@@steeloniusIdk if it’s real, but if I were to guess, it sounds like a ranking list of how complex knots are. The more complex the knot is, the more specific steps one needs to know to achieve it. It’s like a ranking of how impossible it would be to make a know by chance, like inventing it from scratch. This one would be high because of how complex that last one was, and maybe because you need like 3 different kinds of knots to achieve this result. Otherwise it’s a ranking of how niche knots are, like how these knots are specifically made to be a door stop/lock.
@@steelonius created in 1985 by Jim Bergdorff and Hank Wilson, the Bergdorff-Wilson Knot Specificity Index defines a scale of knot usage specificity, with 0 being a normal overhand knot, and 10 being the hybrid Klemheist/Trucker's/Evenk/Matthew Walker knot used by Wilson to tie his 1978 DF-2234 Stihl chainsaw to the customised bed of his 1970 Chevrolet C10 shortbed truck to stop it coming loose and injuring his Border Collie, Zeke, who liked to ride in the truckbed.
After some testing, I've discovered that the same thing can be done with only one short piece of rope, the exact same diamond knot technique, and a blackball hitch (I think that's what it's called). It's even quick release if it's done right, though it may be a little less secure. Still works great though. Thanks for sharing this amazing and useful knot, even if I decided to modify it a little. The general idea is still great.
Oh my gosh, I don't understand how you know all those knots. Is it just like a gift that you have, seriously? I mean, because you obviously understand exactly what you're doing. It's amazing. Your knowledge of knots is beyond amazing! Thank you for sharing. 😊😊😊😊
It’s one of the things I’ve learned from his channel-once I learned a handful of basic knots, I started to kinda see how other more advanced knots use some of the same principles as the basic knots, or are even just different forms or combinations of them. And if you allow yourself to play around a bit, you can start to come up with your own ways of using cordage in ways like this for very very specific applications. And after that, I started to see how keeping cordage on my person was like carrying innumerable potential improvised solutions to unknown future problems. Small, very localized problems, maybe, but I love solving problems like that.
LoL, after I uncrossed my eyes from listening to the knot descriptions, I understood what you're doing and redid everything in my head with way easier to remember knots 🥴 Line diameter selection could be important, depending on the clearances in the door selected. . This is basically the fork+handle, traveling door lock solution. I have a commercial version but I can never find it when I need it so something I can fabricate at the last minute is probably what is most used.
I'm all for solving all of life's puzzles with awesome knots (Oh boy, you've taught me many), but it would also suck to loose you (after you tie yourself in, slip, and hit your head)... It's still a super cool knot!! Like a great way to quickly (and safely) hold a cabinet door closed when moving.
Very nice application of knot work! Well presented. If you would identify the knots more it would be more helpful, in my opinion. When tying the bosom knot keeping on your hand will ensure the running ends stay on the correct sides. Big fan, just trying to be helpful, not critical.
I thought this knot looked familiar. It builds on the Perfection Loop Knot. Difference being, instead of merely crossing over then pushing the lower loop through the top and tightening, you wrap 2x. Advantage: Double Dragon. I used the Perfection Loop up until the first time I loaded it hard, and that thing won't come loose, but this one can still be untied after loading.
I'd like to see a knot to use with a measuring tape when you have have a helper to hold the tape in place at a spot that you can't stick a nail in but you could wrap rope around like a metal pole. I recently got by with your zip tie knot but I was hoping you'd come up with something even more clever!
thats awesome, im gonna try this one, cheers. iv used a fork before but jamming the handle so intruders cant push it down would be safer. ill look forward to that video
Not sure what you call the second knot, looping over the orange cord, but I have a question. Why not use a Prusik around both strands? By going over doubled strands you have the diameter differential that gives greatbbite for a Prusik knot. Did it fail in trials?
“Hey honey, you wanna… go to the bedroom?” “Sure, but the door doesn’t lock. Give me about 5 minutes to find some cordage and tie knots.” “….. Never mind.”
Easier to make a big knot and use a Farrimond Friction Hitch to tension the knit to the door handle, I do believe. Some privacy is needed from the kids. I normally travel with rubber door stops and other door jam locks.
REAL AMATEUR...WITH ALSO THE BACKGROUND VOICES NOT SO PLEASANT TO WATCH THE VIDEO THOUGH....SURE IT WORKS BUT INFORMING THE HOTEL TECHNICIAN IS THE BEST THING I THINK!!!😊
Also be aware of the ceiling. I know something's due to experience. Some Establishment have a passage in ceiling that connected to other room where some of guess are employees in disguise where the owner of the establishment doesn't know the passage that been built in their property.
