My father was a chief boatswains mate (bosun) during WWII and used to teach me all kinds of knots as a kid. I found myself smiling while watching. Was rite there next to him again.!! Thank you.!!
I've been a deckhand, now tankerman/steersman, for years aboard inland tugs and thought I knew bowlines pretty well. This demo is excellent and taught me some knew tricks. The partially prepared bowline for an approach scenario blew my mind and I can see how useful this would be as a tankerman while landing on old docks with broken cavels, timberheads, etc. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and I will be sure to pass it along. Kudos!
As an amateur with woodworker, i typically feel overpowered with the entire arrangement ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxrYREG3-7f1Aqk9ams3ZESRNzGnfdUtyQ . Be that as it may, this arrangements drove me through with much clarity and effortlessness woodplans. Works i now work like a genius. That is great!
I could not be more impressed! You, Sir, are a Master Knotsman! Every sailor should know his/her way around small-work and mooring lines! Working with lines underwater in very limited visibility requires lots of drills on dry land. THANK YOU! New Subscriber!
Mr. Sauzedde you are are a very fine instructor. I am not building a boat but you have thought me hundreds of new building ideas. I am an instructor and I will always sit and listen to you. Thank you very much.
That last bowline trick was super cool. I also did not know about the sheet bend / cowboy style issue. Thanks for teaching me something new. I’d always thought the bowline was the knot and the bowline with the loop was a bowline on a bight. I like to tell people the two most useful things about the bowline are: 1) the loop won’t cinch up on you 2) no matter how long it’s been tied and no matter how much tension it’s been under, you can “break its back” and untie it.* *You take the loop around the standing part of the line (the loop that was the rabbit’s route) and bend it towards the standing line. Love this series. Learning so much.
Liked AND subscribed!! My cousin was married a life-long merchant marine in Maine. (Bob) Bob taught us to tie a ""seamans simple bowline".... it only takes about 1½ to 2 seconds. [Perfect for emergencies] It has been 23years since that family reunion on the Susquehanna River. I tested myself last year and discovered that I have forgotten the technique/ procedure. It starts w/looping several feet of rope around my back,then throw the short end spinning around the long (attached to the ship) end......that's all I can recall. I do regret working so diligently to destroy my short term memory! {Crap! It worked}
This has to be one of the best explanations of the bowline I've seen yet. It shows several different ways to tie (including my favorite where you create the bite and let the knot collapse into a bowline). Really really good video. Thanks.
This is an amazing demonstration from a person who truly understands the subject matter. No pretense... no fluff. Just what you need to know, simple and concise.
I was a utility lineman for ten years and had to use a bowline many times. I wish I had your lesson from day one. It would have saved me a lot of time.
I have sailed for some 50 years and have never understood the bowline so completely. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience. You have a new subscriber in me.
1:55 I love this shortcut! It really helped me eliminate the mistake of making the loop in the wrong direction. Thanks for showing the tying technique from two camera angles too.
I'm sorry but can Lou get more fascinating? Every video I watch I learn something plus his voice is hypnotic. His woodworking vids are great! Thank you.
Tie a marlinspike hitch, then catch the end of the line. This will then invert under tension, to form a bowline. And it is a great way to tie a bowline. This was a great vid to watch.
The reason the sailor got drunk in the first place is because he tied a cowboy-style bowline to join two ropes, the knot slipped apart, and he lost a million dollar yacht....
I’m just starting out on a westerly longbow 31 ft, I’ve inherited from my dad, I’m scared to death of it to be frank, I’ve just found his book of knots and now with your great practical Vídeos I may start to dream of leaving the dock In my own lifetime!! Thank you for being so calm in explaining everything, You give me great confidence already.
Brilliant! Thank-you very much for the instruction. This side of the pond, the two ways of tying the bowline are called the Flemish way and the Portuguese way. I like that because I am Portuguese living in Flanders...
My father was a highlineman until his dying day. And he taught my younger brother this knot and had us remember it, until we were comfortable, tying it behind our little 11 and 12 year old backs. Awesome video.
I'd love to have Louis's skills and lifestyle. He comes across as a very contented seafarer with comprehensive wooden boat skills, something with which most people visiting here would possibly concur.
