Knots for Bushcraft, Camping and Canoeing. Six of the Best Knots I Use.
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- Опубліковано 1 тра 2024
- In this video, I will be taking you through the various knots and cordage that I use.
Although there are lots of clever modern labour saving devices about today taking the place of knots, I prefer the simplicity of just tying a knot. There are so many to learn and all have different uses and applications for climbing, boating and camp use.
I tend to use just a handful of knots and make them work for whatever I need them to do. I think it is better to know just a few, that you can tie without having to think about it and these knots work for me.
I have broken the video up into two categories:
Knots I use around camp - the larks foot, the taut line hitch, the prusik and the arbor knot.
And knots I use when canoeing - the bowline (the cowboy version, with the tail on the outside - I obviously didn’t listen enough when I was in the scouts!) and the classic clove hitch.
There are hundreds and hundreds of really good tutorial videos on UA-cam, so if you are interested in learning some knots, go and take a look - its great fun learning!
I hope you enjoy the video and thanks for watching!
Links
Paracord
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3 Strand Paracord
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Microcord
www.thebushcraftstore.co.uk/m...
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You did forget the strongest and most resilient knot in the world though which is of course the Christmas lights knot. Cannot be tied manually. Needs to form itself over 11 months. Impenetrable.
🤣😂🤣 Priceless.
Awesome knot, but I know a better one. Just go fishing with a lady you want to impress and you will remember it, I`m sure. Hint: reminds you of a bird`s nest.
Hahahaha!! I know that knot only too well! #christmastreelightrage
Loved all the knot jokes😂🤣..know those knots all too well🙄
That was very very funny,,,, True...!
We miss you when you'r knot around.
Tensions build up when there's not enough videos
I agree🇸🇪
"Knot around" Love it! Gives me a good idea. May I appropriate it for a card for someone that's not feeling well?
I am in complete a cord with your sentiment!
@@jonahtwhale1779 Another good one! :D
Never was a Boy Scout, but I'm finding that learning different knots to be kind of fun and practical in my older age. This was very helpful!
Don't sell yourself short! As a beginner this was easily the most helpful guide I watched: short, concise and with a pletera of different kinds of knots/hitches!
Get Knotted with Simon a Bloke with the itchy buffy in the woods.
Here’s hoping Maggie continues improving 🙏🏻
Hahaha - thanks mate!
Maggie is. MUCH more important than a video. Glad you're back and she's getting better!!
Such a good vid. My Late Father was a Royal Engineer, he made sure I knew how to tie ropes. I do miss my Dad.
I know this is now 2 yrs old, but to this 55 yr old it's pure gold. Was never taught knots in school here (US) but i firmly believe they ought to the world over. Thank you! 🍺
Good to hear that Maggie is on the mend, I hope she makes a speedy recovery. Take care and stay safe!
Hope Maggie is okay and keep the videos coming your knowledge share is keeping me sane
Truly enjoy your channel. Hope maggie continues to heal.
We’re glad to see you back Simon… You had us worried!
Knots are fascinating to me!👍👍👍
I wish all the best for Maggie and you, too.
Greatings from Germany
I love how you explained the clove hitch. For some reason that one never seemed intuitive to me. I think because it’s always been explained as a knot that has to go around an object.
But seeing a free floating clove really clarified how the knot is actually working
Thanks!
Prayers for Maggie. May she heal quickly and completely. And thanks for the video.
Would anyone have laughed if I had spelled that "heel". Come on.....that had to be as funny as at least a couple of the "knot" jokes. LOL (Not joking about wishing her the best, though.)
😂😂 I’d have laughed! 😁
Love and hugs to Maggie. So sorry to hear she's hurt. Thank you for the update and video
Love learning knots
Right on great video making knots . I love your gentle attitude and humbleness when you’re making your videos that’s awesome. Keep up the great work and thanks again.
Hi Uncle Simon! This takes me back to my scouting days. Thanks mate!
Wishing Maggie all the best ❤️
Who in blazes are the 9 people who didn’t like this video 🤔?? What’s knot to like about it? Well done Simon. Best wishes to Maggie 🙏🏼❤️🐶.
Man is a knot 🪢 into which relationships are tied.
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Hey Simon. I hope that Maggie gets well soon and that you can go on an adventure together again. Thanks for your clear explanation and film work! Very educative!
Family and pets come before any video. Maggie is a big part of your family so she deserved the love and care she obviously got. I hope she makes a full recovery. I love watching your videos. Take care.
Hi Simon, love whating your video, it brings me back, when my farrher teaching me ( being in the navy how todo various knots) also being in the girl guides ......those where the days.... thankyou 💝 Xxx
"Useful to know? Knot half" thanks for sharing Simon. all best.
I’m an ex scout. Knowing knots is so beneficial.
Such a pleasure watching your videos...
