your comment. You're welcome, I'm pleased to know that you found the video helpful. I hope the knot serves you well in your life. Best wishes.
That’s an arbor knot, or Canadian jam knot, finishing with a whole hitch. The second ends in a half-hitch with a bite. If you want to search for other examples.
Great and useful knot, this is a similar knot used to tie up baked goods in boxes, it was called a bakers knot in my house growing up, the reason this knot is so awesome? You only use the amount of twine needed to bundle whatever it is your bundling, no more, no less.
My Dad was a warehouseman on Fleet Street so this brought back memories. Man, could he tie up a parcel? Of course you really need to use "hairy string" for the best results 😉
Another knot useful for the same purpose is to tie a figure 8 knot in one end and with the other end pass it through the loop closest to the end. It tightens nicely. Secure it with half hitch or two
Having reminded this like 30 times, I can unequivocally say that not only does he not slow down, but moves his hands in a way where it wouldn’t be farfetched if he said he purposefully was trying to obscure what he was doing. Let me try to make it easier: Watch the video until he has just the big circle. You just need to get there and your set. You get there by making a big circle, and then a smaller circles for a knot. When you cross underneath and bring it over, right thumb and forefinger on loose ends, left thumb and forefinger on that same line, but further down. Bring right over to left, that is the big circle. The loose end, you want to bring it over and under (the smart circle) and then pull it Through. That’s the complicated part, the video is straightforward after that. After trying it out, the knot isn’t that good which is funny.
thank you so much for this clip! I'm not very strong in the first place, but after having an injury in one shoulder, I am definitely going to give your method a try. Thanks again for such a clear, informative and useful video!!!
Thank you very much for your comment - sorry to hear of your injury. If you get the knot right - it will serve you well in your life. Good luck & God Bless!!!
Thank you for a very useful video. Just what I was looking for. Do you perhaps know a type of knot that can easily be untied. I need it for tying books for storage, but will occasionally need to take out the book. Thank you!
Thank you very much for your comment, I'm pleased to know that the video has been of use to you. Regret that I don't know any other knots, (I just shared this knot because it has personally served me well over the years), but I'm sure someone will have made a UA-cam video on the knot that you want. Good luck!
For anyone having trouble following up the speed, turning down the display speed of the video might help. Right bottom 'gear' symbol > speed > anything below normal. Not guaranteed tho :P
nice, they guys down at the lumber yard use a similar knot to tie moldings together for transport. It holds really well. I think it's a Butcher's knot/Packer's knot.
Hmmm ... this’d is not Canadian jam knot. A Canadian jam knot is tied by tying a stopper at the bitter end, then a half knot a few inches toward the standing end, then wrap the standing end around the object, thenfeed the standing end thru the half knot and pull the bitter end to tighten.
I am knot so sure as to whether I can accomplish this but why knot just try? I'll come back to comment if I was successful or knot Edit: I failed, gave up, and proceeded to do the usual.
I hate this way of tying it. I had another way of doing it, which I have done for years, and the parcels remained tight. However, my new boss wants me to learn to tie it this way, and he has shown me and shown me, but I get my hands tangled, and he can't understand why I am finding it so hard. I don't know everyone swears by this method, and acts like no other way of doing it is right, no matter if it makes the parcel just as tight.
The whole collection was in our basement and the pages had become damp & mouldy so sadly i has to throw the whole collection away. I thought it was a good idea to make the knot video before disposing of them...
@@mr07623445678 This method can and will damage the covers of your books/magazines, etc... because you need to put more pressure on the string so they won't fall sideways. A cross tie (or "plus" shape) would have a better grip on the books/magazines and it won't damage them that much cause you won't need to tighten them tightly. Or you could use a piece of thick cardboard between the thread and the cover to lower the clamp force, hence reducing the damage. A full box is the ideal alternative, unless you're gonna dump them anyways then any method is okay.
