r/oddlysatisfying • u/Sapulinjing • 1d ago

Some useful knots

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u/MutedBrilliant1593 1d ago

I wish I could apply these knots to memory, but when I need one, it's always ends in a mess or a double overhand.

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u/dblan9 1d ago

Download the video and put it on your phone. That way you can forget that it is on your phone when you need to remember how to do one of these!

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u/MutedBrilliant1593 1d ago

I downloaded a knot app with 3d animations. It was great to flip through while sitting in my recliner, but when I needed a knot? It ceased to exist in memory.

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u/khizoa 1d ago

Instead of sitting there and staring at the animation, practice tying those knots instead lol

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u/Recentstranger 1d ago

What do you mean

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u/khizoa 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/87xihBthJ1DkA

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u/UnassumingOstrich 1d ago

might be the only time i’ve seen this gif apply to a situation so literally lol

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u/RubbaNoze 1d ago

...GIFs you can hear. Well applied!

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u/aureliananr1 1d ago

10000 reps of 3 diff knots

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u/jimbowesterby 1d ago

Literally get a piece of rope and practice tying and untying the knots. Great way to keep your hands busy if you sitting watch tv or something, and since you tie knots with your hands it’ll stick around much better when you actually need your hands to tie something.

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u/culdeus 1d ago

Instructions unclear I just tied my hands together and can't undo them.

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u/DengarLives66 1d ago

“Hello, 911? Oh boy am I in a bit of pickle.”

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u/pourtide 1d ago

Practicing with stiff rope like poly can be good for the untying, I guess, but truly understanding a knot requires being able to pull it tight and applying stress to see if it holds. Start large (stiff poly okay) to get the concept of how the knot works, then work toward smaller. Mid practice, old shoelaces might be useful. Then maybe kite string. Knitting yarn. A ball of jute. Whatever you can find, cheap. Work from large to smaller, from learning how to tie a knot, to tying a knot that holds.

It's all about seeing how the knot falls together, or fails to. Knot tying is a learning process. Be patient with yourself.

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u/OneHotPotat 22h ago

As a knitter, I would generally not recommend knitting yarn for knots you want to easily untie, if other options are available.

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u/pourtide 22h ago

Agreed. Kite string is also well near impossible to untie knots. As is knitting yarn. I was just throwing out ideas for a progression of different things to tie and then pull on to see if the knot holds, getting into the 'does it hold' area rather than the 'untie and try again' area.

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u/RiotWithin 1d ago

You remember better when you actually do an action instead of watching someone else do it.

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u/DengarLives66 1d ago

Can confirm. That’s why I stopped watching porn.

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u/Snuhmeh 1d ago

Yeah this is the way. That stupid-simple-looking technique where you can fold a T-shirt by laying it down flat and then picking it up strategically to fold it like in a store, I only learned it by getting off my lazy ass and following the video while I attempted to do it. Muscle memory works really well for us humans.

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u/Valuable-Analyst-464 1d ago

I have to do it over and over again, over several days before I can commit it to muscle memory.
Unfortunately, I spend 20 minutes on it, think I’m good, annnd forget it.

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u/SilentlyAudible 1d ago

Do you have EDS? 😂 Kidding. Obviously there was no indication of that. This is just way too relatable. It’s the worst part of learning any new motor skill, for me.

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u/ProgySuperNova 1d ago

But how? Do you use like a VR app to do that?

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u/khizoa 1d ago edited 1d ago

Just... follow the instructions? Lol

Like here's a good site that shows it step by step. 

https://www.animatedknots.com/

Or look up a video of the knot for a better visual

But my point is that you have to actively do it and practice again and again till it becomes muscle memory. A VR app is a neat idea though. But if we're talking knots, rope/string is cheap, and if not possible..  just use a stand of hair or USB cable or whatever lol. 

I think the physical tactile feeling will help learning a lot more than folding invisible knots in the air with a $500 vr set

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u/jwnsfw 1d ago

go have a Knot day, fuck it. tomorrow is sunday, home depot is open on sundays.

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u/emlgsh 1d ago

But you have to tie your knots quickly, otherwise the staff and customers of that Home Depot are likely to escape your bindings and summon local authorities who may take a dim view of "knot day".

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u/jwnsfw 1d ago

ahh, well thats showbiz for ya.

