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Shayne Sim - 5 years ago

As a high rise window cleaning the figure 8 and I also like to use an alpine butterfly a fair bit as well. Great video thanks

Thanos - 5 years ago

These knots suck!! There's so many other's knots out there that are much more valuable! These have to be the top 7 nonprofitable knots!!

ahb boc - 5 years ago

appreciate the vid, +1 thanks!

Alexey Pyatkoff - 5 years ago

Dislike from colorblind!!!!))))

Eddie Martinez - 5 years ago

Welcome to another installment of "Why the hell is this in my recommendations"

Owl - 5 years ago

Im high and I don't know why Im watching this video

Eddie Martinez - 5 years ago

BROOOOOOOOOO SAMMMMEEE

c fedyszyn - 5 years ago

Well done. Very clear. Thank you.

salman Bajwa - 5 years ago

Thanks .... you did great...... nice tips and also shot cuts

TheGrindeveryday - 5 years ago

You must’ve been a Boy Scout

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No videos with 100 subscribers Oh yea yea - 5 years ago

Just HANGING around in the comments

PumpJack McGee - 5 years ago

Tried one for bondage but now my nuts are on the upside of my arse.

SKEF syamsul - 5 years ago

@5:40 is fisherman knot

HOLY HOTDOG TOASTER - 5 years ago

inserts furry joke

Manorama Bara - 5 years ago

Very good video. Explained very nicely❤

Alucard - 5 years ago

Great demonstration, clean video, well explained, but would love some use examples.. Guess I'll just try the knots and see which one fits what I'm trying to do

Iya Mhere - 5 years ago

Its tatical , is a good channel

Buildin' Whatever - 5 years ago

You did the clove hitch wrong

The Noodle Warrior - 5 years ago

I must say these knots definitely look impressive and I am willing to use them on most occasions.

However, if my life or anything of great value rides on these knots, I still prefer my kind of knot that I can't undo even with pliers.

Quel M - 5 years ago

Didn’t know anything about tying different knots.
Thank you YouTube recommended videos.

mixolydian2010 - 5 years ago

Clove hitch is also used in rock climbing for a secure non rotating knot on belays to a spike, which i have come across in quarry climbing. I have also used th e bowline in rock climbing to secure myslef to the rope through my harness. i have also seen it in making corn dollies were the straw is bundled and secured with the hitch before the dolly is started.

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Liyana Mp135 - 5 years ago

Tnx sir i am proud of you

ᅚ - 5 years ago

I still know how to do the hangman's knot till now

Banting Gamer - 5 years ago

thanks!

michael glaser - 5 years ago

timber knot. But you should really seek help.

M14lvr - 5 years ago

Great list but should include double fisherman imo

John Clark - 5 years ago

Great knots but SLOW DOWN. We are watching because we are new to these knots and want to learn them- not to see how well you know them.

Me - 5 years ago

John you dumbass

XTacos4DinnerX - 5 years ago

Just change the playback speed to a slower rate.

William Kauffman - 5 years ago

Great knots by a poor teacher. He goes way to fast and doesn’t give clear instructions

AsofohenMalik - 5 years ago

Great video but I found it too fast for a total novice like me, slowing it down repeating the steps would be great for a total beginner like me. Great video though thanks

Daniel Castillo - 5 years ago

This makes me want to buy rope.

Peni Lomu - 5 years ago

More secure to know this way

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Raven North - 5 years ago

Not sure if this is just wording... But every resource I've used, including various levels of training has what you call the "loose end" as the Working End, and what you call the "working end" as the Standing End.

InnerBark Outdoors - 5 years ago

yup you right, its a my bad

Andy Hayes - 5 years ago

Christian Jericho Quitalig - 5 years ago

So useful thanks

FoxyAlphaRogerTango - 5 years ago

Trucker's hitch would have been a good addition.

drus - 5 years ago

Always put safeties on square knot and bowline

get bent - 5 years ago

Good vid Innerbark! I use the bow line commonly for work and play!!

aljun dating - 5 years ago

now you're not a sissy

JFroMG - 5 years ago

why would you use the "round turn + 2 1/2 hitches. you can just use a bowline a lot easier and quicker or even a clove hitch and a safety

Vineetha Suresh - 5 years ago

A superb useful video

Dala Ibrahim - 5 years ago

Learned these in scouts heh

When you reach the second flooor ._. - 5 years ago

I like to experiment with ropes and try to tie it in ways I’ve never done before and make sure I haven’t been taught

juan gonzalez - 5 years ago

You can cut this down to the clove hitch, bowline, and taught line. Really useful especially to know those three.

lot maakchos - 5 years ago

Dayum baby, you got some nice hands. You ever think about doing some modeling work on the side?

Derek Mills - 5 years ago

A useful knot to teach would be the truck driver's tie'down i.e. a slip loop, pass around a fixed point, back through the loop and haul to tighten on the load, then tie off with 2 half hitches on the bight. Definitely the most useful knot I ever learned to keep stuff secure on a trailer for instance.

88SouthernMan - 5 years ago

Already know these thanks fer nothing

Josh Thomas - 5 years ago

Nice video. I suggest you update the video to 8 knots, the additional being the running bowline.

southern shop - 5 years ago

very well done subbed

cassy senda - 5 years ago

Love it i got an idea how to knot..

Slizz Nights - 5 years ago

What are some of the knots in my headphones called?

Michael Daray - 5 years ago

Those loops are called half hitches

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WmMaine - 5 years ago

Published three years ago and over 6 million views. That is impressive. Oh, the information about the seven essential knots ain't bad either. Nicely done.

ScouterStan - 5 years ago

All 7 knots tied correctly! This is one of the few knot tying videos that is correct on YouTube. Good Job! YIS ⚜

arron bingham - 5 years ago

I suck at knots

Aloke Surin - 5 years ago

Great instructional video - clear, concise, and easy to follow.

Thomas K - 5 years ago

I cannot knot those knots

Welton Wyrick - 5 years ago

JESUS SAVES!

nix33xin - 5 years ago

What kind of rope did you use? Parachute or else? what kind of rope did you use? Which is best for knot practice? @InnerBark Outdoors

InnerBark Outdoors - 5 years ago

Its an accessory climbing rope, id suggest something thicker so it's easier to untie.

shield707 - 5 years ago

@5:29...made it look easy... It's KNOT...

shield707 - 5 years ago

Excellent

InnerBark Outdoors - 5 years ago

Works every time! Try a Marlin spike tho :)

RockerKid360 - 5 years ago

Looks useless

Captain Cornhole - 5 years ago

A great variation of the Clove hitch is the constrictor if you want a clove hitch that will not come undone by itself ever. I would say that 2 of the most useful knots are missed. The fisherman's knot to tie two ropes together, which can also be easily modified into a barrel knot on a bite. The most useful knot I've found is the alpine butterfly. You can use it to remove damaged sections of rope so that the rope is still useful, it creates loops on the rope to create multiple anchor points for other ropes or places to clip gear and you can use it as an anchor. The most important thing to know about knots is to use the right knot for the application. There are a lot of them that will work, but one works best. Make sure you select the proper knot because in some cases an improper knot may look identical to the proper knot and the knot will fail. In some circumstances this could end in death, a prime example is if someone uses a slipknot instead of a barrel knot on a bite and choose to hang from that knot. Both will look identical, one will fail one won't. Great video though, lots of very useful stuff here. A little added note to everyone who doesn't know knots, the bowline is the knot tugboats use to pull large ships. You can put an incredible amount of strain on that knot and it will always be easy to untie, unlike figure 8 which is significantly harder after the knot is loaded.

Forrest Outdoors - 5 years ago

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Clorox Bleach - 5 years ago

great. all i need is some rope.

Leszek Chruściel - 5 years ago

hahaahhahaahahahahaha

Usman P - 5 years ago

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Ted Sevilla - 5 years ago

Very impressive I hope you do very well in the future you're video is excellent

Ballpark Franks - 5 years ago

Fast as crap you hope but Belinda I got you

Samuel Caron - 5 years ago

Great content, great image quality and great choice of music.

caahacky - 5 years ago

On the sheet bend - which one would be the thicker line? Thanks

caahacky - 5 years ago

Thanks

InnerBark Outdoors - 5 years ago

The one bent in half, thinner line goes through the eye and wraps. If the diameters are wildly diffferent, wrap more (your mileage may vary)

Dave Mello - 5 years ago

Great Video ! Clear Instructions !

