Tie knots website3/18/2024 ![]() It slips, it capsizes, it cannot be tied under load, etc. In 60 years of interest, I have never met anyone who could suggest a use for it except, of course, a Boy Scout. I agree with most but certainly not the Sheepshank. The eight knots I remember (and it was a loooong time ago) are: It might mean even more hits on your site as Boy Scouts learn their craft. You already have the animations of the knots, they are just not identified as a Boy Scout Knot. These are the knots I had to learn in Boy Scouts. Nice website! One suggestion I have would be to add a page that has the eight "Boy Scout Knots". I will continue this discussion with you in Seattle at the AGM, and during the boat show. However, for the everyday knots taught in a basic course of knotting, the Constrictor has more applications than the Timber Hitch. Yes, I know the Timber Hitch is still used in logging and probably other trades. I don't know if he ever used it in surgery, but it would be a good knot to use on a severed artery, or even in a dire emergency it could be used as a tourniquet. We had a discussion about knots, and I ended up teaching him how to tie it. ![]() A surgeon, who was also on the boat (and whos' daughter was now sporting a new bracelet) asked me about a knot that I had tied so quickly, and had so much confidence in. After I tied the knot, I cut off the ends quite close to it. ![]() I once used it on vacation to tie off the ends of a Turks Head Bracelet where I didn't have the material at hand to finish it properly. A temporary whipping, a binding knot on coils of small stuff, any time I want to gather something together quickly with a knot that will hold tightly. Like Willeke, I use the Constrictor mostly as a temporary knot. ![]() PS, the version I use is #1189 or 1249, or a slipped version like 1250 for work where I will not be able to take it away in a normal fasion. It does also work as permanent closing for plastic bags, knot to tie thin stuf round any post or rope, quick whipping on a fresh made rope, and so on.Ī good knot to teach, if not cubs, at least scouts. If I had to make a list with no more than 6 knots, it would have to be one of them, (for my kind of knot tying.) I use it for temporary lashings, temporary whippings at the ends, and many more, often temporary jobs. I use it often in decorative work, often to be cut off when finishing. And it is a nice simple knot, easily remembered and tied proper.įor the constrictor, for me that is a weekly knot. I'm curious, where do you guys use the Constrictor so much?Īnd is it just that, or maybe the Dble-either #1252 or -53?!Īs a scout leader, I have taught the timberhitch to the boys and girls as a way to start a lashing, when the clove hitch was not covenient. Quote - I used the Constrictor much more // but yes they need the constrictor Not enough for a major gathering effort but enough to harvest a windfall tree each week, good duty for the timber hitch and a good loop or stopper (I like a loop over the shoulder but a tail with a stopper is good too). It is (as near as I can tell) mid june and we are still burning a wood fire in the bedroom. I think the advantage of living in the woods is that knots are a part of everyday life. When I worked with the scouts ("loooooong ago") I found them eager and willing students and since I already had an ABOK they had many knots at hand. I think I covered my comments on the timber hitch and the truckers hitch ( which are if not daily knots at least weekly knots), but yes they need the constrictor. Hi, I think the site was about to cut me off.
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