Alpine Butterfly Question

[OlTrailDog]

+1 on the Becket, aka sheet bend. Fantastic knot that many use as the go to knot for hammock suspension. Give it a try, I believe you will like it. Only down side is you would have a lot of hammock bling laying about

[Skytow]

Slept the last two nights with my stockHennesey suspension tied via Becket hitch to my tree huggers. Worked a charm and pulls right out when taking down.

I think you’ll like it. As others have mentioned very simple and no bling needed. Still like my bling on Amsteel!

JD

[warbonnetguy]

This is probably the lightest suspension option too...lightweight dyneema webbing becket hitched to a cont loop on the hammock. What a great knot.

[Snaps]

I've really come to love this knot. I've been trying it absent-mindedly at my desk for the past few weeks using a different method. This one doesn't require either end of the rope, either, and is really easy to remember. It requires that the rope be unloaded or only lightly loaded, though, unless your hands are quite stout (starts at 0:25):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2aRj8dQPRQ

[cmoulder]

I've really come to love this knot. I've been trying it absent-mindedly at my desk for the past few weeks using a different method. This one doesn't require either end of the rope, either, and is really easy to remember. It requires that the rope be unloaded or only lightly loaded, though, unless your hands are quite stout (starts at 0:25):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2aRj8dQPRQ

That's how I tie it. Truly one of the most useful knots around, and amazingly simple considering how it functions — it seems to defy physics.

[Snaps]

Until I posted this video, I hadn't tried to tie it as shown in the first few seconds... I like that method because you can precisely choose the point of the rope where you want the loop (right at the twist). The other methods are easy enough to adjust until the knot is cinched, though, too.

So now there are at least three completely different ways to tie this that I know of.

[bigbenny]

I like the double dragon knot that TacBlades has on YouTube. https://youtu.be/Nrk0BNAmIhw. It seems to have all the same advantages as the alpine butterfly.


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[OlTrailDog]

That double dragon looks like a very useful knot to learn. I don't think it is as beautiful or elegant as an alpine, but it does have advantages, e.g. around a fixed object.

[gmcttr]

... but it does have advantages, e.g. around a fixed object.

FWIW, the alpine butterfly can be tied around a fixed object as well. However it is easy to get wrong. If you are ever up a tree and need it, you better have practiced beforehand.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8dhTQwRp2A

[OlTrailDog]

Very interesting video. I would hate, to put it mildly, to stake my life on an ooooppps! I would say my go to knot for around an object has been a bowline with an overhand to back up the running end. Got to love the rabbit helping us out with knots for dummies.