When I started to work as a sailor on a commercial vessel, I proudly displayed my knowledge of how to make a bowline, the cub scout way. (I did not know it was the cub scout way). My older colleagues had a good laugh and then showed me how a sailor does it. Exactly how shipwright Louis Sauzedde explain in this video :-)
As an old apprentice shipwright and taught this a long time ago but now forgotten, I was amazed with this. I will surely come back and practice when sober!
Re 4:20 Learn the next bowline technique, and you can then tie a bowline in the middle of a line, without either end (instead of putting the whole end thru, just pull a bite thru. Then 'invert'(=sink=capsize) it into a bowline & tuck the bowline thru the sliploop). Same applications as a butterfly, but easier to untie after loading. Re 4:28-4:32 Note! What he has here is very simply a slip-knot (slipped overhand knot)! This is the way I've usually tied the bowline since the days when we used a bowline on a coil instead of a seat harness! Well done.
In Scouting, we were taught how to tie a bowline "around" our body as if to be rescued from a cliff from above. It's tricky, but after 50 years I can still tie it. Never needed it, but knowledge never hurts. Good video, thanks.
Thank you for this great demonstration of the bowline and it's sister the sheet bend, with the various tying methods and tips. These two knots are two of the most useful of all time
Too many people talk too much, and don't tie enough, or they just lay out the info so its confusing... you're the guy to watch, and learn from, though I know these knots and versions, your approach has taught me things I hadn't thought about before, in the ten years I've been using ropes almost every day...thank you!
Practicing knots makes them second nature that you don't forget. I've tied thousands of bowlines so I won't forget. Many other knots I rarely tie and I forget how to tie them. I used to have a book that showed knots perfectly easy to see and do. It's long since been filed in a good place where I cannot find it.
I was taught that knot years ago and others at a disaster services course. Winching out a truck one time and the tail chain broke on the cable. So I tied a bowline with cable and pulled out the truck. Untied the bowline and went n my merry way. Who ever invented that knot is a genius! Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the bowline. Nice job 👍
I love this video and have learned from it. Be aware that the bowline demonstrated at 4:40 is done 'cowboy style' (I think accidentally) whereas the repeat demo seconds later 'from the deck of the boat' is a standard bowline. It's all about which side of the loop he enters from. I had to repeat the scenes about 5 times just to be certain of what I thought I saw.
I've been a coastguard in the UK for 27 years and learned a some useful stuff. The bowline is one of the knots we must know but there are a couple of good points here. Easy tie versions too.
Great video. I was taught knots by a Royal Engineer (I'm a gunner) and that was a superb demonstration of a bowline and a slip knot. Very easy to mix up. Great video.
What you call a seaman’s style bowline is how I was taught as an 8 year old. I’m now 51 and have worked at sea for over 30 years. Nice to see someone show how to tie it correctly
This is a good "how to vid" on this knot. Matter of fact, the best i have seen! Im a seaman on my 14 year, ive tied that know a million times. Dont bother with the first way tho, thats for amatures! And if you have a pollyester rope with 3 cords, remember to secure your tail so that the knot dont slipps open by sicking it through the cords. Specialy if its going into water
Wonderful informative and instructional video, delivered by a man you just know you can trust to give you good advice. I could watch this wonderful man all day and never tire of it. One of the very best knot-tying videos I’ve ever seen. Thank you Louis. Best regards from the Giant’s Causeway Coast of Northern Ireland. 😀👍☘️
My dad taught me the “Cowboy” method for tying horses and livestock. Note that the cowboy method places the short end on the OUTSIDE of the loop. This is more comfortable for horses or livestock. Great video.
Wow! Good clear demos, and those hands are magical. I'd probably need to replay that last demo several times. Getting that inversion to happen could be tricky.
Another way is to tie it by running the line around your waist with enough on the bitter end in your right hand to go around the standing end to have enough to form the pass around the standing line . With the rope in the right hand have your thumb come under the standing line and turn your thumb up and to your right making a loop in the standing end then do the rabbit around the standing end back down the hole than pull the line taught. This is called by some a rescue knot. The bowline you make this way is always gong to be large enough for someone to slip over their head and solder while treading water. Also if you ware overboard and someone throws you a line you can tie it without letting go of the other end. Thanks for sharing the king of knots.