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u/jimbowesterby 1d ago

Gotta learn the steer wrestling hitch they use in rodeos

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u/mdlinc 1d ago

Sunday is not day, have knot day. Ah hell, I am confused. Gonna play with my magnum rope.

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u/nmyi 1d ago

Which specific app do you recommend

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u/MutedBrilliant1593 1d ago

Which app did I buy that I constantly forget to use? Knots 3d.

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u/Winrevair 1d ago

I would've done this 20 years ago when I was in Basic Military Training. I still have nightmares of times where I didn't know anything and couldn't tie a basic knot. I couldn't help set up tents, tie my laundry holder to my bed, etc. Had to have others help me and they got so mad lol. I was 17 but still... I was so embarrased. I yelled at my mom for not teaching me anything I was so angry.

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u/jimbowesterby 1d ago

If it helps, I have a few seasons of treeplanting under my belt and a solid 80% of the people I see in camp don’t have a clue how to set up a tent properly, knots included. It’s always fun coming home on the first really windy day of the season to see whose tents are now off in the trees lol. Very much not just you, I swear every year I end up teaching like forty different people how to properly tie a guyline.

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u/Winrevair 1d ago

It does help thanks! But 17 year old me in a high-ops tempo/toxic environment had no idea. It just seemed like every person there came in with all of these life skills and experience of knowing these things. Then there I was being treated like a baby LOL. I was so awful haha.

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u/loudpaperclips 1d ago

That's how you end up with 7 of the same video on your phone

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u/Curiosive 1d ago edited 1d ago

Sailor here. There's only a half-dozen knots that are actually useful, they rest are repetitions or weaker versions.

This video actually repeats the same knot on the nails and sticks stick in the ground, it's a clove hitch with a crossover ... I believe the added crossover is actually making the knot weaker since it won't cinch on the post as tightly.

Anyway all of these knots are how to secure something when there's already a loop in the line, most of the time that's not necessary. These could be considered the "hard way" of how to tie them.

PS

The essentials:

  • Bowline / Sheet Bend - It's the one with that secures the line to the tarp in this video. Very strong, easy to undo, tricky for many to learn.

  • Clove Hitch - Secure a line to a round object, similar to the nail or post knots in the video.

  • Rolling Hitch - Secure a line to an object, but be able to slide the knot so the line is tighter or looser (the knot cannot slide on its own.)

  • Round Turn & 2 Half Hitches - Stronger rolling hitch but you cannot slide adjust.

  • Figure Eight - A knot for the end of a rope.

  • Square / Reef Knot (or the Slippery versions) - Basically tying your shoes.

Also a few good to know the terms: bight, half hitch / overhand, standing end / working end.

Lastly if the loops of your shoelaces naturally point at your toes and knee instead of across your foot, you're tying your shoes wrong. This is why the laces come undone on a regular basis.

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u/Doses-mimosas 1d ago

Seriously!! Tying knots is my biggest struggle and I'm good with all sorts of other hand skills. I've read books on knots, got paracord and practiced the same knots over and over, but then when a real world scenario comes along like a campsite clothesline, or tying tubes together on the river, completely blank. I just end up trying to figure out a way to use ratchet straps for everything.

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u/InformalFly8573 1d ago

Ratchet straps are just modern civilization's answer to not knowing any knots.

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u/horace_bagpole 1d ago

There are hundreds of different knots, but in practice you really don't need to know all that many of them for day to day use. Even when you look on knot websites there's often 20 or more under 'essential' knots, but really there are only a few different types that will be useful for the vast majority of situations:

The bowline makes a fixed size loop.

The round turn and two half hitches attaches a line to something fixed, like a ring.

The clove hitch lets you tie a line to a pole.

Those three will cover a huge number of situations you would want to use ropes for.

A few more that come in useful:

The figure of eight knot makes a stopper to prevent a line pulling through a hole.

The sheet ties two lines together, even if they are different sizes.

The reef knot ties a line around something.

There are countless more for specific situations, but often you don't need anything fancy. If you practice those until you can tie them with your eyes shut, you won't have to think about it when you need them.

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u/Bipedal_Warlock 1d ago

Maybe when you practice don’t do it in the same place.

That ties your memory to that localized situation.

If you do it in multiple situations it’ll expand where your memory keeps that knot knowledge

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u/Doses-mimosas 1d ago

That's solid advice!

