The Field Guide to Knots: How to Identify, Tie, and Untie Over 80 Essential Knots for Outdoor Pursuits PDF
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Acknowledgments Thanks for the loans of various materials, and for suggestions of helpful knots, to: Sandie and Brendan Sabaka; Tim Barker and Ed Eaton of Maine Sport; and Shawn Burke. Rachel Styer of Feather Weight did a great job shooting the massive photography program and keeping it organized, and was a pleasure to work with. Plus scones. Can’t forget the scones. This one’s for the Maine Canoe Symposium, the Penobscot Paddle & Chowder Society, and all my canoeing friends B.H. The Field Guide to KNOTS HOW TO IDENTIFY, TIE, AND UNTIE OVER 80 ESSENTIAL KNOTS FOR OUTDOOR PURSUITS Bob Holtzman author of Wilderness Survival Skills Contents Introduction Why This Knot Book? How to Use This Book What Knots Are Included? Why So Many Knots? General Guidelines for Tying Knots Safety Part One: Rope and Knot Basics Anatomy and Taxonomy Working Terms and Basic Shapes Types of Knots Finishing Knots Untying Knots Buying Rope Rope Construction and Materials Natural Versus Synthetic Fibers Caring for Rope Coiling for Storage Alpine Coil Fireman’s Coil Wrapped and Reef-knotted Coil Butterfly Coil Part Two: Foundation Knots 1. Overhand Knot 2. Slipped Overhand Knot 3. Double Overhand Knot 4. Overhand Loop 5. Single Hitch 6. Half Knot 7. Half Hitch 8. Slipped Half Hitch Part Three: Stopper Knots 9. Figure 8 Knot 10. Figure 8 Knot—Alternate Method 11. Slipped Figure 8 Knot 12. Stopper Knot 13. Sink Stopper Knot 14. Stevedore Knot 15. Heaving Line Knot 16. Monkey’s Fist Part Four: Binding Knots 17. Square Knot 18. Slipped Square Knot 19. Granny Knot 20. Thief Knot 21. Surgeon’s Knot 22. Surgeon’s Knot with Second Tuck 23. Strangle Knot 24. Miller’s Knot 25. Packer’s Knot Part Five: Loop Knots 26. Double Overhand Loop 27. Figure 8 Loop 28. Threaded Figure 8 Loop 29. Directional Figure 8 Loop 30. Fisherman’s Loop 31. Double Overhand Sliding Loop 32. Angler’s Loop 33. Bowline 34. Bowline with Stopper 35. One-handed Bowline 36. Dutch Bowline 37. Bowline with Two Turns 38. Water Bowline 39. Portuguese Bowline 40. Eskimo Bowline 41. Bowline on a Bight 42. Spanish Bowline 43. Alpine Butterfly Part Six: Bends 44. Water Knot 45. Sheet Bend 46. Double Sheet Bend 47. Tucked Sheet Bend 48. Three-way Sheet Bend 49. Flemish Bend 50. Double Figure 8 Bend 51. Carrick Bend 52. Zeppelin Bend 53. Hunter’s Bend 54. Ashley’s Bend 55. Fisherman’s Knot 56. Double Fisherman’s Knot 57. Blood Knot Part Seven: Hitches 58. Marlinespike Hitch 59. Round Turn and Two Half Hitches 60. Turn and Two Half Hitches 61. Taut Line Hitch 62. Buntline Hitch 63. Anchor Bend—Version 1 64. Anchor Bend—Version 2 65. Clove Hitch 66. Clove Hitch on a Bight 67. Constrictor Knot 68. Rolling Hitch 69. Timber Hitch 70. Cow Hitch Method 1: On a Bight 71. Cow Hitch Method 2: In a Sling 72. Cow Hitch Method 3: Over the End 73. Cow Hitch Method 4: With One Working End 74. Pedigree Cow Hitch 75. Cow Hitch with a Toggle 76. Mooring Hitch 77. Highwayman’s Hitch Part Eight: Lashings and Special-purpose Knots 78. Square Lashing 79. Diagonal Lashing 80. Sheer Lashing 81. Pole Lashing 82. Slip Knot Trucker’s Hitch 83. Sheepshank 84. Cleat Hitch 85. Prusik Knot 86. Klemheist Knot 87. Italian Hitch Part Nine: Whipping and Seizing Materials and General Methods
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