In the early seventies I was a deckhand on the Great Lakes ore boats for 4 summers while in college. The first year I sailed there was a wheelsman who was very knowledgeable about knots who showed me how to tie a number of knots and later presented me with a copy of the "Ashley Book of Knots" when I left the boat (and which I still have to this day). He taught me what I have always called a a "one-handed bowline". I was kind of hoping this video would show that technique since it is probably the most universally useful knot I have in my repertoire.
Hi, You can tie a one-handed bowline from method 2... Take the bitter end in your right hand, lay it along your middle finger (palm up). Turn your hand palm down over the standing part of the rope, grip the standing part with your thumb and little finger and twist your hand palm up (the easy way - clockwise as I look at my right hand). That forms the loop and the bitter end is now standing upright. using your index finger and middle finger, flip the bitter end round the standing part and back into the hole. This way is useful if you're overboard & someone gets a rope to you; get the rope around your waist (as I'm right handed I want the standing part on my left side), then do the twist part. Then the flip round the back and onto the small hole. Your other hand holds onto the standing part as you're being towed along... With practice and a rope (say 5mm diameter or bigger - doesn't work with string) you can do it one handed, standing on 1 leg with your eyes closed!
YEP, I agree this is the BEST tutorial on using the Bowline! BUT!!! at the end of the tutorial is the most USEFUL and FASTEST way to tie a Bowline around a post -- thank you for teaching me something new about this know!
Best Bowline vid - or general instructional vid - you'll see. No irritating long intro with titles and music (get to the damn point) No supercilious city-type or glam-chick-big-boobs demonstrating (I'm hear to learn, not to ogle) Clear, well-lit production with very helpful repeat sections The dude's presentation is pure no-nonsense instructional; the guy is modest, with a quiet, approach. Totally what you need! On a personal level, I like the guy, I trust him. Thank you, Louis
Thanks again. A few years ago I learned Louis's pre-tied bowline from the last part of this video. I've used it ever since. I had to practice it many many times over a few weeks, but now as all good knots should be learned I can do it automatically. This also avoids making a cowboy-bowline. Though I may never have had a cowboy-bowline slip on me... it's just good practice to do it right for all uses. On a video I watched a couple of days ago, 5 best knots something like that. knot number one: bowline...but he tied a cowboy.
You're a f'n legend, mate! Great demo on the bowline. But you should throw a constrictor knot around the end of the white rope. And every other line you have. Perfect whipping, pull up tight and you can cut them off real short.
At 4:30 the method is what a friend showed me. How to tie a bowline with one hand. The first step(that you show) is making a slip knot that you can do one handed. Then grab the loose end and pull thru the slip knot. Shaking out the rope will pull the rabbit around the tree, thus bowline.
Best analysis of the bowlines different methods of tying and its relationship with the sheet bend. Awesome demonstration of how dangerous the left-handed sheet bend is. Notice how he flips the end of the rope directly on top of the "rabbit hole". It would be a neat trick to flip it INTO the hole.
I don’t understand how anyone would down vote this video unless they were stone-cold drunk and couldn’t tell the difference between up & down. I learned how to tie a bowline as a Cub Scout but never learned the memory trick. Excellent video
I first learned how to tie this knot the last way. Thanks for showing multiple methods of accomplishing the same result! Too many people will dismiss anything other than their preferred method.
My father was a chief boatswains mate (bosun) during WWII and used to teach me all kinds of knots as a kid. I found myself smiling while watching. Was rite there next to him again.!! Thank you.!!
learning about knots from the Most New England Man of all time
I've been a deckhand, now tankerman/steersman, for years aboard inland tugs and thought I knew bowlines pretty well. This demo is excellent and taught me some knew tricks. The partially prepared bowline for an approach scenario blew my mind and I can see how useful this would be as a tankerman while landing on old docks with broken cavels, timberheads, etc. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and I will be sure to pass it along. Kudos!
Aye, that one is called the "Lightning Bowline" works really good... We used to use to to impress Tourists, as we moored to a Piling...
Daniel Wilson
Have a look how I tie a bowline..
Daniel I feel you. I worked for ACBL for a few years and that last bowline would be perfect for some River scenerios
I’ve been practicing this method since I saw this video. I’m not a seaman but tie a lot of loads in my truck while hauling.
