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What is your favorite knot

Bowline
3 (20%)
Figure 8 follow through
3 (20%)
anglers loop (perfection loop)
2 (13.3%)
trucker's hitch
5 (33.3%)
Lineman's loop (Alpine butterfly)
1 (6.7%)
I only wear this 550 cord bracelet for the style
1 (6.7%)

Total Members Voted: 11

Voting closed: September 05, 2017, 04:07:34 PM

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Favorite knot
« on: August 31, 2017, 04:07:34 PM »
What's your favorite knot?
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Re: Favorite knot
« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2017, 04:09:30 PM »
What's the task?
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Re: Favorite knot
« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2017, 04:10:06 PM »
Ran out of choices..

Or I'd add:

Granny

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"I only where this 550 cord bracelet for the style"
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Re: Favorite knot
« Reply #3 on: August 31, 2017, 04:11:10 PM »
Quote from: Danjal on August 31, 2017, 04:09:30 PM
What's the task?
Rock Climbing
Bungee jumping
Tieing down a load
BDSM

your choice..
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Re: Favorite knot
« Reply #4 on: August 31, 2017, 04:12:17 PM »
I voted trucker, just because a previous boss was too cheap to buy E-track and straps.
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Re: Favorite knot
« Reply #5 on: August 31, 2017, 04:14:47 PM »
Quote from: Toad on August 31, 2017, 04:12:17 PM
I voted trucker, just because a previous boss was too cheap to buy E-track and straps.
There are some auto release versions of the truckers hitch that I'd like to learn..
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Re: Favorite knot
« Reply #6 on: August 31, 2017, 04:18:47 PM »
I voted follow through figure 8..
It's regarded as "the safest" setup for life-critical rigging.. Well there is a figure 9, but I've never bothered to learn it...

Although a double bowline with a stopper, I'd trust my life to..


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Re: Favorite knot
« Reply #7 on: August 31, 2017, 04:20:00 PM »
I voted bowline because its the only one I know and my daddy showed me how to tie it about 3 seconds.
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Re: Favorite knot
« Reply #8 on: August 31, 2017, 04:20:22 PM »
Quote from: ImTryin on August 31, 2017, 04:14:47 PM
Quote from: Toad on August 31, 2017, 04:12:17 PM
I voted trucker, just because a previous boss was too cheap to buy E-track and straps.
There are some auto release versions of the truckers hitch that I'd like to learn..

I think its easier and stronger to do the quick release. Certainly cleaner and easier on the straps.
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Re: Favorite knot
« Reply #9 on: August 31, 2017, 04:26:24 PM »
Quote from: J.A.B.M. on August 31, 2017, 04:20:00 PM
I voted bowline because its the only one I know and my daddy showed me how to tie it about 3 seconds.
Bowline is a great knot... around since antiquity
Works on just about any type of rope, and doesn't jam..

The doesn't jam part is great, although it's bouncyness is why the climbing community has shied away from it. If you got a bunch of people tying up, loading, and unloading a rope, it can come loose..

A follow through figure 8 just gets tighter and tighter.. of course this can make it bitch to get undone.

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Re: Favorite knot
« Reply #10 on: August 31, 2017, 06:45:49 PM »
I'm torn between a balloon knot and a dog knot.
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Re: Favorite knot
« Reply #11 on: August 31, 2017, 08:10:57 PM »
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Re: Favorite knot
« Reply #12 on: August 31, 2017, 08:31:13 PM »
I like those knots made out of bread with sugar on em.  :)  Seriously.

The figure 8 is a classic climbing knot. Won't come undone and easy to take apart. Sorta
  I like the bowline as well BUT I received a very nice cord bracelet from a member for Christmas so I wear that mostly.  :)
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Re: Favorite knot
« Reply #13 on: August 31, 2017, 10:47:40 PM »
Any except the marital knot.
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