I'm trying to force everyone I encounter in this industry to learn how to tie a clove hitch and bowline. Edit: Sorry, fixed, just no one check all four!
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I'm an Eagle Scout, and was the only person in my troop who knew all of the knots.
I still get flak for being a boy scout, but they teach you some crazy useful skills, including knot tying. I always liked being the guy who would know how to do anything with the rope and put all the little tenderfoots (tenderfeet?) in their place. One thing I had to learn on my own though, is splicing. No one in my troop (including the adults) new how to.
But i find the most important knot to know is the noose. I always freak out the people in my department by lynching a dummy we have from the rafters. I guess I have issues or something
Please see the "shackle" thread. In my world, clove hitch and bowline are the two most-used knots, other than perhaps the shoe-lace knot....But i find the most important knot to know is the noose. I always freak out the people in my department by lynching a dummy we have from the rafters. I guess I have issues or something
This is true. The clove hitch is also part of a good pipe hitch, along with a reverse loop.In my world, clove hitch and bowline are the two most-used knots, other than perhaps the shoe-lace knot.
********I can tie: clove hitch, bowline, square knot, figure eight, carrick bend, two half hitches & tauntline hitch, prussik, timber hitch, trucker's hitch, pipe hitch, sheet bend, sheepshank, and some others, can't remember them all right now*************************
*****But i find the most important knot to know is the noose. I always freak out the people in my department by lynching a dummy we have from the rafters. I guess I have issues or something
Just a bye-the-bye the are laws on the books of several of these here United States, that make it illegal to tie a working "Hangmans Noose" unless it is to be employed in a state sanctioned execution.
Oh Yeah ?!? Can you tie a genuine Tennessee Wad Hitch?
Seems to be a real popular knot now days. It kinda reminds me of the scene in the movie " A Chorus Line" when Kirk Douglas Jr. says " You, In the yellow, Have you taken Ballet?" ... " No, I haven't"... "Then Don't Dance!!!"
If you can't reliably tie a clove hitch AND Bowline And Truckers Hitch, you have no bussiness calling yourself a stagehand. You could get away with being in any number of disciplines in the theatre without knowing these, but not a stagehand.
Just a bye-the-bye the are laws on the books of several of these here United States, that make it illegal to tie a working "Hangmans Noose" unless it is to be employed in a state sanctioned execution.
Question of the day item, How many loops <wraps> are incorporated into a "real" Hangmans noose.
and the monkey's fist for knockin' fools out and keepin' it gangsta.
I've got all of the above, plus a decent eye-splice, back splice, alpine butterfly, inline figure 8, bridled figure 8 (aka bunny ears) and the monkey's fist for knockin' fools out and keepin' it gangsta.
Just a bye-the-bye the are laws on the books of several of these here United States, that make it illegal to tie a working "Hangmans Noose" unless it is to be employed in a state sanctioned execution.
Are those state laws that are vestiges of 1700s and 1800s, or do you mean the more recent hate-crime laws (like in New York)? The hate-crime laws apply to any noose and the penalties are severe.
Joe
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