That was awesome prepared bowline
As an amateur with woodworker, i typically feel overpowered with the entire arrangement ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxrYREG3-7f1Aqk9ams3ZESRNzGnfdUtyQ . Be that as it may, this arrangements drove me through with much clarity and effortlessness woodplans. Works i now work like a genius. That is great!
That is the BEST demo of a bowline I have ever seen.
You are right! I was going to post the same comment! I've seen many videos of it, but this one is very well and comprehensively explained!
Agree with you Enrique and Stephen..... BEST video of the bowline I have ever seen..... Hats off to you Louis !!!!
until you can tie in 1.5 secs with your eyes closed you haven't truly mastered it. He has, I have and so have many others
absolutely agree. the rabbit method has seared it into my mind. thank you
best everrrr 🏴☠️
I could not be more impressed! You, Sir, are a Master Knotsman! Every sailor should know his/her way around small-work and mooring lines! Working with lines underwater in very limited visibility requires lots of drills on dry land. THANK YOU! New Subscriber!
Were you ever a Boatswain's Mate? :)
Indeed, impressive this gent is -- from the confidence with which he speaks right to that fantastic voice.
This is pure art man..
This is one of the best knot tying videos I've ever seen.
Beats most any wedding video
I would love to see more knots from Louis. I really enjoy his manner of teaching. The camera work & editing also do a great job.
There is something powerfully attractive about a man who excellent skills. I could watch this guy for hours.
Mr. Sauzedde you are are a very fine instructor.
I am not building a boat but you have thought me hundreds of new building ideas. I am an instructor and I will always sit and listen to you. Thank you very much.
That last bowline trick was super cool. I also did not know about the sheet bend / cowboy style issue. Thanks for teaching me something new.
I’d always thought the bowline was the knot and the bowline with the loop was a bowline on a bight.
I like to tell people the two most useful things about the bowline are:
1) the loop won’t cinch up on you
2) no matter how long it’s been tied and no matter how much tension it’s been under, you can “break its back” and untie it.*
*You take the loop around the standing part of the line (the loop that was the rabbit’s route) and bend it towards the standing line.
Love this series. Learning so much.
I only wish there were more videos of you teaching knots. One of my favorites.
Liked AND subscribed!! My cousin was married a life-long merchant marine in Maine. (Bob) Bob taught us to tie a ""seamans simple bowline".... it only takes about 1½ to 2 seconds. [Perfect for emergencies]
It has been 23years since that family reunion on the Susquehanna River.
I tested myself last year and discovered that I have forgotten the technique/ procedure. It starts w/looping several feet of rope around my back,then throw the short end spinning around the long (attached to the ship) end......that's all I can recall.
I do regret working so diligently to destroy my short term memory! {Crap! It worked}
Please share as much of your knowledge of knots as you can! You have made the best video about the bowline that I've ever seen. Thank you!
Ditto that!
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This has to be one of the best explanations of the bowline I've seen yet. It shows several different ways to tie (including my favorite where you create the bite and let the knot collapse into a bowline). Really really good video. Thanks.
This is an amazing demonstration from a person who truly understands the subject matter.
No pretense... no fluff. Just what you need to know, simple and concise.
Hands down this is the best, most fun, engaging way to demonstrate a Bowline! I want to be Louis when I grow up.
I was a utility lineman for ten years and had to use a bowline many times. I wish I had your lesson from day one. It would have saved me a lot of time.
I have sailed for some 50 years and have never understood the bowline so completely. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience. You have a new subscriber in me.
1:55 I love this shortcut! It really helped me eliminate the mistake of making the loop in the wrong direction. Thanks for showing the tying technique from two camera angles too.
1:46 to 1:55 Very nice demo
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Tried watching 2 videos prior to this on how to do this, and this was the only one that made sense to me. thanks!
I'm sorry but can Lou get more fascinating? Every video I watch I learn something plus his voice is hypnotic. His woodworking vids are great!
Thank you.
Excellent tuition. Thank you.
My sons teacher is very happy with this video. A very good example for Adults and kids. Thanks
Tie a marlinspike hitch, then catch the end of the line. This will then invert under tension, to form a bowline. And it is a great way to tie a bowline.