I learned this very useful knot after watching a newspaper seller (called Jack Steinberg) who used to have a night time street trading stall; selling early edition newspapers with his brother (Alan) on Coventry Street near Leicester Square, London. He stopped selling newspapers several years ago.
He used to sell a lot of papers & he used to also wholesale papers & whilst bundling up the wholesale orders of newspapers I used to watch him with fascination when ever he used this knot.
I wanted to learn the knot but Jack was very secretive about his knot and used to tie the knot so fast that it was frustratingly very difficult to watch & learn............but I persevered & finally did learn to master the knot.
Learning & using the knot has served me well over the years whenever I've had to use string to tie up anything - I hope it serves you just as well.
I'm very sorry but I don't know the name of the knot - a few people have suggested it's called a bowline knot but I don't think it is.
Anyway it's very useful if you're wanting to know how to bundle a stack of newspapers or the like.
Sir, you have found the perfect video…no matter how many times I do this, I have to keep coming back after another 6 months to a year to see it again!
Brilliant mate! This is a lovely way to bundle and tie up books, newspapers, and parcels. Thank you kindly for sharing this video, which I will use for many years to come. Cheers mate!
Knit looks really useful but you do it so fast there's no way I can see what you're doing.
Great knot, I keep coming back to it. Two things make this jam knot better than the Canadian Jam knot. Number 1, this knot self-tightens to achieve maximum friction immediately, unlike the Canadian jam knot where you need to work the two knots close together. Number 2, you can lock it immediately (half hitch with the standing end), while the Canadian jam knot needs to be rotated under itself in order to lock it.
Thank you for your appreciative comment, really pleased to know that you like using it.
There was a time in my life that I used it regularly and yes it is a great knot.
Thanks from Kazakhstan. It looks like Canadian jam knot but I think faster and better. I took this knot in my bank of useful knots. Thanks again.
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Thanks!
You're welcome.
Also, many thanks to you too 🙏🏽
You're mostly fine up until like 30 seconds in, when the entire knot gets obscured by both your hands & the speed at which the knot was done. Even cutting this to quarter speed only barely let me get an idea of the steps to this knot.
Nicely done and what a useful knot. Thank you.
finally a knot that keeps my many heavy parcels i post stay in tact as tape often comes undone. i watched it about ten times and mastered it. thank you.
You're welcome!
Thank you for your comment......pleasure to have feedback such as yours regarding this knot.
It's a great knot which has served me well over the years - hope it does the same for you.
Good Luck!!!
"The Unexplained" is an appropriate title.
Nice knot but explained too fast so next to useless really
Perhaps this will help to explain it: ua-cam.com/video/qpJJR8hyz4w/v-deo.html
Though it's a bit hard to see what you're doing, I finally get to tie my old school books. Thank you.
I wonder why my school doesn't teach me this haha
This is basically a bight made using a simple double overhand knot. The books are in the bight. The brilliant thing about this is that just by pulling the "standing end" the knot tightens around the "standing end" in a way that generates so much friction that it doesn't loosen when you let go of the tension, making it easy to tie further knots without loosing tension.
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Thank you for the amazing knot ❤
Truly a great knot. It's a more secure version of the packer's knot, and easier to tie. Thank you!!
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awesome best knots for bundle I watch 34 times & I can do that now thnx travel india
Literally learning this right now to tie my pizza on my motorcycle. Thanks
Hope it helped you bro
Very useful, but had to watch it at half speed to see what you're doing.
This is like a magic trick. I can't figure out where the loop is going
It's a slipknot
Great demonstration, thank you for showing. God bless you & keep you.
Thank you for your kind words & your blessing.
God Bless You too!!!
I've watched the video 40 times. Still can't see what he did
The unexplained
I same did think
Thank you for this video. I'm moving houses soon and didn't want to waste boxes on a ton of magazines. Will be using this method to transport them.
Pleased to know that you found the video useful, and will be using it.
All the best for your house move. 🙏🏽
Thanks. I was able to do it on first try. For those people saying the procedure is fast, just slow the speed of the video.