Subtle Nature - 5 years ago

Most instructive, best video I've seen in a while! Well done! I just realized..its crochet!!!!!

LexFloyd - 5 years ago

Very clear and articulate, thanks. Although the crime thriller music makes it a bit creepy...

al leggs - 5 years ago

#7 knot is a variation of the fisherman's sliding knot

Just some guy - 5 years ago

Knot bad

tech things by SA - 5 years ago

nice explanation
loved it

EL G - 5 years ago

You tie them knots like a sissy.

Bryan Sanchez - 5 years ago

I needed this

Bryan Sanchez - 5 years ago

I needed this

Earliana Bailey - 5 years ago

instructions unclear currently tied to train tracks

game changer - 5 years ago

Which knot would be the best for attaching a camping hammock to trees, as it has to be strong enough to hold body weight

Matthew Kendall - 5 years ago

I think a slipknot is more useful

scott stokes - 5 years ago

good, but you missed the rolling half-hitch

al leggs - 5 years ago

The sheet bend is the knot you need 2 know when tying sheets together. When tied securely using the sheet bend the tied sheets will not come apart.
Prisoners escaping and needing to lower themselves from a high perch will want 2 learn this knot. However sheets can tear, inmates be careful & use caution when escape becomes necessary.

Layarion - 5 years ago

wish you could better explain in what situations these knots excel.

Jim Cook - 5 years ago

I came across this purely by accident but I’m pleased I did. Well done!

JL Murph - 5 years ago

The last knot is tied to itself similar to how a prusik knot is tied to another rope.

JL Murph - 5 years ago

Excellent video and explanation. Thanks

stephen odell - 5 years ago

Note: one factor in choosing between a square knot or the sheet bend if a heavy load or a lot of strain always go for the sheet bend. The square knot well jam and it is a nearly impossible to untie. And now you know how to tie a a figure 8 knot you have no excuse to tie a over hand knot. Tight hitch is also called a rolling hitch. A modification of it is called a stopper hitch and is used in tie up huge ships. This is the best teaching video on this subject I have ever seen and I have forgotten more knots then most have ever learned.

Tiarnan Bonnes - 5 years ago

I haven’t watched the video yet but is there a noose in the video cus I need to no how to tie that

Sam Uel - 5 years ago

Sheet bend knot was missing

AllOffroad 4x4 Adventures TV - 5 years ago

great video, very informative

yod bod - 5 years ago

The British merchant navy uses only a few knots ,all of which can be found in the Bosuns manual.
These knots have been tried and tested over thousands of years not just for securing but for ease of tying in very adverse conditions..The bowline is a sheet bend and two lines can be joined as if tying a bowline without the loop.
A clove hitch is dangerous when making fast to an irregular object
A round turn and two half hitches is the best overall securing knot.

Agate2000 - 5 years ago

Very well done fantastic tutorial.

Kurt Schmidt - 5 years ago

Couple things:

1) Never use the reef knot as a bend
2) The tautline hitch, well, is an ambiguous name. As shown, it's good around a spar. See also the Midshipman's Hitch. The 2nd turn is above the first, giving the standing part a nice twist under tension.

Mike Payne - 5 years ago

What about a double bowline? It's quick and easy. When used on a tow rope hooked to a typical tow hook on a pick up it's much stronger.

mark gutsche - 5 years ago

All of these knots can be used to tie up illegal immigrants at the border

Kim Him - 5 years ago

Which knot do I use to tie my shoes?

Johnnyrag12 - 5 years ago

What type of rope is that

Ivans bod - 5 years ago

Sheet bend(dubble) is also used for flags. Bowline for lasso?!

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Takingout thetrash - 5 years ago

Serial killers thumb up this video

Mc Ruff - 5 years ago

+Super Ducky Well it wasnt as much as he didnt get the joke he more was offended

Super Ducky - 5 years ago

+Mc Ruff he didn't get the joke
thats why

Mc Ruff - 5 years ago

+Super Ducky How is the a woosh?

Super Ducky - 5 years ago

+Subtle Nature r/woooosh

Epic get trolled noob Epic - 5 years ago

Didn’t know I had to explain a joke but since we’re here my joke was a suicide joke

lobmin - 5 years ago

@Subtle Nature why

Subtle Nature - 5 years ago

Stfu

f96 - 5 years ago

We saw this when I was a Boy Scout, and When I saw the (or you’re a sissy) everybody in the scout was like, yeah true.

Norbert Pecheq - 5 years ago

Great !! I must confess I know just two knots : One on my boots and second is this one for hang myself....both are very usable as well...

Carson Murray - 5 years ago

Nice, very good presentation of some great knots. For reference, these are the current required knots for Boy Scouts, minus the lashings. The figure 8 is not required but is taught

WeAllFamily - 5 years ago

Love the video but which one is a nose?

demetrisv08 - 5 years ago

Where can I buy this type of rope to practice

MegaJohnhammond - 5 years ago

what about a noose?

Joe Pieczynski - 5 years ago

Thanks for the lesson. Is there any way you could comment on the tie down method shown in this video? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcnBk1EvrXE&lc=UgxRlqGUXURipLu6-MN4AaABAg Some are calling this a clove hitch, but I disagree. Thanks.

binkyxz3 - 5 years ago

Midshipman's hitch is similar to but superior to tautline hitch. I would have included highwayman's hitch, also.

Rishi Menon - 5 years ago

i did knot know this. thanks for the video

Westley Howard - 5 years ago

Isuckfortnite Bot - 5 years ago

Your fucking quick bowline is absolute shit

Cheryl van Hauen - 5 years ago

It was the last one I had forgotten as I often need to tie down securely on my roof rack ..practicing now. Thanks!

Hagen Gilbert - 5 years ago

Thank you great video. Suggestion, possible to do it from a first person perspective?

Waxeye - 5 years ago

On the last one, also known as adjustable hitch, three passes gives a bit more grip

Trash Bino - 5 years ago

or your a sissy XD

Kenneth Burlingham - 5 years ago

Awesome knots

Kenneth Burlingham - 5 years ago

I can't take it anymore..

ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ-ΠΑΥΛΟΣ ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΑΚΑΤΟΣ - 5 years ago

i only knew that the figure 8 as u call it in English was used at the end of other knots for safety like at the end of a glove hitch for example (only with one rope).

Dave Kent - 5 years ago

It was a well done video, and he did mention, at least once, making sure that everything is lying flat (correct term "dressed"). But, he only seemed to be dressing the top part that was visible in the video after he had finished tying it. I noticed that at least twice I could see that there was an unnecessary cross over of the lines on the underside of the knot (or bend).
It should be noted that a consequence of tying any knot in a line lowers the working strength of that line. It further lowers the working strength to have any line cross over that is not required by the knot.
Still, very well done.

omar oyt - 5 years ago

it's not the knots it's the rope TBH

Travis Smith - 5 years ago

Good video not too slow and not too fast. You eplain well and I like that you use different color ropes really helps

Repent & Believe - 5 years ago

2 fast

Dr.Nadeem Qamar - 5 years ago

Love u

Event Horizon Productions - 5 years ago

Summary of this video:

"Here's knot #1 that's not a regular not that you should know"
"Why?"
"Because"

"Here's knot #2 that's not a regular not that you should know"
"Why?"
"Because"

"Here's knot #3 that's not a regular not that you should know"
"Why?"
"Because"

"Here's knot #4 that's not a regular not that you should know"
"Why?"
"Because"

"Here's knot #5 that's not a regular not that you should know"
"Why?"
"Because"

"Here's knot #6 that's not a regular not that you should know"
"Why?"
"Because"

"Here's knot #7 that's not a regular not that you should know"
"Why?"
"Because"

TJ Ellis - 5 years ago

I am 100% knot interested in this video. This is Knot useful information. I do knot care . Knot for me. I will knot subscribe.

TURKOGLU 06 - 5 years ago

Hi which one is better for suicide? Bowline or is there a better method?