This was a great vid to watch.
My dad was US Navy. The bowline remains the most useful knot he taught me. I never heard the "rabbit hole" story, and wow, I'm glad.
The sailor staggers out of the tavern, around the telephone pole and back into the tavern!
The reason the sailor got drunk in the first place is because he tied a cowboy-style bowline to join two ropes, the knot slipped apart, and he lost a million dollar yacht....
aye, aye, capn'
You said "tavern"........what are you a f'n 100yrs old!!!???
@@hfactor6429 ye olde inn.
@@hfactor6429 Lots of places are called taverns and pubs. Lighten up dude.
I’m just starting out on a westerly longbow 31 ft, I’ve inherited from my dad,
I’m scared to death of it to be frank, I’ve just found his book of knots
and now with your great practical Vídeos I may start to dream of leaving the dock
In my own lifetime!! Thank you for being so calm in explaining everything,
You give me great confidence already.
So....did you ever get your fathers boat out onto the water??
Ok the way you demonstrate just feels right, it’s a fluid natural movement with the wrist. Thank you. It’s my favorite technique so far.
Brilliant! Thank-you very much for the instruction.
This side of the pond, the two ways of tying the bowline are called the Flemish way and the Portuguese way. I like that because I am Portuguese living in Flanders...
My father was a highlineman until his dying day. And he taught my younger brother this knot and had us remember it, until we were comfortable, tying it behind our little 11 and 12 year old backs. Awesome video.
This is one of the best videos in all of UA-cam. I will watch it 10 times.
I'd love to have Louis's skills and lifestyle. He comes across as a very contented seafarer with comprehensive wooden boat skills, something with which most people visiting here would possibly concur.
When I started to work as a sailor on a commercial vessel, I proudly displayed my knowledge of how to make a bowline, the cub scout way. (I did not know it was the cub scout way). My older colleagues had a good laugh and then showed me how a sailor does it. Exactly how shipwright Louis Sauzedde explain in this video :-)
As an old apprentice shipwright and taught this a long time ago but now forgotten, I was amazed with this. I will surely come back and practice when sober!
Re 4:20 Learn the next bowline technique, and you can then tie a bowline in the middle of a line, without either end (instead of putting the whole end thru, just pull a bite thru. Then 'invert'(=sink=capsize) it into a bowline & tuck the bowline thru the sliploop). Same applications as a butterfly, but easier to untie after loading.
Re 4:28-4:32 Note! What he has here is very simply a slip-knot (slipped overhand knot)! This is the way I've usually tied the bowline since the days when we used a bowline on a coil instead of a seat harness! Well done.
In Scouting, we were taught how to tie a bowline "around" our body as if to be rescued from a cliff from above. It's tricky, but after 50 years I can still tie it. Never needed it, but knowledge never hurts. Good video, thanks.
Moo
Best bowline knots demo ever 🙏🙏from NZ
Thank you for this great demonstration of the bowline and it's sister the sheet bend, with the various tying methods and tips. These two knots are two of the most useful of all time
What a treat it is to watch a master of anything! Lou proves to be the Master of Knots.
Too many people talk too much, and don't tie enough, or they just lay out the info so its confusing... you're the guy to watch, and learn from, though I know these knots and versions, your approach has taught me things I hadn't thought about before, in the ten years I've been using ropes almost every day...thank you!
This guy really knows what he’s doing! This is the simplest and fastest traditional method of tying the bowline.
This is the best Bowline tying video I've ever seen! I'm a riverman on Michigan's Grand River, and I want this guy for a neighbor!
I could listen to this man talk about knots and bowlines all day long :D
Great tips!
There just ain't no substitute for wisdom from experience. Please keep sharing your talent!
Practicing knots makes them second nature that you don't forget. I've tied thousands of bowlines so I won't forget. Many other knots I rarely tie and I forget how to tie them. I used to have a book that showed knots perfectly easy to see and do. It's long since been filed in a good place where I cannot find it.
Just listening to his voice for a few second and you know this guy KNOWS his knots! :D Great job, sir!
I was taught that knot years ago and others at a disaster services course.
Winching out a truck one time and the tail chain broke on the cable. So I tied a bowline with cable and pulled out the truck. Untied the bowline and went n my merry way. Who ever invented that knot is a genius! Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the bowline. Nice job 👍
Anything this guy shows seems to be interesting! Very fun to watch.
