How to Tie a Knot; Simple Instruction for Knot Tying

by Overton Publishing

This great book has 11 chapters with over 110 illustrations on the basics of how to tie a knot.

If you want to learn the slip knot, the bowline, a noose knot, a monkey fist, or just a basic hitch; this is the book for you!

Different strands of rope are printed in different colors so they are easier to follow along with.

98 pages covering subjects such


The Construction of Ropes 
 
Common Whipping
 
Knots, etc., formed by a Single Rope's-end
  Overhand Knot
  Figure of 8   
  Simple Clinch
  Running or Inside Clinch
  Outside Clinch
  Buntline Hitch
  Bowline 
  Running Bowline
  Half Hitch
  Round Turn and Two Half Hitches
  Clove Hitch  
  Rolling Hitch
  Timber Hitch
  Fisherman's Bend
  Topsail Halliard Bend
  Stun ‘sail Bend
  Blackwall Hitch
  Midshipman's Hitch
  Double Blackwall Hitch
 
Knots, etc., made on the Bight of a Rope
  A Bowline on the Bight
  Marlinespike Hitch
  Sheepshank
  Catspaw
 
Knots, Bends, etc., for Uniting Ropes
  Reef Knot
  Common or Sheet Bend
  Single Carrick Bend 
  Double Carrick Bend
  Diamond Knot

Knots formed on Ropes by their own Strands
  Wall Knot 
  Double Wall Knot
  Crown Knot
  Manrope Knot
  Stopper Knot
  Single Matthew Walker
  Double Matthew Walker
  Another form of Diamond Knot (Single)
  Double Diamond Knot 
  Shroud Knot 
  Spritsail Sheet Knot
 
Splices
  Eye Splice
  Short Splice
  Cut Splice
  Long Splice
  Grommet 
 
Wire Splicing
  Eye Splice
  Long Splice
 
Purchases
  Single Whip
  Double Whip
  Runner
  Gun Tackle
  Handy Billy or Jigger
  Watch or Luff Tackle
  Double Luff 
  Three-fold Purchase
  Four-fold Purchase
  Single Spanish Burton
  Double Spanish Burton (two forms)
  Spanish Windlass

Miscellaneous Odds and Ends
  Palm and Needle Whipping
  West Country Whipping
  American Whipping
  To Point a Rope End
  Turk's Head 
  Mousing a Hook
  Securing Lead Line to Lead
  Fitting a Flag
  Cringles
  Lengthening the Rope of a Sail
  Jury Knot
  Sling for a Barrel
  Chain Knot
  Double Chain
  Twist or Plain Knot
 
Wire Rope Splicing, etc
  Directions for Splicing
  Splicing Thimbles

105 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 9, 2010