Polymathic Perturbations - 5 years ago

"Release the Big Dog!" (Black Rifle Coffee add)

cnghiem67 - 5 years ago

Nice clear video that is easy to follow. Learned a couple nice things. Would have liked other knots though. Agree with rock climbing buddy who said why bother learn the bowline when the figure 8 is a much better knot with less chance of mistake. That is why rock climbers use them. Constrictor knot better than single hitch because less chance of slipping as you put it on. Also better alternative to taunt line hitch that is stronger. (Learned on another YouTube video.). Great tip from a female nurse colleague is to make knots quick/easier release by bending end and making it a loop instead of pulling the end through. So simple, can't believe I did not think of it earlier.

Murtaza Ali - 5 years ago

knots are useful but difficult

javier martinezpulido - 5 years ago

mil gracias,

Bill G - 5 years ago

Very clear and I will practice using you instruction, thank you.

Steven Jennings - 5 years ago

Awesome informational educational video experience Y'alls my life is now complete

Neretaire Amenhotep - 5 years ago

Great refresher!!!! Ty

Juan de los Ríos - 5 years ago

Thanks, great tutorial. Do you recall what was exactly the rope you used in the video?

blipco5 - 5 years ago

The most important knot is the balloon knot.

arkahoot - 5 years ago

That is a great video!

Kevin Hicks - 5 years ago

Aaaannnnddd....don't EVER use a reef knot for ANYTHING.

Halm Stad - 5 years ago

i do knot understand this

Jim Thompson - 5 years ago

Great video. Thanks for posting.

diana lynn ward - 5 years ago

good

graham skilling - 5 years ago

Square knot also known as a reef knot

Karun Devvarma - 5 years ago

Yes

Ben Paul - 5 years ago

This is horse shit

You need to know reef knot

And hangman’s noose

If you have hangman’s noose you have blood knot as well

Oh and just like a Normal knot like you tie your shoes with

Truckies knot as well, that’s super handy

That’s four knots, it’s all you need

Caleb Morgan - 5 years ago

Yay, I’m 7 for 7! I’m not a sissy! Seriously, tho, nice video bro. I’ve used every one of those many, many times as an arborist these past 20 years. Started with the taut line hitch for nearly a decade, but found the Schwabisch to be a better friction knot. Easier to tie and doesn’t bind under my weight like the old TL. Three loops up, then one down so that the bitter end and running ends are parallel. If they are opposite, like a clove hitch, that’s ok too, but it’s called something else.

I was also glad you mentioned dressing the knot. Most trouble people have untying knots are because they’re poorly dressed and sloppy

Shayaq Raza - 5 years ago

Last one is suicidal

Jhazier Gonzalez - 5 years ago

Out of seven I got 5

Douglas Delia - 5 years ago

Watching at 1.5x speed makes the music sound amazing

Winnie Wild - 5 years ago

Loved your concise demonstration!

mathesai ramakrishna - 5 years ago

thank you for your saying this subject

Danny Fubar - 5 years ago

Thank you for sharing, appreciated.

Livid Lover - 5 years ago

Seems like a concise vid. I just was knot following well enough and unsuccessful getting the knots to work like he did.

PSYCHOO16 PSYCHO - 5 years ago

Simply in awe of the knots

ImNoBSING - 5 years ago

Ohh thanks! I did knot know these ;)

InnerBark Outdoors - 5 years ago

You better knot make jokes like that again.

madan verma - 5 years ago

कोन सा भाषा बोलाथस यार येला छत्तीसगढ़ी मे गठान कथे भाई......

M B - 5 years ago

If you can't tie a knot tie allot.

InnerBark Outdoors - 5 years ago

First time I heard that was from a fellow lady Ranger

JUDALATION gamestrodamous - 5 years ago

How do I tie a noose?

Allan Gaudette - 5 years ago

Man, the best knot tutorial I've evvver seen! enforces my boyscout days. subscribed

Mohamed Nasser - 5 years ago

Slipknot

InnerBark Outdoors - 5 years ago

\m/

CreditDebitCards CostYouMoney - 5 years ago

Lots of knots-very good and nice to know...thanks for posting!

Clarence Amayun - 5 years ago

Thank you

Herbal Garden - 5 years ago

https://youtu.be/addme/EafB-necph-W2ltuRgAtN2hqteqWjw

Gartt - 5 years ago

i cant be the only one who thinks tying a noose is useful

Dayta - 5 years ago

even tho its well explained how to do them what i miss in those kind of videos are ... the reason for why this knot is used in a particular case and not the other knot . since when it comes down to every single knot is like -> its beeing use outdoors and aroudn the house (so outside and inside guess what thats everywhere) its not even a difference to at the end of the day not even worth mentioning since it doesnt seperate it from anything else its like saying .. this knot is beeing made with colored robes and also non colored ones. it has no meaning. what i think should be shown why certain knots are not working in a nother situation demonstrating why it has to be this and not another knot what made this or that knot beeing the best for certain situation otherwise its just like ... ok i can do all those things with just one knot that does the same thing all the others do. i hope you understand what part i feel is missing in those videos

Fiery Wolf - Levi - 5 years ago

there is only one knot i need to know

Düellocu Aga - 5 years ago

OwO

Ryuhitsuya 21 - 5 years ago

No noose?

Scott Bradley - 5 years ago

Boooooo! Didn't include the Constrictor knot or the trucker's hitch! Both are more useful on a daily routine than a figure 8 follow through (meaning absolutely zero ill intent to the figure 8, just most people don't climb on a daily routine) you are sissy if you don't include those knots. Constrictor for finding poles or for tying a bag closed. The trucker's hitch (or one of the many variants) for securing a trailer.

Matt McNeil - 5 years ago

Aren't a sheet bend and a bowline the same knot?

Edward Falk - 5 years ago

This is a great video. Very clear and very good choices of which knots to feature. Kudos for NOT showing sheepshank, overhand, or other bad but popular knots.

Sheet bend is also good when the ropes are the same diameter. In general, the sheet bend is almost always a better choice than a square knot.

Taut line hitch is also used in aviation to tie small planes down.

Sudstah - 5 years ago

88k viewers talking about knots!

benji07 - 5 years ago

The cover hitch isn't a knot... It's a hitch

RAMPRAVESH Kumar - 5 years ago

Nice video

. Jason - 5 years ago

I feel like I don't need to know how to do any of these.

Tim Johnston - 5 years ago

like to see you do a knot I seen once at a fishing wharf where after a big gale the lines were singing tight except for this one guy who could just grab a part of this knot and pull it and it was free.. No matter how tight the boats were pulling on it, he could get it loose in seconds.. da ya know that knot. that would be worth the while. Towing for one..

Hey Superman Look - 5 years ago

For impatient people like me who want an index so they can quickly go to the knot they particularly wish to see..

0:14 square knot
0:53 Clove Hitch
2:13 Sheet Bend
3:13 Bowline
4:17 Figure 8 Loop
5:43 Round Turn - 2 Half Hitches
6:38 Taught Hitch

John Ames - 5 years ago

it's funny that a guy who puts in the title "or your a sissy" also has perfectly waxed hands and trimmed nails as if he just went to the spa for the day before shooting the video, did you get a facial while you were there too?

Perktube1 - 5 years ago

You lost me on the figure eight thru a closed loop. But the rest was great!

Tetsu H - 5 years ago

Thanks !

basil abedallah - 5 years ago

Can any of these work when using cheap plastic rope?

Noob123 fortnite Lol you mad - 5 years ago

3:38 = suicide

Crown Arboriculture - 5 years ago

We rely on ropes and knots every day as climbing arborists. This video was straight out of the handbook from back in school. Very informative and well done. Lol I’d love to know who the hell disliked it and why.

jack watkins - 5 years ago

You know I really enjoyed your video. Hell the only two nights I know how to tie, are for tying fish hooks on, and I don't even know what they're called. My son work for asplundh for a few years, and then moved into transmission power line Construction. He ties all kind of knots and they work good I reckon. He gets up in the top of a tree or top of a pole and get up there and swing around and I don't reckon he's ever fell. He used to show me how to tie those knots but he was trying to do it fast and I guess I just couldn't keep up. But hey, just like I say that was a great video and I've saved it and now I can use my Hercules rope and don't have to cut the nod off every time! Oh I'll also be able to use the rope instead of chain and binder! Thanks and good day

Kevin Horn - 5 years ago

boo sissy shaming

Justin PH - 5 years ago

I though the same rope you used for the loop on the square knot was for the left over right loop...
My dad told me this because he is a mountaineer...

