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    Quote Originally Posted by Moa Hunter View Post
    I tied trucks down daily with rope for years without any damage to the rope which was mostly Donaghys heavy grade Sash Cord. For a hunting rope that can take the knocks it is hard to beat a woven Cray Pot line
    Yea the right rope will hack it but the braided synthetics and sheathed ones I mostly use dont like it they melt. "cord" is probably a better word than rope for what I use.

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    Quote Originally Posted by veitnamcam View Post
    Yea the right rope will hack it but the braided synthetics and sheathed ones I mostly use dont like it they melt. "cord" is probably a better word than rope for what I use.

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    Prussiks and taughtline for tarp pitching. Slide to tension and easy to undo

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    If your'e into getting knotted this is a great book, but like many things you need regular practice to remember some of em.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Philipo View Post
    If your'e into getting knotted this is a great book, but like many things you need regular practice to remember some of em.

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    I thought it was something that I was lacking skills in.

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    my brother who only knows one knot always tells me "if you can't tie knots. Tie lots"
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nick-D View Post
    That's how I set up my tarp. 2 prussiks on a ridge line tarp get connected with a couple little sticks then just tension as needed, so easy.

    As for useful knots. Bowline, clove hitch, half hitch. The sheet bend is a more useful knot for securing 2 different thicknesses of line together. Taught line hitch is a useful knot for tarp pitching as well
    Sheet bend is best for flat webbing used when creating an anchor etc.

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    Two or three useless knots … seen practiced recently.
    1. The Jacinda Slip knot. Applied with fairness and transparency, but very selectively & fark you anyway (btw)
    2. The Nash Scramble knot - lots of loose ends, a big mess in the middle, do it quick …. trust me it works
    3. The Genter bike Nazi twist – this one involves chains and leather, and some green shit. Its expensive so she expects you to pay for it as well

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    Chainsaw that's a troll posting, just makes everyone restless. We come here to talk about fun stuff.
    Theres a whole forum board here for those issues.
    This was a technical bushcraft question, let's stay with that.

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    The bible of knots.
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    have a good (free) app on the phone showing various ones, pictures as the knot progresses. make sure i have a couple of different coloured lengths of rope for when i'm twiddling my thumbs waiting

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    Another goody is the handcuff knot

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bagheera View Post
    Chainsaw that's a troll posting, just makes everyone restless. We come here to talk about fun stuff.
    Theres a whole forum board here for those issues.
    This was a technical bushcraft question, let's stay with that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by chainsaw View Post
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    [QUOTE=Nick-D;857079]

    As for useful knots. Bowline, clove hitch, half hitch. The sheet bend is a more useful knot for securing 2 different thicknesses of line together. /QUOTE]

    Here's the sheet bend. In this case attaching a shoe lace to the end of a 3 strand hemp "lashing" rope. It is similar to the reef knot but the thin rope goes under the front strand and back out on top of the bright in the thick rope. So it locks a bit better. This was originally used on natural fibre ropes with some texture to give friction. It is an easy knot to get undone after it's been loaded hard. But a little insecure and possible to come undone if unloaded and flapped around.
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    Here is a more common form used with slippery synthetic cord. It has an extra turn around the two strands of the thick rope to hold them together. You can do several turns if you need to. It is more secure than the basic sheetbend specially when not under tension. This is useful if you are extending a tent guy rope with a scrap of smaller thread to reach a nearby root or branch. Of course it's only as strong as the thinner cord!
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    Cheers fellas.
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