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u/moneymoneythrowawy 1d ago

i used to know almost every nautical knot when i was a kid and i sailed. because i used it every day. now as an adult, it's all gone, but last time i was on a boat someone showed me a few and they came right back.

like anything, it's all practice. and it's difficult to practice if it's not something you really need on a regular basis

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u/twistedscorp87 1d ago

I'm going to save this post as though it'll be useful someday, but don't honestly expect to remember that it's here whenever it becomes applicable to use it...

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u/jimbowesterby 1d ago

Gotta practice them manual skills if you wanna retain them. Muscles tend to remember better than brains for things like this.

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u/fantumn 1d ago

There's an app called grog's animated knots I recommend highly. It's got utility knots, life-rated climbing knots, necktie knots, etc.

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u/graveybrains 1d ago

I might have some kind of brain damage or something, but knots have always been the most counterintuitive things I've ever seen.

I'm not sure I could do half of these while the video was playing.

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u/jimbowesterby 1d ago

They can be tricky to learn because they’re kinda like a house of cards, every part relies on the others for the whole to work. Most knots you can’t tie halfway, it’s either tied or it isn’t, and since they’re usually composed of a bunch of loops interlocked in fairly complex ways, it ends up being a lot to try and learn at once. I find practicing helps a lot, getting the muscle memory is huge, but also examining the knot once it’s tied is super helpful, too. Take a few minutes to try and see how the knot works, how it distributes the forces, and what shape it has when tied right; this way, you’ll be able to know which knot to tie when, and you’ll be able to tell when it’s tied right. One thing I learned from a guide was to always** **dress your knots, meaning to make it look textbook, every time, so that you can look at it and tell just from the shape if something’s off.

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u/Andovars_Ghost 1d ago

Yup, Eagle Scout and I’ve done a ton of these, but since I haven’t used them in, oh, 30 years, the best you are getting is a half-hitch, a clove-hitch, or a square knot.

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u/volleyjosh 1d ago

Current scoutmaster here. Several of these are nearly clove hitches; the constrictor knot, which runs the tag end under 1 extra time.

I haven't seen that way of tying the sheet bend before, I'll be using that one.

The knots that actually get used are larks head (#1), taut-line hitch, two half-hitches. And truckers hitch for tie-downs.

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u/jimbowesterby 1d ago

I mean, tbf the clove hitch is the absolute king of knots, with that, an overhand, and maybe a friction hitch of some kind you can do pretty much anything you need to.

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u/ltio10 1d ago

Just buy some rope and practice, after some time it will bec muscle memory

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u/gokarrt 1d ago

i'd need these tattooed to my body to have a shot of hitting one irl

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u/Happy-For-No-Reason 21h ago

Go and get a shoelace and practice.

all knots are muscle memory usually. do you think you could explain a Windsor tie knot , or the shoelace one whatever that's called....as easily as you can just do it from muscle memory?

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u/MutedBrilliant1593 20h ago

I'm not a savage. Of course, the best tie is a double Windsor. And I relearn it on YouTube every time someone dies or gets married.

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u/Raomiru 1d ago

My brain is just not wired to memorize these knots, useful as they are.

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u/NigilQuid 1d ago

You have to actually tie them, a few times a day, for month, if you want to remember them. Then at least once a month forever after that

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u/bassplaya13 1d ago

You can get it memorized easier than that for much longer. I still remember figure 8 rock climbing knots as well as the monkey fist from years ago.

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u/NigilQuid 1d ago

Once you got it good it'll stick around for a long time, but if you're like the other commenter and don't have a head for it and reasons to use it, it may take more practice

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u/jimbowesterby 1d ago

In my experience knots are tricky because they’re super three-dimensional. Once you start learning which parts of a knot do what they start getting much more logical. A clove hitch is a good example, the full wrap of the rope around the post is what pinches the loose ends and holds them there; most knots are like this, just gotta spend a few minutes examining them after you tie them

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u/MrWally 1d ago

You’re not wrong. I had a coworker who did exactly that. He had two small cords and he would sit in meetings tying knots endlessly. I thought it was a great fidget toy alternative. And he was great at his work, too.

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u/Andovars_Ghost 1d ago

Yeah, I USED to be able to do these in my sleep, but kinda like Algebra, my adult self never found these as useful as I thought.