Thank you for your comment.
You're welcome, I'm pleased to know that you found the video helpful.
I hope the knot serves you well in your life.
Best wishes.
I did it!
Cheers from Japan
Very simple and effective. Thank you for posting!
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That’s an arbor knot, or Canadian jam knot, finishing with a whole hitch. The second ends in a half-hitch with a bite. If you want to search for other examples.
Much appreciate your comment clarifying the knot name, thank you
Great and useful knot, this is a similar knot used to tie up baked goods in boxes, it was called a bakers knot in my house growing up, the reason this knot is so awesome? You only use the amount of twine needed to bundle whatever it is your bundling, no more, no less.
your the best man its so usefull thankyou so much
Glad it helped. 👍🏼 🙏🏽
My Dad was a warehouseman on Fleet Street so this brought back memories. Man, could he tie up a parcel?
Of course you really need to use "hairy string" for the best results 😉
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Sir, thank you for your teaching me how to tie...
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Thanks from WI, the Christmas boxes are tied tight for the recycling truck.
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very nice but hard to follow. Can you do another video and do it much slower and in the centre of the screen.
Is this to show how it is done? Or to demonstrate that the hand is quicker than the eye???
would it work if the books were of different sizes ..?
Another knot useful for the same purpose is to tie a figure 8 knot in one end and with the other end pass it through the loop closest to the end. It tightens nicely. Secure it with half hitch or two
TX for the video my friend!! :D
No problem 👍
Having reminded this like 30 times, I can unequivocally say that not only does he not slow down, but moves his hands in a way where it wouldn’t be farfetched if he said he purposefully was trying to obscure what he was doing. Let me try to make it easier:
Watch the video until he has just the big circle. You just need to get there and your set. You get there by making a big circle, and then a smaller circles for a knot. When you cross underneath and bring it over, right thumb and forefinger on loose ends, left thumb and forefinger on that same line, but further down. Bring right over to left, that is the big circle. The loose end, you want to bring it over and under (the smart circle) and then pull it Through. That’s the complicated part, the video is straightforward after that.
After trying it out, the knot isn’t that good which is funny.
You DO know you can slow UA-cam videos down if they are too fast for you, don't you?
I changed the trick while watching vedio but it was correct
thank you so much for this clip!
I'm not very strong in the first place, but after having an injury in one shoulder, I am definitely going to give your method a try.
Thanks again for such a clear, informative and useful video!!!
Thank you very much for your comment - sorry to hear of your injury.
If you get the knot right - it will serve you well in your life.
Good luck & God Bless!!!
Thank you for a very useful video. Just what I was looking for. Do you perhaps know a type of knot that can easily be untied. I need it for tying books for storage, but will occasionally need to take out the book. Thank you!
Thank you very much for your comment, I'm pleased to know that the video has been of use to you.
Regret that I don't know any other knots, (I just shared this knot because it has personally served me well over the years), but I'm sure someone will have made a UA-cam video on the knot that you want.
Good luck!
Ya , seems to work really well, but Ive noticed it works on certain stings better then others. Guess that’s the way it is with most jam knots.
thank you. very helpful! i think the first knot is a bowline.
thanks. and found this video somewhat ironic. you are explaining how to do this knot while binding up series of publications titled unexplained...
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For anyone having trouble following up the speed, turning down the display speed of the video might help. Right bottom 'gear' symbol > speed > anything below normal. Not guaranteed tho :P
Hi Is there a type of rope that you can suggest to be the very best to use for this kind of packaging? Thank you.
I find that Polypropylene Twine is perfect for this type of knot.
😂 are you the local hangman?
nice, they guys down at the lumber yard use a similar knot to tie moldings together for transport. It holds really well. I think it's a Butcher's knot/Packer's knot.
You should do some more demonstration videos. Very informative
I did it once and never could do it again lol and i spent hours trying and trying just brutal
Difficult to see how you do it. I had to watch multiple times and play it slow.