The Mysterious - 5 years ago

When your new girl a freak so now you gotta take boy scouts lessons again but on yt

David Edgar Quiroz - 5 years ago

Ur mising one knot ....ima nut on u lol tht one right there

uruiamnot - 5 years ago

Knot Impressed

Lake M - 5 years ago

The Bowline and Slipknot are the only ones you need for tieing shit down!

UNSPOKEN UNSPEAKABLE FAN - 5 years ago

Junjun - 5 years ago

No hangman knot? My fave one

George - 5 years ago

Why is the music so eerie?

Robo Masti - 5 years ago

Amazing videos with awesome editing✌️✌️
#RoboMasti

alvin mercado - 5 years ago

why your hand is so fast i hate the video

John Walker - 5 years ago

Good, well laid out instructional video - could have made it eight with my favourite sheepshank (used to shorten a length of rope without cutting it).

Dennis Morris - 5 years ago

Knot tying proficiency fascinates me.

Ed Reynolds - 5 years ago

TERRIBLE, right off the bat! This is to pass a skill on to others, right? Why are you showing hands opposite us? So you're showing how someone ELSE'S hands would do it? How are we supposed to manipulate the lines with someone else's hands? And who's going to remember that, or want or need to remember how SOMEONE ELSE'S hands do it? And what's left and what's right? Who's left and who's right? Then, you start flipping lines over one another BEFORE you explain what you're doing or going to do. Who would watch beyond that point? You've already boogered-up and confused any explanation and proven that you don't know how to pass on knowledge. Done. Thumbs down.

Ed Reynolds - 5 years ago

Contrary to the square knot rhyme that everyone has heard, which is "right over left, and left over right", these hands actually do "left over right and right over left". That reversal may work fine here, but it totally guts the rhyme. And using someone else's hands? Using a perspective that you yourself cannot duplicate (unless you start off by saying, "first, get someone else to tie the knot"), you might as well show someone else's feet tying the knot.

Cha Due - 5 years ago

Thank you and great video

Rocke Bryers - 5 years ago

I believe the last knot, the Taut-line hitch, is shown incorrectly.

DormantIdeas NIQ - 6 years ago

...and the slip knot, one of the most important, is missin', and the super most important a 'plastified' small chart you keep in your house, in your vehicles, on your key chain... as you will never remember hardly a one when you need it! but, hey! thou shal not bash the messenger. because your smart phone may prove to be useless at the very time!

MyCousinV1nny - 6 years ago

"Or you're a snowflake". Great video!

Lee McGann - 6 years ago

The nice thing about the bowline is it won’t slip out & you can untie it, no matter how tight it has been pulled.

Anjar Basuki - 6 years ago

anjar

Ronnie O - 6 years ago

Great Thanks much!

hirundine - 6 years ago

Thanks, for a good selection of well-tied knots. You mention climbing? So, suppose that is your point-of-view background? Anyway, thanks again for an entertaining 8 mins.

Sokol - 6 years ago

Practiced this with a pair of headphones, GF's gonna be maid untying 7 knots.

Sean Michel - 6 years ago

Captain of tieing knots

palisage - 6 years ago

Double fisherman's and trucker's hitch

Paul Correia - 6 years ago

Great job teach, u must have been in the navy, or popeye is your uncle, very good info. Tks.!!

Jada Ferguson - 6 years ago

Some of these were way to hard to do

OFFSITE88 - 6 years ago

Camera angle is wrong. It's difficult to follow what you do because you're facing your audience.

William Reynolds - 6 years ago

Very informative and well explained. Thank you.

Stephen Rigsby - 6 years ago

I think your bowline is wrapping around the trunk of the tree in the wrong direction. You should end up with the line end on the outside of the loop formed by the knot not on the inside of the loop.

Adam S - 6 years ago

Nice video. How do you stop the rope end from slipping out of the knot. Mine often does even when tied tightly. I usually put a big knot at the end, but is there another way

Andrej Jesenovec - 6 years ago

Sheet bend is the same as bowline.

Hamid Muslem - 6 years ago

nice work.
thks.

Bobby Doran - 6 years ago

whats the rush man? Pausing and rewinding effort.. dislike from me

William Barnes - 6 years ago

Fantastically informative. I intend on forcing my 16yr old to watch this video several times. As yesterday he was incapable of tying our pit to her run line.

David Standley - 6 years ago

I have some work to do this weekend and will rely on this. Thank you. Great video.

Douglas McIntyre - 6 years ago

Why is bowline pronounced "bow-lyn" rather than "bow-line"? Anybody? I'm guessing it goes back to a pronunciation used in Britain.

InnerBark Outdoors - 6 years ago

Like many nautical terms, they evolve over time (accelerated by alcohol consumption and different accents). Take for instance gunnel/gunwale because of gun ports on the deck of naval ships.

Abd Noury - 6 years ago

Wow I was too close to be a "sissy" , you saved my life :/

joe Recto - 6 years ago

55 years ago, I inherited my Father's 1944 copyright ( Doubleday) " The Ashley Book of Knots". To this Day, I still have it, and refer to it often.What an Excellent Book! I use Rope, and Cordage in many of my Recreational, and Professional activities.

rredhawk - 6 years ago

I remember some of these from Boy Scouts (Pioneering Merit Badge). Sheep Shank was another one they taught us but can't remember what it is used for.

AstroSurge - 6 years ago

Reef knot
Left over right, right over left bam.
I'm a kid.

I go to scouts hehe

zuhn - 6 years ago

Just tryin to hang myself found how too just saying thanks before I hang myself thankd

Republic Galaxy - 6 years ago

FOR FUCK SAKE... SERIOUSLY YOU FUCKING IGNORANT AMERICANS !!!! HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU NEED TO BE TOLD ITS A FUCKING REEF KNOT THATS IT PLAIN AND simple .....

P.S - The is nothing square about it.

Hassan alkash - 6 years ago

Great and useful vid,
Thanks for sharing

Rakshan Mitresh - 6 years ago

Please tell and give fisherman knot and round turn and two half hitches please send it faster I have an scouts and guides examinatiob

TilDeath1776 US - 6 years ago

Gotta splinter while tying knot, also got dick stuck in granny's knot. Need more direction asap

Cory Ave - 6 years ago

And kids also loved these knot tying.

allen bold - 6 years ago

excellent clear video

Meat Face 156 - 6 years ago

Thanks for this video. Very useful and helpful

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Harry Chen - 6 years ago

The Square Knot does not seem to be strong enough to link two lines. Disappointing.

Geoffrey Hattersley - 6 years ago

The first knot is more commonly known as REEF KNOT anywhere else in the world.

Jeff Hambleton - 6 years ago

Great videos. I just wish you'd go slower. It's frustrating trying to play back over and over.

bun bon - 6 years ago

Woooof! Thang God I'm not a sissy!

me me - 6 years ago

Well I’m a sissy anyway....lol

John Brown - 6 years ago

Best knot video I have seen. Thank you

Adrian train - 6 years ago

Bowline is pronounced "Bow Line" so like a bow in bow tie and line is like Drawing a straight Line..... not Bowlin like you're saying. Sounds like bowling........ you definitly miss pronounce or miss use alot of your knots...... not bashing on you, just saying...

BleedingRaindrops - 6 years ago

Great video, though I was taught that last knot differently. I was always taught to make the tail the same direction as the loop.

