• SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social
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    5 months ago

    As a sailor, the overhand knot is mostly useful to know as a cautionary tale. If you tie one in the lines on my boat, I might throw you overboard. Never tie a plain overhand knot. It jams up under load, and is near-impossible to untie. It also weakens the rope by crushing the fibers.

    Make a figure-8 if you need a stopper knot.

  • dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net
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    5 months ago

    Text for the noose knot is just a repeat of the overhand knot. No bowline or clove hitch also means this is of less use.

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    5 months ago

    How is the bowline not on here. The ability to hold an extreme amount of weight, yet easy to undo afterward. Used in all types of situations.

  • Glowstick@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I have almost never encountered a situation where a regular double or triple knot didn’t do the trick for whatever i needed. Interesting coolguide nonetheless

    • meant2live218@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      I learned knots growing up, and I find myself using two half hitches and a taut line hitch fairly often. Slip knots are great for quick releases. A clove hitch doesn’t do too much on its own, but is great for starting a lashing, or wrapping around one post, as long as the other end will be tensioned with a taut line hitch or similar.