Knots

[subcanis]

Ok, I love Knots.
I've compiled a list of my favorites that I use most often while in the back country. Please add any knots that you find really useful to the list!!! (Also, if you see one here you're not familiar with, please ask! I'll be happy to tell you how i find it useful.

Overhand
Slip
Jam
Taught-line hitch
Lark's head
Cat's paw
Prusik
Bowline
Fisherman's (double/triple)
Half hitch
Clove hitch
Timber hitch
Marlin spike hitch
Siberian hitch
Trucker's hitch
Sheet/Becket bend (double)
Square
Figure 8 (on bight, follow-through)
Alpine loop
Jug
Snake
Lanyard
Monkey Fist

[SilvrSurfr]

Other than larkshead, prusik, slippery half hitch, and marlin spike hitch, my hammock rig is knot free. I don't want, or need to know anything else.

[subcanis]

Other than larkshead, prusik, slippery half hitch, and marlin spike hitch, my hammock rig is knot free. I don't want, or need to know anything else.

I'm down with your tidy efficiency! But how do you make a loop?

[SilvrSurfr]

I'm down with your tidy efficiency! But how do you make a loop?

Why do I need a loop? I'm hammock camping.

[subcanis]

Why do I need a loop? I'm hammock camping.

Wow, ok... apparently i have some learning to do!

[SilvrSurfr]

Wow, ok... apparently i have some learning to do!

If I'm doing something primitive, I'll make a loop with an overhand knot, but in general, it's not part of my rig.

[subcanis]

A wise person once said, "It is better to know a knot and not need it, than to need a knot and not know it."

[Phantom Grappler]

Other than larkshead, prusik, slippery half hitch, and marlin spike hitch, my hammock rig is knot free. I don't want, or need to know anything else.

SilvrSurfr--great knots for hammock camping--each of your knots can be tied in the bight (without access to either end) and do not jam as well as being quick release knots!


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[Phantom Grappler]

subcanis--you might want to add Farrimond Friction Hitch to your knot list. FFH can be tied in the bight--or in middle of rope ( I think it is the only slip and grip hitch that can be tied without access to either end. And of course it does not jam and is the only friction hitch that is absolutely quick release. Any knot that does not jam and releases quickly is great for breaking camp in a hurry--like when it's raining.
Suppose you have tied a knot, and it jams--you could speak in foreign tongues, or cut your rope! Or you can carry a polished wood fid (not the hollow kind), to work the knot out--without cutting. And there is my favorite way of dealing with a jammed knot. When a knot is real tight, it usually has a rounded shape--so if you can flatten this rounded shape to a flat or pancake shape--the knot has to loosen a bit to become flat. If rope is cheap, I just stomp on it on a rock or the floor. But if it's expensive amsteel, I put cloth or paper above and below knot before stomping on knot on a flat rock or floor. When knot goes from round to flat--it loses a bit of its grip and can be undone easily. Yelling helps too!


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[tstark]

A wise person once said, "It is better to know a knot and not need it, than to need a knot and not know it."

We have a saying in our industry (live entertainment): "Can't tie the knot? Tie a lot... and hope it don't slip."

My most used knots, camping, are:
Bowline
Tautline hitch
Square knot
Becket hitch
Timber hitch
Larkshead
Prussick