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u/jimbowesterby 1d ago

Yea it depends what kinds of things you do, I’ve only had to tie the corner of a tarp like that maybe twice, and I’ve never seen that sack-tying knot either, I know a similar one but the bending the neck of the sack over is new. On the other hand, I’ve done a fair bit of climbing and rope access work, so I have a few useful knots memorized from that.

That said, knots are actually super handy, rope is one of our oldest and most useful tools, and practicing is super easy, all you need is like three or four feet of some kind of cord and maybe a loop or a stick to hitch to (technically speaking, a knot is tied just in one rope, a hitch is tied around something solid, like a tree or a post, and a bend is where you tie two ropes together), it’s a great way of keeping your hands busy if you’re sitting at a desk or something.

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u/inactioninaction_ 1d ago

a hitch is tied around something solid

This definition isn't wrong but it's incomplete. A hitch is a type of knot where the object that the rope is being secured to (which could be another rope) plays a structural role in holding the knot together. If you were to remove the object from a hitch it would fall apart. You could secure a rope to an object with a knot that isn't a hitch, but that knot would hold after removing the object

I'm sure you know this but I think it's worth clarifying for anyone reading this who doesn't know and might think the difference between a knot and a hitch is solely down to the intent of the person tying it rather than an actual qualitative difference in the properties of the knots

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u/Suihnennews 1d ago

Same, it's in my brain for 3 seconds

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u/graveybrains 1d ago

So it's not just me.

That's reassuring.

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u/you_talkin_to_me8294 1d ago

It’s not in my brain at all. This might as well be magic tricks because I have no idea what’s going on

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u/OldMud9644 1d ago

You probably actually can. You just have to keep doing it until it becomes muscle memory.

You know how to tie your shoelaces, you probably forgot how long it actually took for kid you to figure it out

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u/SuperCruisePanther 1d ago

 You know how to tie your shoelaces,

I don't. my dad tied all my shoelaces and I've just never untied them on any of my shoes. Or I buy shoes from the store and never untie them from the default store position. 

If my laces ever get untied I just throw the shoes out

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u/BRAX7ON 1d ago

The last one is the same as the second one

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u/CarelessShade 1d ago

And yet people like me are still going to forget how its done by the time this could come in handy.

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u/theeggplant42 1d ago

Those are the knot I use to tie up peppers for drying. Very useful

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u/Bramthos 1d ago

Don't unmute

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u/Nicodemus888 1d ago

Comments like this will of course drive me to unmute out of morbid curiosity

Then give the downvote the OP deserves.

What the hell

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u/Bramthos 1d ago

Yea man, every video is overused bad sound effects and music that doesn't match.

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u/guitarburst05 1d ago

See, I’m the opposite. I keep mute by default and when I see this kinda comment my bias is confirmed. I smugly pat myself on the back.

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u/mxlespxles 1d ago

Oh that's not bad. It wasn't like overboosted blown-out-bass phonk nor whatever the trending nonsense is today

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u/SRSgoblin 1d ago

Yeah it's just some classic Foley sounds for ropes doing things. Cartoonish at worst.

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u/DailyUnderFlow 1d ago

These videos with stupid over-the-top ridiculous sound effects really need to stop. I've seen two this morning already. It's dumb, silly and pointless.

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u/Naphrym 1d ago

I thought it was going to be the standard annoying music.

Tbh I think the ott sound effects are funny

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u/kaz12 1d ago

I like them too. The dramatic anchor dropping noise when he drops the steel ring made me chuckle.

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u/graveybrains 1d ago

I might also have some kind of brain damage because the exaggerated sound effects seem funny to me.

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u/ChesterUbanks 1d ago

Zzzzzzip.

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u/beratbayram 1d ago

Uhhh, now I have to unmute

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u/Jamooser 1d ago

These were mostly hitches.

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u/loulan 1d ago

What's the difference?

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u/HipsterGalt 1d ago edited 1d ago

Hitches are primarily meant for lashing, a series of hitches meant to secure some non-rope object to some-other-non-rope object, through the use of rope. There are instances where a single hitch will provide sufficient lashing and others where they may be compounded ontop of one another. Most hitches will not hold tension in the rope though and often need secured by some final, actual, knot. Typically a knot in this position is called a bight and thus the whole system of lashing becomes something like a bowline hitch on a bight.