Good to see you back Simon our best to Maggie, nice bit of knot tying, useful thanks! 😎👍
Great video with easy-to-follow instructions and visuals!
Your knot tutorial might not be the most fancy one but after watching a lot of of them as a beginner I must say I find it is one of the most practical ones. You cover the most important things in quite short time. Thank you for the good content 😊
Sorry to hear about Maggie mate, hope she is better soon. When she is back on all fours she needs a cheeky canoe overnighter with a steak for dinner!! 👍
I reckon she’d love that (as would I!) 😁
To knot or not to knot, well, no question, we missed your video. Stay healthy and safe everybody.
Awesome mate... i look forward to watching this 700 times until i manage to learn one🤣
I love the cow hitch knot so much. Incredibly useful. Now I’ll make sure to call it Larks foot every so often to keep people guessing lol.
Knot nerd here, always interesting to see other folks goto knots.
Sorry to hear Maggies been a poorly. I hope you're treating her to some steak to aid recovery.
All the best
Al
Cheers Al!
Hi Simon thanks for the video all my best to Maggie hope she's fighting fit soon keep her safe and warm lots of rest if she will
Hey Simon..you should make your own product of carry tutorial cards. In a emergency most people become stressed and so easily confused with some things as simple as knots. Carry cards as I call them are just reminders. Should be simple pictorial of basic knots or skill sets. You have a group of followers that would be interested in your take on these things. Something to throw in the olde bag that will be a resource under stress. Since your in the humidity, could make them water proof...another spot on vid...as always...may your feet be sure on the trail, your campfire warm at night and your trail tales be true!
this is honestly the best knot tutorial i have seen in ages, thisvideo is not a full on knot jammed video its a simple here is a knot this is how you tie it and thats it, shown in the simpliest way possible and its now my go to if i foget any, bc its so easy to just follow along.
Thanks for that video Simon, I don't know much about knots, love to Maggie I hope her poorly legs is better soon , poor girl
The brain and Hands, the greatest tools we got, thanks for adding to the brains bit Simon 👍
Thank you! For being the only man to tie a bowline, and placing the tail on the outside of the working loop, instead of inside the working loop. Seems everyone and their dog ties a bowline and puts the tail right in the middle of load zone and I dont know why..
Thanks for putting the names of the knots next to a picture of the knot, really helps. Hope your wife gets better soon. 🙏👍🖖💃
I always judge a man by how I see him treat his dog..that my friend makes you a king 😎😍
Thx Simon in the Woods. Different people explain things differently and use different camera angles. Your no-nonsense explanation was good for me to catch these. I plan to come back and hear them again. Liked the picture of tying the canoe to the post.
Thank goodness a "Knot Expert" who knows the proper and commonly used terms for describing the actions and parts used in knot tying! However be careful with the bowline for trying up a boat, unless it is under constant tension it can shake loose. I have retrieved many dinghies due to this knot failing. Better to use a 'round turn and two half hitches'.
Hello from California, USA.
Poor Maggie, glad to hear she is mending. Glad your back, enjoy all yours and Kent Survival videos. Discovered your videos while recovering from knees surgery. Now I am addicted to your videos.
Thanks Ken - I hope the knee is healing up well! 👍
Congrats to everyone learning these. You have taken the first step in becoming a tenderfoot level Boy Scout. I've used these knots because you can used them since way back then. Well done for teaching these. They really are the best. None of my tents/tarps have tension adjustors. One you know these few you can skip a ton of useless hardware and even ratchet web strap tiedowns. ...One I'd add is the pipe hitch for fixing line to smooth pipe and the knot will hold where it is tied and not slide on the smooth pipe.
Oh, poor Maggie! I know she's in your safe hands!!! Thanks for all the great info Simon!!!
Simon, please take no offense to my observation. I was a very nervous and stressed kid. I won't site reasons here. Like you, I had the same nail-biting habit. I overcame it by saying "NO" out loud when I realized I was doing it. It is almost always a childhood started habit. Most that watch your videos may not recognize it. It is however all too obvious. You had the want and determination to craft and build your beautiful canoe. This I envy you. I know for a fact, if I did it, anyone can. Give it a shot, you possess the determination, you need only to recognize the triggers, and redirect your actions to these triggers. YOU CAN DO IT!!!
That was a quick bit of digging. Let the revision commence! Thank you Simon!
Awwwww...sweet Maggie! I hope that she will be fine with so much tender loving care. And nice knot tutorial. ATB!
Simon, thank you for this knot review. If you don’t use it, you’ll lose it. Regular practice helps. Hoping for loosened restrictions soon. Best wishes for a speedy recovery for Maggie and hope to see her again in future videos. Take care, and all the best!
(edited to correct spelling)
Hi Simpn, want to say a big.