Isn’t the point of the video that those types of locks are trash? I’ve never fully trusted them. What’s the point of a lock that instantly opens if you turn the handle on the inside? Its like trading safety for the convenience of not turning a lock or using a key.
@RichardLucas I mean, I make sure all of my own doors fully engage the anti shim mechanism on all of my doors, including closets. Otherwise it's just a facade.
@RichardLucas very true! Most doors are wood framed and generally hollow cored, even aluminum skinned doors in businesses. Any sane person in the city knows modern doors only exist to give legal recourse against a break in, not to actually protect from a break In, though you can build doors and frames to actually offer protection.
You're still wrapping around the knob though. Unless the knob is shaped such that it only ever slopes towards the edge of the door, you're always going to have a lip to grip your line to.
So hold 3-4 pennies together. Slip them in the door crack, the space between the door and the door frame. There should be enough so that one penny will be too many. Holding them so that that one penny is in the middle of the stack of 3-4 pennies as you press that stack into the space. Then hammer the little stack into the space between the door and the frame. No one can push open the door from the outside…without a battering ram. To remove the pennies, place a butter knife behind the pennies and pull. They’ll come out easily. You’re welcome.
can't even tell you the last time i stayed in a hotel room that didn't have a key card and security latch on the inside of the door so even if the door was opened it wouldn't open more then a couple inches....
That is not a motel room door. That is in your house. It your motel or hotel really is having security issues , your should "knot" be there in the first place.
someday, some ggenius will invent a steel tool with a sharp edge and point - that will be able to cut rope - and then - this knot will have no practical use!
you must really have poor taste in hotels....but thanks for the advise tho and wasting my time...but given that just gonna leave this comment to even things out.
This channel like some cartoon show where hero solve all life problems with some wacky knots
This ranks extremely highly on the Bergdorff-Wilson Knot Specificity Index
What is the Bergdorff-Wilson Knot Specificity Index?
@@steeloniusIdk if it’s real, but if I were to guess, it sounds like a ranking list of how complex knots are. The more complex the knot is, the more specific steps one needs to know to achieve it. It’s like a ranking of how impossible it would be to make a know by chance, like inventing it from scratch. This one would be high because of how complex that last one was, and maybe because you need like 3 different kinds of knots to achieve this result.
Otherwise it’s a ranking of how niche knots are, like how these knots are specifically made to be a door stop/lock.
@@steelonius created in 1985 by Jim Bergdorff and Hank Wilson, the Bergdorff-Wilson Knot Specificity Index defines a scale of knot usage specificity, with 0 being a normal overhand knot, and 10 being the hybrid Klemheist/Trucker's/Evenk/Matthew Walker knot used by Wilson to tie his 1978 DF-2234 Stihl chainsaw to the customised bed of his 1970 Chevrolet C10 shortbed truck to stop it coming loose and injuring his Border Collie, Zeke, who liked to ride in the truckbed.
Not sure if that's real, but I absolutely refuse to Google and verify. That is one (chefs kiss) of an explanation
@@bn5055 Ok so it IS a ranking of how niche a knot is. Cool
After some testing, I've discovered that the same thing can be done with only one short piece of rope, the exact same diamond knot technique, and a blackball hitch (I think that's what it's called). It's even quick release if it's done right, though it may be a little less secure. Still works great though. Thanks for sharing this amazing and useful knot, even if I decided to modify it a little. The general idea is still great.
7:33 This "symmetrical knot" is called a Carrick bend. It's really good at joining VERY heavy/stiff rope or metal cable together.
Plus it looks dang good while doing it
Posting a knot video at 4 a.m. EDT while family is on vacation-- that's dedication. 😉
or perhaps pathological
A good bit of both I’d say! Haha
It's the only time you can play with a door without family members walking though while you try to make the video.
Gotta pay for the vacation
The Ashley Stopper! One of my favorite knots.
Oh my gosh, I don't understand how you know all those knots. Is it just like a gift that you have, seriously? I mean, because you obviously understand exactly what you're doing. It's amazing. Your knowledge of knots is beyond amazing! Thank you for sharing. 😊😊😊😊
It’s one of the things I’ve learned from his channel-once I learned a handful of basic knots, I started to kinda see how other more advanced knots use some of the same principles as the basic knots, or are even just different forms or combinations of them. And if you allow yourself to play around a bit, you can start to come up with your own ways of using cordage in ways like this for very very specific applications. And after that, I started to see how keeping cordage on my person was like carrying innumerable potential improvised solutions to unknown future problems. Small, very localized problems, maybe, but I love solving problems like that.