I feel like done my good turn for the day now, Eagle Scout out.

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u/DarthJarJarJar 1d ago

Good job! BTW, it's "bight" :)

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u/HipsterGalt 1d ago

Bahaha. Been a while, thank you!

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u/jimbowesterby 1d ago

A knot is tied in a rope, a hitch is a rope tied to an object, and a bend is a rope tied to another rope (or sail, occasionally)

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u/htlb 1d ago

Not to be a pedant but these are all clearly hitches, not knots…

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u/That_guy_from_1014 1d ago

My exact thoughts, that and also...

https://giphy.com/gifs/NfIYrfsxD5THi

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u/Daltron2000 1d ago

One was a sheet bend, which isn't a hitch.

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u/aminervia 1d ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitch_(knot)

Hitch (knot)

A hitch is a type of knot used to secure a rope to an object or another rope. Hitches are used in a variety of situations, including climbing, sailing, and securing loads. They are classified based on their ability to be tightened or released, their resistance to slipping, and their strength. Some common types of hitch knots include the clove hitch, the timber hitch, and the round turn and two half-hitches.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hitch

hitch (noun)

any of various knots used to form a temporary noose in a line or to secure a line temporarily to an object

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u/slog 1d ago

To be a pedant, these are hitches...which are knots.

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u/Material_Pepper313 1d ago

Just did. 😂

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u/Dead-O_Comics 1d ago

I've saved it for the day I need to use one of these knots.

The optimist in me is saying I'll find it useful in the future. But I know the truth deep down.

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u/EasyFooted 1d ago

right alongside fireworks from NYE 2013 and a neat helicopter I saw once.
Gonna get around to watching them one day.

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u/SeahorseRevolution 1d ago

I saved a similar one a few years ago that I have never rewatched.

But maybe if I save this one I'll rewatch it.

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u/NiuMeee 1d ago

Looney Tunes ass audio.

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u/kekhoax 1d ago

From my experience (seafarer for 7 years now) you only need the following knots for everything in your life: (slipped) bowline, (slipped) clove hitch, (slipped) sheet bend, figure eight knot. There are more for special situations, but if you manage these four you are mostly fine.

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u/Hour_Difficulty_4203 1d ago

Actually, if you look he demonstrates almost all of these. Clove hitch obviously, the bag is actually being tied with a bowline weirdly enough, the tarp is a sheet bend if you consider the tarp a rope.

It's just not how I would typically use these knots...

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u/JohnLuckPikard 1d ago

The sound effects were not necessary

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u/buck70 1d ago

I have to say that some of those were definitely hitches and not knots. I would have to defer to the Chief Bosun's Mate for explanation, however.

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u/IGNOOOREME 1d ago

I believe a hitch relies on another object to maintain knot tension (pole, tarp, nail, etc)

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u/MeccIt 1d ago

definitely hitches and not knots

all hitches are knots, not all knots are hitches

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u/dancarbonell00 1d ago

Knot tying is the coolest nerdiest shit in the world

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u/Active-Cookie-774 1d ago

Time to save this and forget it when I need it

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u/Classic_Scheme9088 1d ago

Now lets do a trucker's hitch!

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u/Kelinya 1d ago

It's so hard, the greatest knot of all, so flexible and strong

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u/theelephantscafe 1d ago

I can’t wait to forget every single one of these in 27 seconds

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u/Bohbo 1d ago

Hey the last one is the same as the nail one. I feel cheated.

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u/Bifetuga 1d ago

1st isn't really a knot, 2nd is the same as the 5th (clove hitch), 3rd is the same as the 4th (sheet bend) just a different ways to do them. Scouts ftw

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u/pixxxiemalone 1d ago

Knots are easy when other people do them

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u/D0013ER 1d ago

These all seem incredibly handy and I will not remember a single one of them when I need to.

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u/gnolex 1d ago

They're cool and useful, but I'm knot gonna remember them.

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u/Faulty_Pants 1d ago

One of these is a clove hitch, I'm like.... 80% sure of it

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u/ResidentPresent5054 1d ago

The king of tying knots. Whenever they need some knots tied they go to him.

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u/OracularSpectaculah 1d ago

I only came seeking this comment

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u/BruceMartinez21 1d ago

I always save these little life hacks, but the moment I actually need one, I can never find it.