CONGRATULATIONS on receiving your Silver UA-cam award..
hope Maggie's doing okay..
keep going
Thanks Graham!
Knots are the outdoorsman’s flex 😂
Good demo of knots, thanks, I hope all is well at home. Take care.
Nice Vid Si, Glad to Hear Maggies on the Mend 👍
Nice one Simon a brilliant refresher on knots thanks very mush Mark
Best & simplest tutorial i have ever seen on knots! Thank you. Pray that Maggie is well soon
Nice video Simon 👍, always good to refresh on knots. And not end up doing, multiple Granny knots 🤣😜🤪. So sorry 😟 to hear about Maggie, hope she feels better soon 🙏.
Thanks for that Simon, I will get to practicing those.
Hope Maggie picks up.
Like you said it. There are lot's of videos about knots, but your video makes it seem simple howto. And I don't need to know 100 knots. Just the ones I use. Just a few.
PS: those are the knots I use when camping ;-)
And thank you for the padge of yours. It arrived this week (I wasn't home when it came). Now I just have to find a place for it.
What is this magic? 😂
Great video again Simon, thank you 🙂
Best of health to Maggie.
Stay healthy brother
Great video and very easy to understand thank you. Whether I'll remember them all when I need to is another challenge for me though 👍
Thanks for including practical examples of where you use the knots and why.
another great video Simon, Ihope Maggie gets well soon. . keep em coming. . and stay safe. . Al.
WOW ive been doing a Larks foot and a clove hitch all my life without knowing it ! It feels good 😅😃
Takes me back to my days in the cubs I new lots of knots then atvb jimmy 😎😎
Awww Simon,, nice to see you again,, Sorry to hear about Maggie's stroke of bad luck.
Great knots video. I thought for sure I would have seen a loop tied with the figure 8 knot.
Nice to see you again,
Thanks Simon for another video!
Thank you I really appreciate you taking the time to show these knots and there real world applications.
Watching these at half speed has been useful because I’m a bit slow, however it does make you sound a bit drunk 😂
Great Great video! Very well made. Thank you.
Thanks Simon for talking about various of knots. Sorry about Maggie I'll be praying for her to get well soon! Ur the best!! waiting for the next one.
Thank you I already know those knots but still learned something I like the idea of using a byte on the taught line hitch it's so much easier to get it undone thank you
Perfect Video. Thank you for your advice!!!
glad to see you back I already have your patch sewn on my pack
Thanks Allen! Glad it got there too okay 👍👍
Excellent information and advice. I'm adding to my 72 hour kit at soon as I can. Thank you.
Came for the knots stayed for the vibe
Good to see you again Simon. I hope Maggie is on the mend.
There we go! a detailed Demo that ends up being learned and applied. Thanks Simon, good job!
Glad Maggie is on the mend.
Only 6 knots, I like that. Sometimes it is overwhelming when I pick up my book o' knots.
Thanks for the videos
I love your videos. Thank you!
GREAT video Simon!! Always wanted to see a tutorial on the knots you use. You make it look so easy!!! I am. SOOOOO sorry to hear about Maggie. I hope she makes a complete recovery! She's such a doll!
Thank you! She is getting better by the day! 👍
I like the fabulous knot you are wearing on your head. That is definitely the champion of knots, right there.
Hope Maggie recovers quickly, love seeing her with you.
Get well soon, Maggie !
Don't discount yourself, Simon. We come here for a reason, you teach in a most understandable fashion !!! Thanx !
Thanks mate! 👍
Best to Maggie, dogs are so very resilient. She's a sweetheart
Thank you. These should be handy. Best to Maggie - she's a good dog. I hope she'll be ok soon.
Thank you for your interesting video! I really like the way you present them!
bugger !!!! hope Maggie heals up fully, bet the cold hasn't helped matters any
Thanks Simon. It is a nice refresher course on knots. I sometimes "camp" in my backyard just to exercise setting up my stuff. Hope Maggie is better soon.
Hi from sweden. Great tutorial, easy and useful.
Sorry about Maggie. I know you had trouble with the teaching profession, but you’re a natural! Look forward to each video. Tim
MAGGIE- NO. I hope Maggie recovers quickly. I love seeing her with you. Thanks for the lesson and explaining the ways to use these knots.
Great tutorial Simon and good to see suggested uses. I am going to practice the arbor knot to extend my bushcraft construction skills!
You just solved my problem with Tortline Hitch knot 🤗 and thank you for that!
Very informative and most important useful knots! Not fancy things for showoffs!
Great job! 👌🏻🔥
I love the simplicity of your explanations. They are very clear and easy to understand. I live in the Rocky Mountain west of the US. My favorite area is the Wind River range in Wyoming. Your videos help me to be prepared for hiking/backpacking.
The prusik knot got me out of a tree well when I was a kid sledding. Half inch rope from sled and boot laces. Probably saved my life.