I love this video and have learned from it. Be aware that the bowline demonstrated at 4:40 is done 'cowboy style' (I think accidentally) whereas the repeat demo seconds later 'from the deck of the boat' is a standard bowline. It's all about which side of the loop he enters from. I had to repeat the scenes about 5 times just to be certain of what I thought I saw.
I been a sailor for 13 years and never have seen that last setup. I find it very handy for the future. Thanks for the tips!!!
Another comment identified that as the marlin spike with the working end pulled through instead of a spike.
I've been a coastguard in the UK for 27 years and learned a some useful stuff. The bowline is one of the knots we must know but there are a couple of good points here. Easy tie versions too.
ThePipcg
Taught that method by the Royal Navy at the age of 12; more than 60 years ago.
Great video. I was taught knots by a Royal Engineer (I'm a gunner) and that was a superb demonstration of a bowline and a slip knot. Very easy to mix up. Great video.
Excellent video thank you 🙏. You showed the replay, went at an easy pace, spoke clearly and used a good thickness rope.
What you call a seaman’s style bowline is how I was taught as an 8 year old. I’m now 51 and have worked at sea for over 30 years. Nice to see someone show how to tie it correctly
The "scout's way" is also perfectly correct. Just saying...
This is a good "how to vid" on this knot. Matter of fact, the best i have seen! Im a seaman on my 14 year, ive tied that know a million times. Dont bother with the first way tho, thats for amatures! And if you have a pollyester rope with 3 cords, remember to secure your tail so that the knot dont slipps open by sicking it through the cords. Specialy if its going into water
Wonderful informative and instructional video, delivered by a man you just know you can trust to give you good advice. I could watch this wonderful man all day and never tire of it. One of the very best knot-tying videos I’ve ever seen. Thank you Louis. Best regards from the Giant’s Causeway Coast of Northern Ireland. 😀👍☘️
Glad to see you are still at it. Keep on sharing your skills boss man
Lou is just a wealth of knowledge and experience. Tremendous teacher. Thank you.
Great demo and the replays up close are awesome, one of the best rope tying explanations.
Best discussion and demonstration on the bowline I've ever scene. Michael (BM2 / USCG)
My dad taught me the “Cowboy” method for tying horses and livestock. Note that the cowboy method places the short end on the OUTSIDE of the loop. This is more comfortable for horses or livestock. Great video.
Wow! Good clear demos, and those hands are magical. I'd probably need to replay that last demo several times. Getting that inversion to happen could be tricky.
This man is a knot wizard. Subscribed.
You're a natural teacher. Thanks.
This is probably one of the best knot tying videos on YT!!
Well done!
Three cheers for a clear and clever bowline vid. I'll be looking for more.
Man this is by far the best video on tying a bowline. I'd love to see you do some more videos on knots. Thanks for sharing your knowledge
Another way is to tie it by running the line around your waist with enough on the bitter end in your right hand to go around the standing end to have enough to form the pass around the standing line . With the rope in the right hand have your thumb come under the standing line and turn your thumb up and to your right making a loop in the standing end then do the rabbit around the standing end back down the hole than pull the line taught. This is called by some a rescue knot. The bowline you make this way is always gong to be large enough for someone to slip over their head and solder while treading water. Also if you ware overboard and someone throws you a line you can tie it without letting go of the other end. Thanks for sharing the king of knots.
This guy is a knotting wizard. Great video for learning!
I guess this is one of those new things you learn every day.
Thank you.
The thumbs down are from people who wanted whipping on that bitter end... Best channel on UA-cam.
In the early seventies I was a deckhand on the Great Lakes ore boats for 4 summers while in college. The first year I sailed there was a wheelsman who was very knowledgeable about knots who showed me how to tie a number of knots and later presented me with a copy of the "Ashley Book of Knots" when I left the boat (and which I still have to this day). He taught me what I have always called a a "one-handed bowline". I was kind of hoping this video would show that technique since it is probably the most universally useful knot I have in my repertoire.