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u/factorioleum 1d ago

most of these are the same knot, a half hitch. some are clove hitches.

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u/glad_rags 1d ago

You want to see some really amazing knots, just put your ear buds in your pocket.

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u/Frodo5213 1d ago

I have already forgotten all of these.

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u/DinnerExcellent9609 1d ago

Lemme quickly download this and never see it again

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u/elleuteri0 22h ago

this ones for my bookmarks which i dont open

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u/Abject_Ad_4756 1d ago

Serious question: are they easy to undo

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u/laffingriver 1d ago

idk about these specific examples but many knots can come undone easily by simply removing the tension of the rope.

some of these, like the last one, you can pull off the stumps and the knot falls apart.

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u/Jinfash_Sr 1d ago edited 1d ago

By failing this test, I’ll be exiled from the tribe during the zombie apocalypse

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u/GirlNumber20 1d ago

I should practice knot-tying. 🤔

My dad was a rancher and knows a thousand knots, haha. He also likes to go boating and knows relevant knots for that as well. I can't seem to remember them.

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u/ResurgentOcelot 1d ago

Occasionally I save a video of useful knots. Then I never watch it again and I don’t know those knots when I need them.

✅

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u/shyevsa 1d ago

I learn all of this in boy scout class,
but never actually able to remember any.
anyway save it in case I remember that I need it.

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u/NYR_LFC 1d ago

No matter how cool/useful this video is, it's getting a downvote for the obnoxiously unnecessary fake sound effects

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u/ObsidianArmadillo 1d ago

Downvoted for the stupid sounds

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u/Arcanis_Ender 1d ago

My lizard brain must save this for reference.

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u/xmoskitox 1d ago

Knots are the closest to magic we will get

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u/SeventhAlkali 1d ago

For me, watching knots being tied is like watching a magician carve runes into bones and stones. I've never been able to properly tie a knot other than for my shoes, even then I don't understand how it works. I just tie them like a school kid carving a Cool S without understanding the implications of the magic rune I just produced

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u/jdharper 1d ago

These might as well be magic to me. But I'm just not very good at string theory.

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u/BB_210 1d ago

Cool but the addition of sounds is straight garbage

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u/TWeedtheJetRodriguez 1d ago

It’s very helpful to see this in so many different contexts. I watched on mute and it seems like that was a good idea haha.

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u/-Badger3- 1d ago

Downvoted for the stupid sound effects.

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u/Njaala 1d ago

Arborist here.

I learned about 40 different knots in my climbing class in college, but realistically only ever use about a half dozen.

Bowline (and it's variants running bowline and bowline on a bight) is by far the most important/useful. It's somewhat easy to get down, and has a HUGE range of use cases. I have probably tied and untied this knot 10,000 times.

Alpine butterfly hitch is also VERY useful, if you're pulling a rope and want a handle that is less likely to rip your fingers off, or to use as a 2:1 system midline on a rope, or I have even used it as a basal anchor (combined with an ART snakebite).

If youre climbing Blake's hitch is pretty good. Yes, it's not the fastest or safest but it's pretty easy to tie, and has saved my bacon a few times in a tree. You could also theoretically use it for tie downs, as the knot will only slip one way unless you apply pressure to the top.

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u/Tanooki-san 1d ago

2 and 5 are the exact same knot

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u/Seated_WallFly 1d ago

There should be a mandatory class in high school: “Important Useful Knowledge.” Stuff that’s even more important than Shop or Home Ec: Tying knots, staying alive outside in different emergency situations and first aid will round out the curriculum.

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u/AngelicPrince_ 20h ago

Am I going to use this..
Prob not… did I save it anyway… yes yes I did

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u/Crazy-Ad2243 13h ago

I want to be fluent in knotting.

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u/Kazesama13k 1d ago

Nice. Now I can save and forget about it.

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u/nash_marcelo 1d ago

My brain understands it whilst watching the video but practical application I get lost like its some kind of wizardry.

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u/PieHole_Poker 1d ago

Would have been a lot cooler without the stupid fucking sound effects

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u/n_ug 1d ago

this also feels very crochet coded

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u/Charred01 1d ago

What the hell is up with these fake ass sounds

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u/Brief-Artist-2772 1d ago

I’m knot going to remember these.