@@Kato414 Actually, that makes perfect sense. 😊 ...building on the fundamentals. Soooo cool. So many great uses. Awesome!!!!
He also reads/read a lot of books
@@Legit_SuperFall Absolutely...time well-spent! 🤩
@@sodbusteretta reading is for nerds
LoL, after I uncrossed my eyes from listening to the knot descriptions, I understood what you're doing and redid everything in my head with way easier to remember knots 🥴
Line diameter selection could be important, depending on the clearances in the door selected.
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This is basically the fork+handle, traveling door lock solution.
I have a commercial version but I can never find it when I need it so something I can fabricate at the last minute is probably what is most used.
I’m amazed at your level of innovation. Thank you for continuing to share these videos
Sei un genio
Da quando ti ho scoperto non vedo l’ora di vedere i tuoi contenuti sempre speciali.
Grazie
I'm all for solving all of life's puzzles with awesome knots (Oh boy, you've taught me many), but it would also suck to loose you (after you tie yourself in, slip, and hit your head)...
It's still a super cool knot!! Like a great way to quickly (and safely) hold a cabinet door closed when moving.
And I guess it's not thaaaaaat dangerous too.. someone could probably overpower it from outside if you were non-responsive...
LoL, most cabinets I've seen don't have the spacing to do this...
Very nice application of knot work! Well presented. If you would identify the knots more it would be more helpful, in my opinion. When tying the bosom knot keeping on your hand will ensure the running ends stay on the correct sides. Big fan, just trying to be helpful, not critical.
just a thought... you could create this setup in a ready to go form and sell it ~ could be big for you
Issue is the knots are outside of door which could be cut. A door wedge or chair could do same thing without it being noticeable
The knots are not on the outside, they are in the same space as the bolt, in the frame.
I thought this knot looked familiar. It builds on the Perfection Loop Knot. Difference being, instead of merely crossing over then pushing the lower loop through the top and tightening, you wrap 2x.
Advantage: Double Dragon. I used the Perfection Loop up until the first time I loaded it hard, and that thing won't come loose, but this one can still be untied after loading.
I feel like with a big impulse push that door will overcome those knots. But great idea! ❤
but then you'd hear it. so this at least stops the sneak, and confuses the enemy
There are commerical tools such as Addalock that work much better than a knot.
I'd like to see a knot to use with a measuring tape when you have have a helper to hold the tape in place at a spot that you can't stick a nail in but you could wrap rope around like a metal pole. I recently got by with your zip tie knot but I was hoping you'd come up with something even more clever!
The last frame of the video jump scared me when she opened the door lol
also this level of knots understanding it's like origami master with paper
thats awesome, im gonna try this one, cheers. iv used a fork before but jamming the handle so intruders cant push it down would be safer. ill look forward to that video
The Oysterman’s stopper knot!
Excellent diamond knot technique shown at 7:00 . TY
Not sure what you call the second knot, looping over the orange cord, but I have a question.
Why not use a Prusik around both strands? By going over doubled strands you have the diameter differential that gives greatbbite for a Prusik knot.
Did it fail in trials?
Just put a wooden wedge under the door 🧠
Quiet, you...
we are having a moment...
Can use both
Yeah, or just fit a decent lock and bolts.
@@wrongfootmcgee😂😂 yeah what's the fun for the wedge! 😂😂😂😂
@@TequilaDaveyou walk around with a dead bolt to put on your hotel door and then remove the dead bolt once you checkout after 1 or 2 days?
Another winner. You think like an engineer.
I feel like Deviant Ollam might be intrigued by this
“Hey honey, you wanna… go to the bedroom?”
“Sure, but the door doesn’t lock. Give me about 5 minutes to find some cordage and tie knots.”
“….. Never mind.”
Easier to make a big knot and use a Farrimond Friction Hitch to tension the knit to the door handle, I do believe. Some privacy is needed from the kids. I normally travel with rubber door stops and other door jam locks.
I need an adjustable paracord belt instruction.
