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. Author: Clyde Soles. Publisher: The Mountaineers Books.

ISBN: 620. Category: Sports & Recreation. Page: 157. View: 5799A guide to the ropes and knots used in the outdoors by hikers, campers, paddlers, and climbers.Guidelines for selecting the best rope and the best knot for the activity at hand.Knot-tying directions clearly illustrated with photos.New entry in the Mountaineers Outdoor Basics series It's fair to say that climber Clyde Soles is obsessed with ropes and knots and their absolute performance-since he regularly entrusts his life to ropes on sheer rock faces. His unique book explainshow to select and use ropes, cordage, and webbing for the outdoors.

Invaluable information is provided on rope handling techniques (how to avoid dreaded tangles) and the best methods for rope care and maintenance. Step-by-step directions for tying over 40 knots are clearly illustrated with photographs. Other useful features include a glossary and a knot comparison chart activity.

This is the definitive text on ropes and knots for anyone who plays in the outdoors!. Author: Lindsey Philpott. Publisher: Simon and Schuster. ISBN:.

Category: Crafts & Hobbies. Page: 640. View: 307All knots are useful, but many can also be very beautiful. Here, Lindsey Philpott, expert knot tyer, sets out to provide the most comprehensive, useful, and attractive book of decorative knots from around the world. Readers will learn the materials, methods, measurements, and tools needed to tie dozens of beautiful knots. Flat knots, round knots, square knots, covering knots—you name it, and this book has it.

From braids to plaits to sinnets, here are step-by-step instructions accompanied by full-color photographs for the knot tyer’s reference. Chapters include: Getting Started Purely Decorative Knots Netting and Woven Knots Turk’s Head Knots Knob Knots And much more! Philpott provides a brief history of knotting, in addition to instructions and helpful images. Practical tips, like what materials not to use will advise beginners about the details of knot tying.

Once you practice the knots illustrated in these pages, you can use the information to create your own individual style—and even some new knots! Handy reference book as well as a beautiful gift, this is an essential addition to every knot enthusiast’s library. Author: Philippe Petit. Publisher: ABRAMS. ISBN:. Category: Crafts & Hobbies. Page: 256.

View: 6730“Mr. Petit is the perfect teacher” in this fascinating, educational volume on knot-tying—an art and science that has held civilization together (The Wall Street Journal). Philippe Petit is known for his astounding feat of daring when, on August 7, 1974, he stepped out on a wire illegally rigged between the World Trade Center’s twin towers in New York City. But beyond his balance, courage, and showmanship, there was one thing Petit had to be absolutely certain of—his knots. Without the confidence that his knots would hold, he never would have left the ground.

In fact, while most of us don’t think about them beyond tying our shoelaces, the humble knot is crucial in countless contexts, from sailing to sports to industrial safety to art, agriculture, and more. In this truly unique book, Petit offers a guide to tying over sixty of his essential knots, with practical sketches illustrating his methods and clear tying instructions. Filled with photos in which special knots were used during spectacular high-wire walks, quirky knot trivia, personal anecdotes, helpful tips, magic tricks, and special tying challenges, Why Knot? Will entertain and educate readers of all ages. “In reading Philippe’s book we are cogently reminded that without the ability to secure a rope, or tether a goat, or make fast the sheets of a galley, much of the civilization that we take for granted would disappear as easily as a slipknot in the hands of a Vegas conjuror.” —Sting, musician and activist “His descriptions are clear, he deploys humor frequently and he makes his points with anecdotes that are colorful and memorable. Explaining the purpose and creation of knots and thanks to those flawless drawings Mr.

Petit earns perfect marks.” —The Wall Street Journal. Developments and Applications. Author: R H Gong. Publisher: Elsevier. ISBN:. Category: Technology & Engineering. Page: 384.

View: 3929Specialist yarn, woven and fabric structures are key elements in the manufacturing process of many different types of textiles with a variety of applications. This book explores a number of different specialist structures, discussing the developments in technology and manufacturing processes that have taken place in recent years. With its distinguished editor and international team of contributors, Specialist yarn, woven and fabric structures is essential reading for all textile researchers, technicians, engineers and technologies, and will also be suitable for academic purposes. Looks at developments that have occurred in the manufacturing of specialist yarn, weave and fabric structures Discusses different types of specialist yarn structures, such as hybrid, fancy and compound yarns Offers insight into multicomponent fabric structures such as 3D nonwovens, flocked, knotted and jacquard woven fabrics.

I know I can look this stuff up online but I want a physical book. What is the your favorite knot book?

What's the de facto, goto guide that all the outdoorsmen and survivalists turn to for their knot tying needs? I know there are ones specifically written for sailors. I don't want to specialized especially since I don't own a boat. Besides, I bet the same knots appear in regular knot books.Second question - If I wanted to keep a length (min 25 feet) of paracord in my B.O.B., what is the best way to create a bundle so it is self-contained yet easily unraveled for deployment and doesn't get tangled? The ULTIMATE knot book is called the 'Ashley Book of Knots by Clifford W. Asley' back in the 1940's when knows ment more then they do today.It is considered by some to be the most complete reference of knots ever assembled.

Its got almost 4,000 knots in it. The dude (Ashley) invented some of the knots in the book too.

If you want the knot bible, thats it by far.As for your second question you can wrap up 25 feet of 550 cord into a fairly smalll package. Not more then a few inches square.

Both my boot laces have been replaced with it and thats almost 12 between them (6 foot each). Most everything in my bag has a lanyard on it of 550 cord. So thats a few feet each there.You know those 'Survival Bracelets' you see sometimes?

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The ones where you pull one end of theing Cobra Weve and you get a dozen or so feet of line? I have a friend who did that on a larger scale and made a belt. So he is always carrying over a hundred feet of 550 cord. And it holds his pants up! LolI saw you said 'paracord' in the origional post.

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I just wanted to make sure you had the 550 cord. The good stuff, the stuff you can cut and seperate into 7 strands (the core) plus the outer shell (the cover). If you cut it and its all fuzz on the inside then its some knockoff stuff and wont be nearly as strong. The names 'paracord' 'parachute cord' '550' cord and 'paraline' are all kinda interchanged.

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As far as the military is concerned 'parachure cord' and 550 cord is the real deal. Hope this helps. My copy of Ashley's is copyright 1944 and the book gives no indication that it was ever revised past that date.but don't let that stop you from picking up a copy if you can.

I'm told that there have only been a handful of knots invented in the last 100 years. Ashley will show you over 3900 knots.There is a page of helpful icon style 'hints' that will appear throughout the book telling you that the knot illustrated is Important, Strong, Practical, Difficult To Untie, Dangerous, etc. My favorite hilarious one depicts a whiskey bottle and says, 'For The Initiated Only.'

Another funny: 'Liable To Capsize.' Probably the only way to learn knots more colorfully would be to take an old sailor to the pub. Ashley's Book of Knots is the knot bible.

Each knot gets a number (e.g. ABOK 1855) and if you google the number you frequently find better instructions. (As ABOK is still being printed, I'm not sure if the online and pdf versions are copyright violations or not. The book is wonderful - great stories and pictures - and you'll want it in your hands at some point.)I also recommend looking at Marty Combs site (knotstuff.com iirc). Books, cordage and hardware. Marty has the Tom Hall books on turkshead knots - the bible of turkshead knots. If I didn't provide the correct name of the site, you can google Martin Combs Knots.Two other good sites are Frayed Knot Arts and Knot Heads World Wide (KHWW).

Bud Brewer, of blessed memory, posted many great knot tutorials on KHWW.