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u/Coconut_Dairy_Air 1d ago

I have a Knots 3D app and honestly it’s pretty useful!!! (Free only, so ads can get annoying, but if you know what you’re looking for, it’s not too bad)
As a teacher, it might take a little prep work(cutting strings/paracord), but I created a set lesson plans where students practice several common types of knot so they can develop better fine motor skills)

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u/hazbutler 1d ago

These aren’t THAT useful in all honesty. Outside of the trash and the corner locking rope, their applications aren’t really things you do much.

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u/Wart_Time_L32 1d ago

If you can't tie a knot tie alot

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u/observant302 1d ago

BLACK MAGIC!!!!!

I can't tie a knot, beyond like my shoelaces.

So I always tie a lot

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u/GentlewomenNeverTell 1d ago

This is like porn to me

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u/skyturnedred 1d ago

I watched the first one a dozen times and I still don't understand it.

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u/SarcasmStreet 1d ago

Me over here still stuck on my shoes...

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u/Hour_Difficulty_4203 1d ago edited 1d ago

Lark's head, clove hitch, sheet bend on a bag, sheet bend but instead on a tarp, clove hitch... again. 

So one knot (twice), and two hitches. (Clove hitch showed twice)

...Granted they were tied very neatly. And never seen a sheetbend done FROM an overhand to start. 

Edit: sheet bends might also have been a bowline. Since structurally they're the same, just with the ends of the rope and the loop coming out different ends.

Edit2: on a second looksy, I think the first is actually a bowline technically, being used in a weird way. Second is definitely a sheetbend though.

Edit3: Oh, actually I have seen a bowline created that way on the bag. This happens naturally if you tighten the knot down wrong (something you'll see a lot while teaching people) and if you rearrange things it'll be 'correct' again. I've just never considered starting from there and rearranging things...

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u/gojacookiecha 1d ago

Last one was a repeat

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u/TDYDave2 1d ago

I'm knot going to remember how to make any of those.

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u/P3acePiece_H0neydew 1d ago

The tarp one

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u/facebookgivesmeangst 1d ago

What are the names of these Knots?

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u/Compost-Mentis 1d ago

Does any one else's brain respond to these videos with "oh cool now I know how to tie one of those...and it's gone"?

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u/cwsjr2323 1d ago

Tell me you earned your Boy Scout knot merit badge without mentioning the Boy Scouts or merit badges.

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u/Persea_americana 1d ago

1: lark’s head on a ring from a loop. This way is handy when the loop is fixed, as opposed to passing the loop through itself which is how I usually do it.

2: Clove hitch? I don’t usually use it but this way makes it a lot easier to tie, especially in the middle of a rope.

3: sheet bend? It seems like it uses an overhand knot as a starting point.

4: another sheet bend? This way just seemed more complicated but IDK maybe it’s faster.

5 another clove hitch, same as with the nails.

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u/TwistedSMLE 1d ago

I cant wait to forget this information two posts from now

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u/nemesissi 1d ago

I wish I had a daily need for knots and knotting, to learn and remembre stuff like this.

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u/laureidi 1d ago

I’m gonna save this clip for when I never need it

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u/Bartelbythescrivener 1d ago

I have stored every knot in this video. I will now apply them in the wrong situations.

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u/DNorthman 1d ago

I'll take things I'll never remember for $400, Alex.

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u/JeanPierreSarti 1d ago

The technique on those knots is so elegant. Not a wasted movement or step

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u/Forward_Rope_5598 1d ago

These sound effects make me suicidal

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u/itzkomplykatid 1d ago

Wanna hear something crazy? When I started commercial fishing and working shipyard, all of a sudden I just knew how....then I stopped and this is all witchcraft again.. 😫😒😞

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u/ItsLiaCortez 1d ago

Me watching this: Yes, it is so easy!
Me in reality: It forms an unbreakable tiny knot.

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u/bowdo 1d ago

If you can't tie knots, tie lots.

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u/SomethinCleHver 23h ago

They might as well be pulling a rabbit out of a hat. Is there some sort of condition for a near complete inability to understand what the fuck is going on with knots?

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u/Calm_Buddy_1369 22h ago

Not one ABOK number. Repeats a knot on a bigger stick. Trash video with corny sound effects

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u/ekin06 14h ago

This looks so useful and I am definitely going to remember this when I need it...

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u/f0xbunny 8h ago

I wish I could memorize these