Robert Brunston - 6 years ago

Very good

John Limongello - 6 years ago

I suck at remembering these

Richard Tester - 6 years ago

Great video I knew 5 out of the 7 knots, but the two I learned were awesome

Go CPNG - 6 years ago

Peep The Music

Kevin the 'Center Venter' - 6 years ago

I did KNOT know this

you2tooyou2too - 6 years ago

Notice the bowline looks exactly like the sheet-bend. Also if improperly loaded (to stretch the bite) bowline, sheet-bend, and square-knot, all open(sink) into slip-knots.
The Clove hitch is 2 identical half-hitches, side by side.
The Taught-line finish is just a slightly modified clove hitch on a slip-knot.
...
All critical use nots should be backed with snugged half-hitch or overhand, even if they are 'slipped'.

irishtoffee 1 - 6 years ago

Very useful, thanks

KingPrintmaker - 6 years ago

Umm, i think i was technically a sissy before this video.

Stephen Odell - 6 years ago

I like this guy. he shows you how to tie the knots.

speedskis777 - 6 years ago

will that James Bond music cue every time I tie it correctly

Flabian - 6 years ago

The 7 knots:
- Square knot 00:06
- Clove hitch 00:47
- Sheet bend (+ double sheet bend) 02:06
- Bowline 03:06
- Figure 8 loop 04:08
- Round turn + two 1/2 hitches 05:39
- Taut-line hitch 06:32

Dave Max's - 6 years ago

Buy a Boy Scout Handbook.

TheBoostedBass - 6 years ago

I'm assuming by " figure eight loop " you mean a figure eight in a bight

Eric Portillo - 6 years ago

7 nots you need to no

Janice Lareau - 6 years ago

There's no video I keep opening it to play and there's no play button on it to play it

RTD - 6 years ago

Excellent instructions

inixio11 - 6 years ago

very neatly done. Good job.

Haider Ejaz - 6 years ago

number 1: noose

varsha tilavat - 6 years ago

Gjb

Coleen West - 6 years ago

I don't understand... Why are there so many different types of knots involved in sailing? Why not always use the same one (presumably the one that holds the knot best)?

Rajendra Bhosale - 6 years ago

really nice work!

ukspizzaman - 6 years ago

I learned the slip knot when I was a kid. Dunno why.

kuma - 6 years ago

Good informative video. Clear, simple & to the point. Thanks for that. BTW, you have a great speaking voice.

10 Mil - 6 years ago

A noose is better than the last knot

WalkMrJ - 6 years ago

5. is a woven figure 8. And you've found a really neat use for it. But the knot itself is used to tie off a cut line to prevent fraying and to prevent the rope from coming free (like you see in the movies). Also, in your last attempt, if you didn't twist the line, you wouldn't have had the twist in your final product. Tie it right or don't use it.

themonkeydrunken - 6 years ago

I thought the two half-hitches were supposed to be in opposite directions. Can you confirm which way is right?

eirini Moussiadou - 6 years ago

I know all of this cause i am going sailing

Ramnarayan Shukla - 6 years ago

Good works

HOLTZ SURVIVAL - 6 years ago

In my industry we call the "round turn 2 half hitch " knot , a pipe hitch !!! However we loop the pipe at least 5 times ..

666medojed666 jirka - 6 years ago

number 8 hangmans noose

mrbigheart - 6 years ago

this is awesome!!

James Brownmiller - 6 years ago

Very good video presentation!

Alin Catana - 6 years ago

I needed the last one (no. 7).... Thanks!

jagadeesan vediyappan - 6 years ago

Kevin Barry - 6 years ago

How about a sheep shank?

outdoorzone - 6 years ago

Your clove hitch demo was great and recommended but the single sheetbend is not good as it needs to be replaced with the double sheetbend which is much better! The tautline is a great knot I recommend the others are optional and not really necessary as the bowline can replace many of those!! Thanks for sharing!!!

Roland Kovalenoks - 6 years ago

I was so surprised that I actually knew all these knots yet I used to do commercial fishing back in the day

Sameer Pradhan - 6 years ago

Thanks bro.I want to learn more tricks from u,so can u plz,.....

AlexanderTheGreat - 6 years ago

The last one is one of my favorites as well

Touka Kirishima - 6 years ago

actually it's 8

sknight11b - 6 years ago

I need a knot that is stong enough to pull with and easy to release. I’m pulling a conveyor belt with a truck and tired or cutting bad knots

YeezyMania 350 - 6 years ago

Not how you tie a clove hitch

Just Dew It! - 6 years ago

Taut line is hands down the best around-the-camp knot. Nice vid

me maw - 6 years ago

Finally have a use for a few feet of loose paracord now. Thanks m8

FUNCTIONAL CONTRACTIONS - 6 years ago

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l8ZpjsZo0-A

J Gallagher - 6 years ago

LOL...he repeats himself describing the use of each knot...they are all for "boating, outdoor, and around the home"—the only one that had a practical example was the axe handle, the rest aren't clear how they are used. He also doesn't explain terms like bight, jamming, dressing...which seems odd since this in supposed to be an introduction to basic essential knots.

Debee DiMenichi - 6 years ago

I'm trying to tie a kudzu vine to a hook in the ceiling with fishing wire. I'm using it as a curtain rod and the gnarled vine is too heavy on one side. What knot do you suggest?

chesshooligan 1 - 6 years ago

In summary, all knots are used for boating/sailing, outdoor, home & garden.

Radman SA - 6 years ago

Cool! Thanks for sharing such a good clear instructed video

GrimReapeter - 6 years ago

is this just normal paracord you used?

Walking Trek - 6 years ago

Very interesting video

Christopher Young - 6 years ago

A hitch isn't a knot
Figure 8's weren't dressed correctly.

world free - 6 years ago

These knots are taught to Scouts and Guides specially for various purposes

Paul A - 6 years ago

5:46 This one is dangerous. If you pull with your weight it goes.

lynx yellow - 6 years ago

You may think of demonstrating the buntlilne - deceptive simple but works well, and adding one more turn in the inner loop turns it to one that is as functional as a taut-line hitch.

Bryce Strong - 6 years ago

Outstanding. Very professional and easy to understand. Where did you purchase the rope used?

forgotten57 _ - 6 years ago

I never really learned how to tie knots so I was self taught but they never lasted long so I did the best things

Search it up and boy it was handy

Chasengunz Outdoors - 6 years ago

Enjoyed the video. Keep up the hard work. Be blessed

Eider Joselito Chaves C. - 6 years ago

Thank you!

Barbara G - 6 years ago

Great video, I learned a lot from this and thank you for posting it.

J Shysterr - 6 years ago

It's so useful to know all these knots. I only know how to tie my shoes.

lynx yellow - 6 years ago

I practiced knot tying and this one shows the different ways of doing clove hitch or figure eight.

ripperr roo - 6 years ago

Congratulations for tying the knot!

Dub Siren - 6 years ago

perfect, thank you !

Todd Bollinger - 6 years ago

Thank you, InnerBark Outdoors, and thank you, Boy Scouts.

402RFC - 6 years ago

doing video instruction should be from the instructors point of view for all the instruction

Lovell Rodriguez - 6 years ago

You.have.to.much.time.on
Your.hands

2012truth1776 - 6 years ago

The Double Sheet bend, created the - Pi- symbol, interesting.....

Jacob - 6 years ago

Best knot tying video on the internet!

Amy Luna Manderino - 6 years ago

"or you're a sissy?" Fragile Masculinity Alert

yeetus that fetus - 6 years ago

The only knot I need is a hangmans knot

AntumDeluge - 6 years ago

I need to practice that taut-line hitch. Looks like just what I need.

ii_ _bubblegum - 6 years ago

I know all these I'm in the sea cadets and I can tie all them in 10 seconds

S D K Sadhana - 6 years ago

Thank you
Easy to understand
Well explained

BigBrown Dad - 6 years ago

True story: I had no belt today and my pants were falling...so I bought paracord and used the Taut-line knot. Thank you. Great knot.

David Madison The Guardian - 6 years ago

Appreciate this video. Learned a faster way to tie that bowline; and then learned about the taut line knot. Still working on figuring out how to tighten that taut line when I have it where I finally want it.

Great stuff and highly useful.

Figured out that the sheet bend can easily be converted to or from the square knot or the reef knot.

avrumi solaimani - 6 years ago

lol u failed at the sheetbend u got to wrap around the long end side

Claude Bussieres - 6 years ago

I hadn’t practiced my knot-making in quite a while. This guide will be handy now that I am a boat owner. Thanks for this!