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At the very beginning your hand was covering the string. I couldn’t see.
I do like your video; a little fast.
a slow motion segment would be helpful.
When you watch the video there is an option to slow the video down.
Had to play at half speed, but it was helpful. Thanks.
Muchas gracias carnal me fue de gran ayuda
de nada
Thank you so much
You're most welcome 👍🏼
How to tie your knot?
Slow down the video to .25 y'all, that's how I got it.
Omg...too fast tie the knot..replay the video many times..still cant catch
Canadian Jam knot i think.............well i think anyway
Too fast..
Just keep pausing the video and you can get it.
I dont have a string what do i do?!
Do you have shoe laces...
I hope those books weren't anything valuable... you totally ruined one side with the string.
I can’t see how u tie
Slow down the video. 👍🏼
It's a little ironic that the book is called unexplained. As this is pretty much the case with this video and accompanying commentary.
Thank you sir
Welcome. 👍🏼
It's goes like this and your camera gets blurry... UGHHH In addition you indented your book spine. try again please
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Thank U
How do u un.tie it
It's not a knot that you can easily untie.
Easier to simply cut the string.
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Anyone know what this knot's name?
Hi there, I believe it is the Arbor Knot or Canadian Jam knot. And I think he finishes with 2 half hitches.
My father taught me how to make this type of knot but I forgot and it's driving me crazy
It is similar to "Canadian Jam", but better. I am going to name it " Indian Jam" since no one has claimed it as far as I know..
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You’ve damaged the binding on those books.
even at 0.25x, i can't tell what's happening with the loops. ☹️[EDIT: watched on a larger screen and now it makes sense]
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wow really good skill!
This is called Canadian Jam Knot.
Hmmm ... this’d is not Canadian jam knot. A Canadian jam knot is tied by tying a stopper at the bitter end, then a half knot a few inches toward the standing end, then wrap the standing end around the object, thenfeed the standing end thru the half knot and pull the bitter end to tighten.
tnx bro..
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thanks!
Thankyou
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isn't that an amber knot?
you go wayyyy tooo fast. Its Unhelpful
Why so complicated
This is really unexplained
Bhai mujhse to bandhta hi nhi h 💔🥺
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I am knot so sure as to whether I can accomplish this but why knot just try? I'll come back to comment if I was successful or knot
Edit: I failed, gave up, and proceeded to do the usual.
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Wish I could do this watching this video isn't helping lol
wow..............
I tried to replay 100+ times I still cannot get it done. What's wrong with my brain..
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0.25 speed for me
why my man's video so fast
I hate this way of tying it.
I had another way of doing it, which I have done for years, and the parcels remained tight.
However, my new boss wants me to learn to tie it this way, and he has shown me and shown me, but I get my hands tangled, and he can't understand why I am finding it so hard.
I don't know everyone swears by this method, and acts like no other way of doing it is right, no matter if it makes the parcel just as tight.
손재주 쩐다
You do it too fast AND you block what you are doing AND the string is too far away to see how it crosses!!!
Not a snow balls chance in hell that any human could follow what you just did.
Far too fast, cannot follow.
You can slow down the video in settings
어려워요
It’s blocking
You were ruining the covers! 😮💨😡
The whole collection was in our basement and the pages had become damp & mouldy so sadly i has to throw the whole collection away.
I thought it was a good idea to make the knot video before disposing of them...
@@mr07623445678 This method can and will damage the covers of your books/magazines, etc... because you need to put more pressure on the string so they won't fall sideways. A cross tie (or "plus" shape) would have a better grip on the books/magazines and it won't damage them that much cause you won't need to tighten them tightly. Or you could use a piece of thick cardboard between the thread and the cover to lower the clamp force, hence reducing the damage. A full box is the ideal alternative, unless you're gonna dump them anyways then any method is okay.
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“Put it behind,” “do a loop” are not useful at all. This was so frustrating
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