Page 6 - Cliff Jacobson - Knots for the Outdoors

Contents

Preface

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?

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)