Search for: Woodland Zip Tie. Tried it for a belt and it worked perfect :)
Very smart! 💛
REAL AMATEUR...WITH ALSO THE BACKGROUND VOICES NOT SO PLEASANT TO WATCH THE VIDEO THOUGH....SURE IT WORKS BUT INFORMING THE HOTEL TECHNICIAN IS THE BEST THING I THINK!!!😊
So, all they have to do is slice the knot from outside the door ?
This was knot the video I was expecting.
I just use a fork, quicker to deploy and easier to learn lol
This is ingenuity at its finest though.
Clever!
are you releasing the micro fins?
😮 I always put the wardrobe there and my bed against the door then sleep in the bath tub 😴
Also be aware of the ceiling. I know something's due to experience. Some Establishment have a passage in ceiling that connected to other room where some of guess are employees in disguise where the owner of the establishment doesn't know the passage that been built in their property.
I want one for securing bathroom stall doors with no working latch/lock
"Bloody brilliant !!!"
Fire marshal will have something to say about this one.
Diamond knot.
Kids have been walking in on Mom and Dad while on vacation. Dad McGyver’s new locking device with video how-to. Makes family late for Disneyland.
Every hotel that I’ve ever been to already has a deadbolt
I'd just call the desk & have them fix the lock.
Well aren't you clever.... no wait, the knot is clever, you're idea is acting dependant. Like a child.
Isn’t the point of the video that those types of locks are trash? I’ve never fully trusted them. What’s the point of a lock that instantly opens if you turn the handle on the inside? Its like trading safety for the convenience of not turning a lock or using a key.
@@RichardLucasExtreme safety risk.
@RichardLucas I mean, I make sure all of my own doors fully engage the anti shim mechanism on all of my doors, including closets. Otherwise it's just a facade.
@RichardLucas very true! Most doors are wood framed and generally hollow cored, even aluminum skinned doors in businesses. Any sane person in the city knows modern doors only exist to give legal recourse against a break in, not to actually protect from a break In, though you can build doors and frames to actually offer protection.
on my doors there is no room for a paracord between the door and the frame.!
What if its a door knob and not a handle? How to lock? Awesome concept though!!
exactly the same
as the cord stops the door from opening not the handle
Have you ever seen a knob in a hotel room door? I believe by law, all doors in commercial buildings must use levers, not knobs.
@@GruvisMutt I never said I wanna use it at a hotel.. 😅
You're still wrapping around the knob though. Unless the knob is shaped such that it only ever slopes towards the edge of the door, you're always going to have a lip to grip your line to.
So hold 3-4 pennies together. Slip them in the door crack, the space between the door and the door frame. There should be enough so that one penny will be too many. Holding them so that that one penny is in the middle of the stack of 3-4 pennies as you press that stack into the space. Then hammer the little stack into the space between the door and the frame. No one can push open the door from the outside…without a battering ram. To remove the pennies, place a butter knife behind the pennies and pull. They’ll come out easily. You’re welcome.
I usually just push the bar lock over the arm in my hotel rooms
interesting
For when you just don't have a spare fork! 😅
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In the UK if we carried around a marlin? Knot loosener and got stopped by police, they'd arrest us for carrying concealed weapon!..
Couldn't you just use the actual dead bolt?
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Why don't the locks just act as they should?!?
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Btw, congratulations on 250,000 subscribers. Well deserved. 300,000 here we come !!
If this is ever actually necessary, change hotels!
😂😂😂
Someone tell the author that there are scissors, or a blade, or even just a knife that can cut this rope!!!
can't even tell you the last time i stayed in a hotel room that didn't have a key card and security latch on the inside of the door so even if the door was opened it wouldn't open more then a couple inches....
I truly hope nobody uses this on their main exit door. In the event of a fire, I fear you'd be toast before you got out
I am going to guess ur a step dad xd
That is not a motel room door. That is in your house. It your motel or hotel really is having security issues , your should "knot" be there in the first place.
Thats some sketchy hotel keep booking them and thay wont change y safer in your car
In ogni camera d'albergo c'è una sedia. Basta prendere la sedia a infilare lo schienale sotto la maniglia
The chair can be too long, or too short.
@@domingopaz4587 ??in which hotels are you going at??
@@michelecalchera3443 Real life hotels, maybe, instead of perfectly conveniant sized movies'hotels
someday, some ggenius will invent a steel tool with a sharp edge and point - that will be able to cut rope - and then - this knot will have no practical use!
you must really have poor taste in hotels....but thanks for the advise tho and wasting my time...but given that just gonna leave this comment to even things out.
Just put a chair and keep your gun readily available
Don't Bark Dogs things will change one day.