used to join two pieces of cordage the same diameter.
Bowline
Sheet bend variation double sheet bend
used to join two ropes of differing sizes
Slip knot
Square knot
Whipping knot
this can used from placing eyelets on fishing rods to tying flies to finishing the ends on rope.
Arbour knot or canadian jam
Tarp corners
with no eyelets
Figure 8 standard or trace, inline or directional, on a bight
Traced
Directional
On bight
Alpine butterfly – mid-line knot. This means it can be set part way along a rope to create a loop that can be loaded in any direction. With this use, both strands of the original rope can still be loaded in any direction
You’ll notice I don’t use all one channel for explaining knots. I tend to reference the Pathfinder school mostly. Their really good at explanations and applications, but Ill use whomever explains a certain knot and the variations the best. TX Tool Club I watch the most. he says what works and what doesn’t and shows better ways. Hes influenced me mostly in improving bush knots.
Hitches (Cordage to Pole)
Half hitch
insecure by itself but forms the basis for many other knots.
Truckers Hitch (Improved)
This is used for a tarp ridge-line.An Evank hitch is used for the static end instead of the bowline/marlin spike.
Clove hitch variation with stop knot lock, with half hitch lock on side, spar hitch,picket line or ground line hitch constrictor with slip ends
Post or pile hitch
Evank hitch or Siberian hitch
Used for the static end of a ridge-line.
Timber hitch
Marlin Spike Hitch
Round turn and two half hitches variation anchor hitch
I wasn’t going to do a part 2, however Ive had lots of feedback, input and enquires. Besides I’m going nuts stuck in a caravan in this leg brace and need something to do to stay sane.
Knots can be explained an easy way or a hard way.. Some are there to learn other knots. You can get away with around a dozen basic knots for bushcraft. I wanted to take a step beyond that. I also wanted to show applications on farms or for emergency uses
You can pretty much FUDGE everything and just use a round turn and two half hitches and square knots if you really wanted to.. It all depends on how far you want to take your knowledge.
I tried writing this is one large section but its easier to break it down into sections. Ill have to start and do my own you-tube vids at this rate.
Lashings (Pole to Pole)
Square lashing – binds two poles together at a 90 degree angle. Such as in a ridge pole for a shelter or a ladder style pack frame, or to construct a stretcher, ladder, bed, box trap, chair meat hanger.started with a clove hitch.
Diagonal lashing – braces a rigid structure used in a Roycroft pack frame started with a timber hitch.
Shear lashing – joins two poles together to form legs ie instead of three legged tripod only two legs for a tree less tarp set up.(This can also be tied as a three pole lash.)
Round lashing – securing two poles together to form an end join as in to extend a pole for a longer saw handle.
(The difference between a shear lash and a round lash. Positioning and purpose of the timber)
Tripod Lashing – as name suggests for making a tripod
Ive been watching the following clip a lot lately. One bite at a time. Its the only way to get through long term rehab with injuries. Jarred my knee so back on the heavy meds and a week behind on stretching it out. At the moment I have a sick staffy and Im up at 4am with her. I must have turned on and off the computer three or four times before even beginning to start typing. I look at what Im working on and it over whelms me and I think ONE BITE AT A TIME and I just start working on one little piece.
Today’s project. Re-enforcing my Mylar survival blanket. I’m using Gorilla tape to go around all the edges and eyelets. Still trying to decide if I’m going to use paracord or bank-line for the tie downs.
I think this is update 5 ? I have been going a little stir crazy after three months and have been looking for projects that I can do within a 200 meter walk or should I say hobble.
In the last 6 months Ive had a heart problem they now believe may have been an allergy to ginger. Cancer removed from my throat, cancer removed from my right shoulder twice. Both caught early enough that I didn’t require Kemo. A nice 80mm scar to add to the ever growing collection.
Severed my left quad tendon and had it reattached. They firstly said two months in a brace then three now Im in a brace until I can support the knee and looking at a year of rehab before Im back to 100 %. Another 200mm scar, haha. Its taken me a week but I can now light my leg three inches for a couple of seconds.
Also had my third scan on my pancreas from a lump they found four years ago.Lucked out there too, no growth. one more scan in two years due to my previous history with immune suppression. Its been a busy few months.
So every little job Ive put off Im now trying to get done. Watching way too much you-tube and doing as many online training courses as I can afford on disability.
Im now hassling smokers for old Bic lighters I can smash and fix. Catching up on all my text books on wilderness medicine and plant study, mushroom ID etc.
Getting a lot of writing and research done at least. Between the rehab exercises and off all the morphine and endone, so I can concentrate a little more. Still getting pain but managing it better.
Its going to take at least six months of intense training before I can go back to in person training courses, Ive lost 10 kilo in muscle.
I wanted to say thank you to my friends for helping me out over the past few months.
Another Pathfinder School mystery solved. Ive been thinking about this one on and off for a few weeks. In the Pathfinder basic kit list has a 5×7 survival blanket.”No bigger no smaller.so that two of them can be joined together in a partner exercise.” Which means the seam would have to be at the ridge-line to fit two people into an emergency shelter.
So how do you attach two survival blankets together without them leaking. Blanket stitch them with paracord and feed a ridge-line through the stitching? Straight stitch them? Use toggles?
I almost had it. I got as far as using a piece of timber as the ridge brace but left it at that. Then came across the below video. Use two braces! Awesome. This one uses a poncho but same concept. I want to try and make an A-frame log shelter using the same method in order to have a chimney.
Ive seen a few ways to use a broken lighter from scraping the flint in reverse to collect shavings, to removing the safety ring and just using as normal on very fine tinder . However I thought the following was the best that Ive seen so far.
Im going to have to hassle every smoker i know for old Bics to try this out.
