Page 7 - Cliff Jacobson - Outdoor Knots

Contents

1 Choosing Rope

Types of Rope
Preparing a New Rope
Coiling Your Rope for Proper Storage
How to Care for Your New Rope

2 Knots

How Strong Are Knots?
Knots
Anchor (Fisherman’s) Bend
Bowline
Locking Bowline
Butterfly Noose
Bowline on a Bight
Cat’s Paw
Clove Hitch
Diamond Hitch
Figure Eight (End) Knot

Figure Eight Loop
Fisherman’s Knot/Double Fisherman’s Knot
One Half Hitch/Two Half Hitches
Two Slippery Half Hitches and a Round Turn
Mooring Hitch
Marline (Hammock) Hitch
Monofilament Fishing Knot (Clinch Knot)
Miller’s (Constrictor) Knot
Pipe Hitch
Prussik Knot
Sheepshank
Power Cinch (Trucker’s Knot)