Man Kind - 6 years ago

i will be ready for zombie survival now!

Red Eye - 6 years ago

The 6 is what most people use. Ive seen number 7 used for primitive rope trap.

Brother Kash - 6 years ago

Basically they're all used in sailing, outdoor, garden and home lol!

Joe MeLampy - 6 years ago

Is the 6th one, the “Round Turn + 2 half hitches”, also known as a backhand hitch?

David Lomm - 6 years ago

Wouldn't the Bowline Know be pronounced as "Bow-Line" Knot ?... Like,... Tying a knot into the Bow Line of a boat to secure the Bow ?

grantorino2009 - 6 years ago

Simply outstanding.

SONG RAJVEER SINGH HOLKAR - 6 years ago

अतिसुन्दर व आकर्षक गांठें ।
धन्यवाद जी।

Caitlin StyPayHorLikSon - 6 years ago

I....don't.....get....it!!!!!

jacky chan - 6 years ago

Thanks for training

Anglish Sam - 6 years ago

Thanks for this knowledge.. Sir

Stupid Lucas - 6 years ago

You forgot the nuse

Envy West - 6 years ago

Testing myself:
Platte knoop
Paalsteek
Slipsteek
(forgot)
Dubbele achtknoop
(Forgot)
Dubbele paalsteek (i think)

I remembered 5 out of 7. Not too bad

Matthew Tullis - 6 years ago

Sapper, you are a no go at this station

Carla Araujo - 6 years ago

Awesome video thanks for sharing

bumboclat - 6 years ago

Nice explanations! Why did you not include the marlinspike and the prusik? I find those two super useful

Raaj Parkour tutorials - 6 years ago

Great Sir

Maravarman Manoharan - 6 years ago

very much helpful Thanks

DJay J - 6 years ago

Finally a video that shows a correct taut line hitch!

Shadow Blade - 6 years ago

Where is the slip knot

Shadow Blade - 6 years ago

Reef knot also can be easily done with only 1 rope

BrokenCurtain - 6 years ago

Personally, I prefer the constrictor knot over the clove hitch. It's so much more secure.

D'lish Donut - 6 years ago

I feel like the bowline knot is all you need for most of the functions demonstrated.

rintusss rintusss - 6 years ago

I have learned these during my school days..in BHARAT SCOUT AND GUIDE....
These are really really useful knots..
Thank you for sharing these ..
Good demonstration brother

Tad Richard - 6 years ago

Two things make this the best video on knots I've seen: 1) You explain the purpose of each knot. E.g. The sheet bends is used to join two lines. 2) You show the knots in context. E.g. How to tie the clove hitch around a post with an exposed end; how to tie it around a post without.

Great job.

Dan The Outdoors Man - 6 years ago

Thank you guys for taking the time to make this very easily understood great job

AJohnson0325 - 6 years ago

The alpine butterfly is a really handy one too even if you are not a climber. There are literally whole books written just on how to tie knots because there are so many.

Douglas McIntyre - 6 years ago

Thanks for an excellent "how-to" video.

Pretty Prudent - 6 years ago

Is this a Joke? These knots are not even secure.

Steve Koschella - 6 years ago

The tautline hitch is one of the best, but most poorly applied knots, and one of the most common to fail. It is important to determine the degree of friction your cord possesses. If you have "slippery" cordage you may need to apply a third starting turn, and then ensure that you cinch the knot well before employing it.

I usually end the knot with a slip knot rather than pulling the cord right through. This allows for quick release regardless of how tight the knot becomes. But with very low friction cordage I always use prussick loops.

Naveen.lic5855 Sati - 6 years ago

It is too good and helpful for me becoz I am going to tritiya sopan

Dave Stansfield - 6 years ago

Taut-Line is my favourite. I like to use it while camping as it has so many uses.Tents, tarps, or anything else requiring a line to be tightened. Very easy to loosen also.

Kirai - 6 years ago

Great video. Clear and well recorded/positioned. This was very useful for every1 no matter which situation they get into

Isomer Mashups - 6 years ago

Wait... is a taut-line hitch also a noose? XD

Isomer Mashups - 6 years ago

Why the hell am I watching a knot-tying video at midnight?

JosefKKafka - 6 years ago

A really good and clear presentation. Also, the "Chat" is kept to the bare essentials. Thank you.

Jim Carter - 6 years ago

This excellent, covers the essentials.

Roman Blanks - 6 years ago

What's the best knot to use to securely tie someone to a chair?
Please let me know quickly - they are about to regain consciousness.

Joking aside, very helpful video, good clear demonstrations. Thankyou.

Junb Gurung - 6 years ago

Good job I learned from this clip thank you.

Choco Lanai - 6 years ago

I want to know a knot use for hanging myself

Ofbaserion - 6 years ago

Unintentional asmr.

Roger Whittle - 6 years ago

I hate to be 'pickie', but I don't think the Rolling Hitch (Taut Line Hitch) was quite right? We used to do it this way for years, until an ex Sea Scout from Dublin showed us we had it wrong. ('We' being Scout Leaders who teach knots and lashings to our kids.) In the same orientation as the film, you go round the object (tent peg, eye bolt, whatever) and do your first half hitch around the standing part. The second half hitch should cross the first and 'squeeze into the notch' between the half hitch and the working end. To the left of the first half hitch. If you have it right, it should sort of 'click' into place. Finish it as per the film, with a half hitch to the left of the crossover. They both work, but this way makes 'a lock' that is less likely to slip - unless you want it to.
I like the 'twist twice' to get a Figure Eight - I'll use that in future - and well done for the Double Sheet Bend (rarely mentioned and very useful) and the Follow On Figure Eight.

Shane Miller - 6 years ago

A taughtline hitch has 4 loops , not three. Try the blacke hitch instead. It doesnt unroll like the taught is prone to.

Shane Miller - 6 years ago

A proper clove hitch is followed by 2 half hitches.

DeathDragon7050 - 6 years ago

For the last one just tie a noose it’s easier

Michael Wanyo - 6 years ago

Thank you for this

SNAFU - 6 years ago

fuck you

Anthony Johnston - 6 years ago

tacnical smart - 6 years ago

Sopab video fand

Plague Doctor - 6 years ago

No quick release knots or knots that are easy to untie after bearing a large weight? I don't think you thought through the "essential" part very well, and may in fact have landed on "knots I like" or "knots I use for my specific hobbies". Not very smart m8.

Aerospace Engineering 1 - 6 years ago

Navy?

Anuradha Patil - 6 years ago

very good ..useful information

Rhys Beer - 6 years ago

Whats the best knot to keep tention on the rope and hold for a long period of time.

Paulo Gutierrez - 6 years ago

XD for the last one I had to view it on slow mo in order to make it

AnteConfig - 6 years ago

I wonder if tying knots is something that ninjas studied.

Emre Türker - 6 years ago

Thank you very much. Perfect explanations.

Daniel Andrews - 6 years ago

I don't know if it's a difference in terminology but during your clove hitch demonstration, you said "pass the loose end over the working end" which is different to what I've been taught through years at sea, and I'm quite sure it's wrong. What you call the 'loose end' is actually called the 'working end/part', and what you're referring to as the 'working end' is actually the 'standing end/part'. It's a small mistake but if I was to explain these knots to somebody who had previously watched this video, they'd probably be confused.

'Working part' - The active part of a line tying a knot
'Standing part' - The inactive part of a line

blake murray - 6 years ago

WAY to fast, for a beginner like me there knots are exactly what I need but your going at a a pace 3 times as fast as I go. Good knots, bad video.

me maw - 6 years ago

blake murray you could always just slow the vid down

fred video - 6 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUMtaIvEjck clamping big wire

Doom Smythe - 6 years ago

Fuck u

David Mujirishvili - 6 years ago

Thank you now I can hang myself easier

Subtle Nature - 5 years ago

Oh grow up

MerlinsJester - 6 years ago

The Carrick Bend trumps the Reef Knot. It doesn’t jam when wet, and compromises the strength of the lines it bends much less.

Nick Dawn - 6 years ago

One of the things that is beneficial with these knots often not said is that besides of how effective they are, they are easy to take apart. They don't bind like regular ones.

