Would this make a good alternative to a Larks Head with less chance of slipping ?
Category: Bushcraft (Page 8 of 35)
A great tip to get rid of bugs and mosquitos out of dried cattails.
There have been many videos on you-tube of late about improving ridge-lines, however not many looking at improving guy-line set ups.
I like the idea of an upside down guy-line to have the tensoining knot permanently attached to the tarp corner and then use a quick loop to attach the tent peg further down in the ground.
I have tripped over my guy-lines in the night several times and prefer them to be tied lower. The timber in Australia is much harder to carve tent pegs. Im also switching over to trying bank line for the guy-lines. Ive had hottchie cord become so tangled after pegs pulling out in high winds, it took hours to untangle. That I swapped to 3mm paracord, however It still become too bulky and also tangled. I’m hoping the bank-line being not being as flexible will fix that problem.
Below is a friction hitch that improves on using the Taut Line hitch for a permanent knot attached to the tarp and Ive been playing around with several knots for the tent peg, between a Clove Hitch variation, Anchor hitch and Slip knot but have settled on a Pile Hitch being the fastest and easiest to remember.
Friction Hitch Variation
Anchor Hitch
Slip Knot
Pile Hitch
Another knot Ive been looking at for improving the adjusting of Guylines.
Some more knives to do reviews of if I can stay out of hospital long enough. I found the daggers on sale and couldn’t resist. I like to keep up my collector status. When I sold my Carbon Garberg I ended up regretting the sale and brought the stainless for my training course blade. The GNS i still havent made my mind up about it. Im going through a 6 inch blade thing at the moment.
I don’t believe I included the Slipknot into the Bush Knots Series. I had minimal use for it, however BCBOCRAFT recently put out a video of the practical applications.
Found a few more knots to add to the repertoire. Ive been sitting here in hospital catching up on my three favorite channels, Ochoco Bushcraft, OutPour Outdoors and The Bear Essentials, discovering SHORTS!. I mainly used Double Fishermans and Double Sheet Bend for joining two pieces of cordage together however DJ from Bear Essentials has introduced me to the Zepplin Bend due to the non binding qualities.
Tensionless Hitch for when you cant remember a Siberian hitch for setting up ridgelines. A variation on the round turn and two half hitches with 5 round turns.
Truckers Hitch improvement using an Alpine Butterfly.
Taut line hitch variation from knot master
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7EiT1mDa3w&list=LL&index=15
I was watching the above video by Survival Dispatch. It must be an American thing to only carry a poncho for shelter. Where in Australia we have hootchies to use as shelters and the poncho to wear in the rain while setting up a tarp. i really wanted to post a hootchie to SD. However it got me thinking about minimalist carry gear for hiking to keep the weight as light as possible especially with injuries. I always try and keep a poncho packed. One takeaway from the above video was to always keep loops tied into the corners in case of needing a tarp set up to save time in the rain tying loops. Being a knot fanatic I found the below two knots Ill be testing out as poncho loop corner knots. One to attach to the eyelet and the other to form a small loop for tent stakes. The larger loops Ive seen on ponchos seem to be snag catchers.
The Loop
The eyelet knot
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