Hi, You can tie a one-handed bowline from method 2... Take the bitter end in your right hand, lay it along your middle finger (palm up). Turn your hand palm down over the standing part of the rope, grip the standing part with your thumb and little finger and twist your hand palm up (the easy way - clockwise as I look at my right hand). That forms the loop and the bitter end is now standing upright. using your index finger and middle finger, flip the bitter end round the standing part and back into the hole.
This way is useful if you're overboard & someone gets a rope to you; get the rope around your waist (as I'm right handed I want the standing part on my left side), then do the twist part. Then the flip round the back and onto the small hole. Your other hand holds onto the standing part as you're being towed along...
With practice and a rope (say 5mm diameter or bigger - doesn't work with string) you can do it one handed, standing on 1 leg with your eyes closed!
This is better than my Ranger Instructor. Thanks Louis! The last bit about approaching the piling is valuable info.
YEP, I agree this is the BEST tutorial on using the Bowline! BUT!!! at the end of the tutorial is the most USEFUL and FASTEST way to tie a Bowline around a post -- thank you for teaching me something new about this know!
Just came across this site - this guy is awesome! Amazing MASTER craftsman.
Best Bowline vid - or general instructional vid - you'll see.
No irritating long intro with titles and music (get to the damn point)
No supercilious city-type or glam-chick-big-boobs demonstrating (I'm hear to learn, not to ogle)
Clear, well-lit production with very helpful repeat sections
The dude's presentation is pure no-nonsense instructional; the guy is modest, with a quiet, approach.
Totally what you need!
On a personal level, I like the guy, I trust him.
Thank you, Louis
KT: I could not agree with you more! Excellent analysis!
Thanks again. A few years ago I learned Louis's pre-tied bowline from the last part of this video. I've used it ever since. I had to practice it many many times over a few weeks, but now as all good knots should be learned I can do it automatically. This also avoids making a cowboy-bowline. Though I may never have had a cowboy-bowline slip on me... it's just good practice to do it right for all uses. On a video I watched a couple of days ago, 5 best knots something like that. knot number one: bowline...but he tied a cowboy.
Lou is a master instructor. No matter the subject. Check out his video on chain saw sharpening
Wonderful! Best bowline demo video I have seen to date!
That last technique in particular blew my mind!
Thanks for the lesson!
Finally a video of someone tying a bowline the way I have done it for years.
You're a f'n legend, mate! Great demo on the bowline.
But you should throw a constrictor knot around the end of the white rope. And every other line you have. Perfect whipping, pull up tight and you can cut them off real short.
I have been using bowline knots for many years and watched this thinking I wouldn't learn anything. I was wrong.. This was a great video.
Good Stuff !!! But with Tips From A Shipwright that comes as no suprise!!!Cheers from Western Canada!!!
I have that exact same belt. Bought prob 25+ yrs ago. Glad I found ur ch. subbed
Louis, I love your knowledge and craftmanship. Thanks for this tutorial on the bowline. Good on ya mate ✌
At 4:30 the method is what a friend showed me. How to tie a bowline with one hand. The first step(that you show) is making a slip knot that you can do one handed. Then grab the loose end and pull thru the slip knot. Shaking out the rope will pull the rabbit around the tree, thus bowline.
that last one was sooo slick! compliments
great demo of the most useful knot out there. its the most common knot we use in the Elevator Industry.
Best analysis of the bowlines different methods of tying and its relationship with the sheet bend. Awesome demonstration of how dangerous the left-handed sheet bend is.
Notice how he flips the end of the rope directly on top of the "rabbit hole". It would be a neat trick to flip it INTO the hole.
I don’t understand how anyone would down vote this video unless they were stone-cold drunk and couldn’t tell the difference between up & down.
I learned how to tie a bowline as a Cub Scout but never learned the memory trick.
Excellent video
Thank you, O Yoda of The Bent Line! You are a wonderful instructor.
I watched this video and thought it was good, then grabbed some rope and practiced while I watched it again. Thanks , I feel confident now.
Thank you. Clear, well shot and edited. Jolly good.
I first learned how to tie this knot the last way. Thanks for showing multiple methods of accomplishing the same result! Too many people will dismiss anything other than their preferred method.
Simpel and the best instructions I’ve ever seen.
You, sir, are a pro! Excellent video!
thanks Louis...much appreciated. Cheers from British Columbia