Knowledge: knots
See Also:
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- recreation → scouting → resources → scoutcraft → ropecraft
- science → math → topology → knot theory
- shopping → recreation → outdoors → fishing → knot tying tools
Links
- Knots on the Web
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/knotlink.htm - A collection of knotting resources.
- Six Exploding Knots
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/writing/explode.htm - Covers six knots that untie easily, including the Sliding Butterfly, Double Carrick bend, and Clove Hitch Biting a Bight. Step-by-step illustrations with instructions and a table of properties.
- The Lehigh Group
http://www.lehighgroup.com/KNOTS.HTM - Covers common marine knots, plus the Hangman's knot, the Scaffold knot, and the Gallows knot. Illustrations and common uses.
- Irish Climbing
http://www.climbing.ie/knots.html - Covers common climbing knots, including five friction knots for ascending the rope. Illustrations and common uses.
- Sophia-Antipolis Speleogical Society
http://www-sop.inria.fr/agos-sophia/sis/Techniques/knots.html - Covers common caving knots including the double figure-8 on a bight and the farmer's knot. Illustrations.
- University of New England Mountaineering Club
http://www.une.edu.au/~unemc/alpbutt.htm - Covers the Alpine Butterfly, Bowline, Clove hitch, and Fisherman's knot. Animation and common uses.
- 5.10 Climbing Club: Double Butterfly
http://five.ten.tripod.com/butter.htm - Explanation, illustrations, and instructions.
- Knot Knowledge
http://www.iland.net/~jbritton/ - Covers single loop knots, double loop knots, hitches, friction knots, bends, and stopper knots. Step by step instructions with photos. Definitions of terminology.
- Rec.crafts.knots FAQ
http://www.msen.com/~pwmeek/knots/knot-faq.html - Frequently asked questions for the newsgroup, covering resources, recommendations, and links.
- The Prusik Knot
http://fmg-www.cs.ucla.edu/geoff/prusik_knot.html - Discussion, comments, and tips regarding use for both sailing and climbing. History.
- Blue Ridge Mountain Rescue Group
http://brmrg.med.virginia.edu/knots/knots.html - Covers climbing and rescue knots including how to make a seat harness from webbing and the bowline-on-a-coil. Photos and instructions.
- Ropeworks
http://www.northnet.org/ropeworks/index.html - A book of knots, hitches, splicing, lashing and rope making.
- Animated Knot Tying Software
http://members.aol.com/idfrank/knots.html - Downloadable demonstration software
- Best Knots for Fishing and Outdoors
http://www.netknots.com - Illustrations and instructions for a large number of knots used in fishing, boating and paddling.
- Notable Knot Index
http://www.geocities.com/roo_two/knotindex.html - New, useful, and interesting bends, loops, hitches, and knots.
- Ropers Knots Pages
http://www.realknots.com/ - Index of knots with links, illustrations, and descriptions.
- Team Whiskers Knots
http://teamwhiskers.tripod.com/knots.html - Catfishing Team. Includes information on baits, knots, rigs, tackle, recipes, and tournaments.
- Alrama's Knots
http://alrama.tripod.com/cgi-bin/list.pl - Animated graphics of several knots being tied.
- Ian's Shoelace Site
http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/ - Illustrations and instructions. Including common, faster and more secure knots. Also a section on different methods of lacing shoes.
- Climerware
http://www.climerware.com/knot.shtml - Analysis of the strength loss caused by using a girth hitch. Climbing variations of the girth hitch, the dogvine, the mule knot, and the Figure-8. How to tie a bowline and clove hitch one-handed.
- New Zealand Speleological Society
http://www.massey.ac.nz/~sglasgow//nzss/knots.htm - Covers common caving knots including the Figure 8, Figure 9, Alpine Butterfly, Italian hitch, and Tape knot. Illustrations and common uses.
- Knot Knotes
http://whatknot.tripod.com/knots/knot.htm - Trivia, jokes, records, projects, and games. Knot basics. Downloadable fonts.
- Caving Knots
http://www.geocities.com/knotsforcaving/ - Illustrated guide to the most commonly used knots in underground exploration.
- Knot Tying DVD
http://www.knottyingvideo.com/ - Sells a video (VHS/DVD) showing 47 knots and 6 splices tied from the user's perspective. Also gives information on making and caring for ropes. Language and Subtitle options: English/Spanish.
- Grog's Animated Knots
http://www.animatedknots.com/ - Knots for boating, climbing, and fishing with clear animations.
- Rope Rescue
http://www.basarc.org/papers/roperescue/RopeRescue2002.pdf - Presentation paper which exposes new students to safe, basic rope rescue fundamentals. Advanced students gain knowledge of proper techniques. All experiences are based on current testing and review the techniques of application used by different groups, from cave explorers to mountain rescue personnel.
- Ruckus Society
http://ruckus.org/article.php?list=type&type=21 - Short climbers' knots manual.
- The Knotting Dictionary of Kännet
http://korpegard.se/knot/ - Covers some common and some uncommon knots, including the Reef knot, Square knot, Sheepshank, Simple Simon Over, Monkey's Fist, and Vice Versa. Illustrations and common uses. What the knot is called in other languages. User-submitted comments.
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