Stanislav Bonev - 6 years ago

Please have this video removed!!!
Bout knot eight shown are wrong!
Please take precautions!
Someone will die because of YOU!!!

Marc Burzynski - 6 years ago

you are doing the bowline knot incorrectly

Huntz Kushe - 6 years ago

The knot gods have spoken!!

FLORIDA MAN - 6 years ago

I can’t even tie my shoes and im 30 yrs old. Still wearing velcros

rigman031977 - 6 years ago

Thilly Thailor that is the #1 reason I prefer a good pair of boots.

PPP AAA - 6 years ago

Hey genius, how many loops are you dealing with. Thumbs down hombre!

Phenomenon Gaming - 6 years ago

U forgot the most essential one,
The noose

Dan Kelly - 6 years ago

This video will explain everything to you technically and give you the %'s of strength etc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL8ZYNuVMLM

Dan Kelly - 6 years ago

The clove hitch is not a knot. The sheet bend is not a knot.
btw there are two different bowlines. One is slightly stronger than the other. Innerbark I leave it as an exercise to you to learn and you should explain to people the difference and the % difference in strength.

Evan Price - 6 years ago

Bowline is easily the most important knot to know

chesshooligan 1 - 6 years ago

I disagree. The square knot allows you to tie your jumper (sweat shirt) around your waist without it falling, and has many other uses in everyday life. Most people don't sail, and the bowline is very rarely used in climbing. Even the prusik, which isn't included in this video, is used a lot more often in climbing than the bowline.

Jeffrey Crawley - 6 years ago

Just learn the sheet bend - it's the SAME thing only on a bight.

PartiZAn18 - 6 years ago

"The King of Knotsć

Dan Kelly - 6 years ago

Yes definitely the most important and applies to so many different situations.

Adrian Reimer - 6 years ago

Quite usefull. Knot.

DeathRunner7564 - 6 years ago

0:14 square knot

0:53 clove hitch

2:13 sheet bend

3:13 bowline

4:16 figure 8 loop

5:45 round turn + two 1/2 hitches

6:39 taut-line hitch

hope this helps

ahb boc - 5 years ago

liar -don't try to claim technical claims here...

Mick Stupp - 5 years ago

The Lyons Moving and Storage guy who brought our furniture to us in 1965 taught by dad and me what he called a 'mover's knot'. It's the same as a round turn, but instead of tightening down on the hitches, he spaced the loops 3 to 5 inches apart. It requires at least 3 hitches though ... and 4 or 5 if the rope is slippery nylon. The beauty is it is loose and unties quickly because the loops are separated and spaced apart from each other. Most useful knot ever. It NEVER will slip or cinch up on you... useful when tying something down or pulling on something.

Kevin Stempien - 5 years ago

+Dan Kelly well the average person doest know the difference I doubt people are searching for hitches you need to know

Dan Kelly - 6 years ago

Note that he calls all of them knots which is incorrect.

Ben Nutley - 6 years ago

I swear sailors must be the most bored people on the planet coming up with so many thousands of knots.

InnerBark Outdoors - 6 years ago

Yeah, look at celtic knots!

jeremy branham - 6 years ago

Thanks Andy! This is good stuff

John-lee Swann - 6 years ago

Excellent easy to follow guides. Well done.

Sunil Garje - 6 years ago

Where did you get your rope from ?

InnerBark Outdoors - 6 years ago

The rope store. Kidding. I got a length of this stuff at a climbing shop near me old place on the edge o' town.

SPIRIT DOT - 6 years ago

Boss man, you are demostrating the knotting methods waaaaay to fucking fast!! Thanks though.

Erlend Jørgensen - 6 years ago

Too fast. I can't follow

H reyes - 6 years ago

MWTC comes to mind whem i saw this..without the prusik and fishermans knot i think

TheVJProduction - 6 years ago

This beard miraculously grew out of no where on my face after watching your video. Now im ready to concur all the 7 oceans.

Science 2020 - 6 years ago

Why isn’t there a noose? Not for hanging, but for boating

Dan Kelly - 6 years ago

I think you mean a splice. You can learn that in 5 minutes.

InnerBark Outdoors - 6 years ago

Never needed a noose for the type of boating I did, but we did use a monkey's fist for a mail line.

Shahma Chulliyan - 6 years ago

this video very help for my guides ts exam

Robert Windmeyer - 6 years ago

I always had trouble finding the right knot to use during various situations, thank you so much.

Tributary House Ltd. - 6 years ago

Neat, my tenure as a boyscout is easily justified.

Remember when boys used to learn boy shit by doing boy shit out where it's dirty and nobody bitches about safe spaces and being offended?? Oh... I've offended somebody by calling knots "boy shit"?? Better bitch about it in a safe space.

Now I'm sad. I'll go tie some knots and beat shit with an axe.... if it doesn't make me smile, it'll at least make me ripped!

Nick Efstathiou - 6 years ago

In your video you use two different color ropes which makes it so easy to follow, thanks.

uday sharda - 6 years ago

I thought knots we're difficult but these knots seem so easy

Сергей Алешкевич - 6 years ago

Восьмерка с перехлеснами！

Gary Norris - 6 years ago

Superb

boashna - 6 years ago

I am all knotted up amazing

Tyler Campbell - 6 years ago

Great video was looking to learn about loops and tying knots. You should use it on objects so that we can see how effective they are

Amazing 10 - 6 years ago

4:19 strong

Bobby Peru - 6 years ago

ight but how do u tie a n o o s e my guy

Chitla.Vijaya Sagar Reddy - 6 years ago

Nice

Chrisdent619 - 6 years ago

Just subscribed! Great stuff cant wait for more

Brendan Quirke - 6 years ago

Lukeamania - 6 years ago

I'm going to watch this video and practice until I have them all memorized. I'm going to the Boundry Waters this summer and I want to know all these.

Spewedonyou - 6 years ago

Great presentation and clear instructions. Nice job.

Wilson Quelnat - 6 years ago

interesting..

Im Zinox - 6 years ago

A little too fast my dude

Louis Drexel - 6 years ago

The reef knot- for reefing a sail. Reefing a sail means taking a section of sail and tying It Off to the boom or mast to reduce its size in the Advent of a storm.

Patrick Ramos - 6 years ago

Nice!

How to Knot - 6 years ago

Excellent presentation, very clean and organized!

DonutsRYummy - 6 years ago

Cool that last one is like a more advanced slipknot

Matt Josephson - 6 years ago

I cant like this video enough! Great explanation and filming. I wish I took the small amount of time to learn these before, very useful stuff here, no more double overhand knots for me! thanks!

MountaineerOutdoors - 6 years ago

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jaramaya hayes - 6 years ago

Great video I’m a Eagle Scout and I now teach my Boy Scout troop knots

Beyond This - 6 years ago

Very well done video and instructions. Nailed it. Thank you

Lynda Payne - 6 years ago

I make a bowline from a slip knot. Is fast and makes the bowline more usefull.

Yves Tessier - 6 years ago

Noob

Tengooda - 6 years ago

Warning about the sheet bend: it is NOT easy to undo if the rope has experienced a very heavy load. I use a portable winch for hauling timber that exert a force of up to 1000 Newtons (aka one tonne) with a 12mm diameter non-stretch rope. I generally use bowline knots for joining and have never had any difficulty in undoing them however high the load - it is always easy to do so. Today I decided to use a sheet bend to join two ropes together because it is slightly simpler and quicker to tie a single sheet bend than using two bowlines - but I found it very difficult to untie the two ropes. After about five minutes of struggling I had to resort to using a metal hook to prise the ropes apart.
So, maybe the sheet bend is easy enough to undo if the load is small, but it should not be used where the applied load is very large.

chesshooligan 1 - 6 years ago

1,000 newtons is not one tonne.
1 newton = 1 kg * 1 m/s^2
1 kilogram-force = 1 kg * 9,8 m/s^2 = 9.8 newtons
1 tonne = 1,000 kgf = 9,800 newtons

DontFear Respect - 6 years ago

Great explanations, I think a few examples would have been good

ronnie doorzon - 6 years ago

i use alot of those knots, but never knew how they were called.

