Page 248 - Mario Bigon "The Morrow Guide to Knots"

KNOTS AND THEIR USE

Asthe reader will have seen in the previous pages, most (though not all) afthe
knots in this guide bear the stamp of the sea; and this, in fact, corresponds to
the history of this particular branch of human invention. Yet this does not
mean that if you know the characteristics of a good sailor's knot. you cannot
use it in other areas such as climbing or camping. The following summaries
may therefore be useful. The knots discussed in this book afe listed under the
four main categories in which they are most used: climbing, camping, sailing,
and fishing, giving for each activity a set of knots that would be useful to
know.
Climbing knots
Cow hitch page 57
Safety harness 244-245
Bowline 78-79
Rolling hitch 62-63
Heaving line knot 36-37
Guide knot 242-243
Reef knot 127-129
Figure~elghtknot 30-35
Carrick bend 138-137
Simple tackle 116
Clove hitch made on a ring 44-45
Double clove hitch 42-43.54
Ladder 238-237

Camping knots
Cowhilch 57
Angler's loop 98-97
Bowline 70-81
Running bowline 102-103
Knotted sheepshank 114
Artillery loop 98
Sheet bend 122-126
Multiple overhand knot 38
Highwayman's hitch 64-65
Heaving line knot 36-37
Tarbuck knot 106
Bill hitch 55
Hunter's knot 131