0MindSwept0 - 6 years ago

Most of these are pretty simple, but I had to speed up the video to make it watchable

Rex & Meh - 6 years ago

I am in Boy Scouts so this is very very useful

The elephant In the room - 6 years ago

With the music I though I was getting a mission briefing in the Vietnam jungles

Nizo Dizo - 6 years ago

I like your knots but I need knots that can be easliy untied. I am not made of tie money you know.

Pravin Shety - 6 years ago

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TooRouxlsForKaards - 6 years ago

Okay but where's the noose.

Russel Walker - 6 years ago

Excellent presentation of useful knots. However I can't ever reccomend actually using the clove hitch and its always worth mentioning that in a sheet bend the two tag ends (end parts) should end up in the same side. Also a double sheet bend should be preferable to a square knot (reef knot) and a zepplin preferable to that (if both lines are the same diameter).

Arther Casillas - 6 years ago

3:14 Bowline

s6th - 6 years ago

Fantastic! Great selection of knots, great explanations with nice bright colours and depictions of the tying process without some dudes hand in the way. Something to share around for sure.

Guddu Sahu - 6 years ago

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Brian Foster - 6 years ago

The square knot is also known as the surprise slip knot. Enough pressure in the wrong way will force the unwanted change. It's not a good knot. It just looks nice because of symmetry

Annemarie van Riet - 6 years ago

nice, Ilike it.

lazynut - 6 years ago

Non of this knots ever be use for. Sooo useless.

Chewy Frog - 6 years ago

Perfect beautifully presented knots and nice fingernails too.

/b/ Tard - 6 years ago

The noose is the only one I need...

DaZZlAck385 - 5 years ago

u still alive man?

Radhey Lal - 6 years ago

/b/ Tard and

edi - 6 years ago

2 of them I didn't know and 2 I dislike, because they are unreliable (bowline and the combination of two ropes). I missed a self tightening loop and a hitch that can be pulled in the direction of the poles end without slipping off. Also a quick release hitch would be a good addition.

Ben Zun - 6 years ago

All my scouts know these knots

Here to hear - 6 years ago

Great video! I believe I've been working the "forget me knot" too much. Great to review.

Love2Wander - 6 years ago

Good info thanks for sharing

RandomPokecenter - 6 years ago

The bowline is perfect for when you think life is getting too hard

John O - 6 years ago

Very clear and easy to understand, learned a lot. Thanks!

utomo pandu - 6 years ago

thanks

Elsa Livazo - 6 years ago

The best video of all.
Mate ,10 seconds of the video you allready show the knots.
Many of then last 12 minutes approximate.
At half of the video still talking and talking stupid things that have nothing to do with the knots.
You explanations is a pleasure tho watch. Sorry for my English and thank you.

André Carré - 6 years ago

Très belle demonstration bravo ,vu par un connaisseur .

strange lee - 6 years ago

These are great! They will be very useful for my hobbies.
What knots would you recommend for wrists and ankles?
Also, what sort of rope can carry an electrical current and is machine washable?
Thank you.

MEEP MEEP - 6 years ago

why do i need to know 7 if i only wanted to hang myself ?

Thomas Wilson - 6 years ago

a clove hitch needs tension applied to both ends to stay tight. using it to tie a boat to a pier piling may result in a lost boat. it was mainly used in sailing ship days to secure rat lines to rigging.

InnerBark Outdoors - 6 years ago

For your application you mentioned, a round turn and two half hitches would be my weapon of choice.

Skrr Drippy - 6 years ago

I have a problem. My mom is trying to push my hairline back in my sleep. Is there a knot I can do that is very hard to undo, but possible to untie?

Skrr Drippy - 6 years ago

I’m tying the strings on my hoodie.

CArlos L - 6 years ago

Outstanding!

Hanz Flackshnack - 6 years ago

Sitting hear with some nylon rope. Took me about an hour and a half to commit all seven to memory xD. The video is clear and concise. Your help is greatly appreciated

InnerBark Outdoors - 6 years ago

Now go impress the shiznet out of people!

Kay Sutton - 6 years ago

Thank you, haha I now have rope all over the couch, but great learning

Musketeer of Mountains M - 6 years ago

Essential Knot You Need To Know

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs0mEOK90bs

John Gonzalez - 6 years ago

Could use this video for welding

Mawo Duffer - 6 years ago

You can hitch with a noose but it would wear down the Rope because it can tighten and loosen.
Use the taught line hitch.

Sim Won - 6 years ago

knots r beautiful

whitepride1004 - 6 years ago

If you're trying to teach people who've never tried these knots before you're moving a tad too fast. At times I can't even see what you're doing.

Cross Spice - 6 years ago

Learning how to hang myself

John Frederikson - 6 years ago

Great job; thanks. J.

shorea27 - 6 years ago

Hello. What's the difference in application for the last 2 knots? I'm confused as they both seem adjustable. Thanks.

Netzah - 6 years ago

Massive Respect

SEND ME YOuR LEWD HAND HOLDING PICTuRES. - 6 years ago

Knot? OwO what's this?

CbyS Paracord and More - 6 years ago

thank you

Pendelton Whiskey - 6 years ago

This is a great video, you've done an excellent job of very clearly showing what you're doing. I've been a merchant mariner since the late 1970's and I would like to add a couple of items for those trying to learn knots. Practice a knot one at a time. Don't move on to the next knot until you have the first one down. Once you feel you have the first one down add the second knot and tie them both till you have both down pat ect. There are memory tricks for remembering that say that you want to repeat them daily for a while and then skip a day for a while then skip two days and so on and when you can skip a couple of weeks and tie it with no difficulty it's yours forever. (or until you reach the age of about 60). One other thing, ALWAYS back up a clove hitch and a rolling hitch (which is just a clove hitch with extra turns) with a half hitch otherwise a clove hitch will come loose. There's no law that says you can't follow almost any knot with a half hitch just to be sure it holds but with the clove (and rolling) hitch it's a must.

visitor971 - 6 years ago

The first method of clove hitch.. exactly what i needed.. extremely simple knot to use yet so awesome.. thank you so much!

Mrhero 0510 - 6 years ago

what is the point of wrapping the rope around the pole before the 2 half-hitch?

Minde Herbert - 6 years ago

The "sissy" comment is offensive and unnecessary. And it's not a term that any Boy Scout with character would use. Using it in the video really takes away from the content. Maybe consider omitting it?

Adrian Booth - 7 years ago

Nice

safranpollen - 7 years ago

first class demonstration, thanXXX !

overcast201 - 7 years ago

figure 8 loop is so useful when using a chair,,it doesnt break easily when you jump off

Big Si - 7 years ago

Why so many dislikes? Its a straight to the point educational useful vid, some people are just too hard to please!

Minde Herbert - 6 years ago

Maybe due to his use of "sissy"? Unnecessary and offensive. Not a term a Boy Scout with integrity and character would be encouraged to use.

Damion Hallstrom - 7 years ago

Love the video. . . but there is some definite propaganda for the Ad before hand.. . holy cow what a crock of shit that commercial was.

Diamond Bullet - 7 years ago

That's not a two half hitches both lines that you use for the half hitches should come out the same side and I should know I have to it to younger boy scouts and the boy scouts handbook even says that

Dustin Jones - 7 years ago

Best knot video I have ever seen. Helped my son greatly when learning these knots for Scouting. Thank you.

Wumpa Games - 7 years ago

knot bad!

Zanzubaa1 - 7 years ago

I watched "swoop around working end and rotate wrist until my stupid brain got it".

FireStormGaming - 7 years ago

I'm writing an eBook on basic survival skills and techniques and was wondering if I could link your video in my book?

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ethan stewart - 7 years ago

Great video.New subscriber earned

morgan painter - 7 years ago

Excellent video. Clear and concise and done slowly so all can see.
You deserve a ten of ten for this.

The taut line is my choice for tensioning tent tie downs, and adjusting tarps over tents or equipment.

Addam Siewdass - 7 years ago

I am dumb

Addam Siewdass - 7 years ago

I remember when I was five my dad tried to teach me one of these and I tied the knot and I realized I tied my two hands together and I couldn't take it out until my dad came and when he saw me he laughed for a while and then he removed the rope from my hands.