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Everything happens in life. Let's say you need to climb a small height, tie down a load, or pull a car out of a hole. In such cases, a properly tied rope is indispensable, so the ability to knit reliable knots is an extremely useful skill.

site decided to help you master the 8 most simple and useful knots that will come in handy in any situation.

Tight knot

How to do. We take the edge of the rope and fold it with the letter "Z". With the short end, we make 3-4 turns around the rope and thread it into the lower loop. We tighten the rope with the help of the upper, working loop.

Where to apply. Such a knot is conveniently attached to various subjects. For example, to raise or lower objects with a narrow neck.

Pole tying

How to do. To begin with, we make a regular knot on one of the slats. Then we apply the second to it and make 5-8 turns around. With the remaining end we tighten the harness, threading it between the poles.

Where to apply. Such bindings are quite strong and can be used to make one long pole, repair a fracture, or simply tie two or more sticks together.

Node "Constrictor"

How to do. Make a loop in the center of the rope. Then we turn one of the sides over so that the rope is in the shape of a figure eight. Now we take the center of this figure eight (the intersection) and simply fold the loops into a finished knot.

Where to apply. The peculiarity of this knot is that after tightening in reverse side he won't untie himself. The Constrictor is great for tightening bags, pinching a leaking rubber hose, tightening a rolled carpet, you can even use it as a tourniquet.

Node "Ladder"

How to do. In the left hand we take the end of the rope. With the right hand, reverse the grip, turn the loop over and fix the rope in the left hand. We repeat the same with the remaining rope. Then we thread the end of the rope (which dangles from below) into the loop, grab it, throwing the rest. Now the entire rope is in knots, the gap of which is equal to the size of the loop.

Where to apply. Such a rope can be used when descending, climbing to a height, or to pull the car out of the pit.

"Barrel" knot

How to do. We put the item on the rope and tie it with the most common knot with which we tie the shoelaces. Then we stretch the loop of the knot onto the walls of the object and tighten it.

Where to apply. Such a knot is often used to lift heavy round objects. In addition, they are convenient to lift several items at once. Or use instead of a handle for buckets, cans, barrels.

Knot "Prusik"

How to do. We take the edge of the loop from a thin rope and make 3-4 turns around the main rope, while passing the end through the loop. Without load, this knot slides perfectly along the rope and can be easily moved by hand. But if a load is applied to the knot, then it is tightened tightly and will not budge.

Where to apply. With the help of such knots, you can easily climb the rope to any height or hang any object.

Node "Handle"

How to do. Take two ropes and cross them (red over blue) to form a half knot. Cross them again (red over blue) and tighten both ends to form a straight knot.

Where to apply. One of the easiest knots to tie two ropes together. Can be used if you need to temporarily tie something up for light loads. With heavy loads on the tied cables and when they get wet, the straight knot is strongly tightened. But untying it is very easy.

The ability to knit knots is due to the need to tie various ropes (ropes, cables, threads). The ability to make different loops. The ability to tie (tie) fishing line. Creation of insurance (rescue devices, crossings). Lift (move, attach) all kinds of objects (loads).

Types of such mounts used not only by sailors, climbers (tourists), fishermen (hunters), slingers, but also by people in Everyday life, a great many.

Some of the most used connections for tying multiple objects, lifting weights, forming loops of garrotes, are the following main types of marine knots:

One of the brightest representatives of such fasteners for round surfaces is the noose knot. The advantage of these attachments is the ability to quickly and easily tie the desired version of the knot (having good reliability), spending minimal time on mastering knitting skills. Without much difficulty, untie (loosen) it after use.

Knot noose on a support

1. Such a knot is made using a single rope. The noose fastening is knitted around any support.
2. The object (support) is wrapped with a sling, forming a loop.
3. After that, at least three revolutions are made with the free (running) end around the working part of the rope.
4. The control knot is knitted, the whole structure is tightened.
5. The disadvantage of such a connection (without a control node) is its constant testing for strength. This is due to the ability of the node to slip.

Tightening noose

For temporary attachment of a rope to objects floating in the water, a tightening noose is often used. The reliability of this fastening is given by the impossibility of slipping out of the running end of the rope from the structure itself.

1. Two loops are made on the rope (approximately equal in size).
2. The undercarriage, in several turns, wraps around them.
3. After that, the rest of the running end is wound into a loop (located along the root of the rope).
4. Pulling on the bottom of the loop, it is clamped.

Such a noose is used when attaching ropes to various coastal objects and is easily unraveled by pulling the root end, tightening the loop.

How to tie a regular noose

A regular noose knot is easy to knit. At its core, this is with an open loop made at the long end of the rope.

A simple noose is knitted according to the following scheme:

1. A loop is formed at the end of the cable.
2. A loop (open) is threaded through it, made on the root part.
3. For tightening, it is thrown over the desired object.

Such easy-to-knit garrotes are often used by hunters when catching animals. They are also convenient for bandaging when packing parcels.

Similar, according to the scheme of work, to a regular noose, is a marine noose. The difference in knitting is only in the number of turns made around the loop. A diagram of how to knit such a knot is shown in the video.

Construction of a crossing with a noose

On foot hiking trips, you often have to cross various obstacles (rivers, obstacles that arose after showers, ravines), transport injured (sick) members of the group. One way to do this is to install a simple, hinged, removable ferry.

For this you will need:

• Main cargo sling (10-12 mm in diameter). A participant (cargo) will move along it through an obstacle. It is chosen long by 5-6 m more than the distance between the proposed supports.
• Cable with a diameter of 10 mm for additional insurance. It should be longer than twice the distance of the obstacle, approximately 10 m.
• Device for reducing wear of the cargo cable.

The place for the crossing should be chosen taking into account:

• a higher initial section (the crossing must be carried out at an angle);
• reliable supports for fastening the cargo rope on both sides of the barrier (trees, stones, etc.);
• the minimum width of the obstacle at the crossing point;
• the opportunity for one of the group members to cross to the other side, not far from the proposed location of the crossing.

For knitting a sling on a support, a noose knot is used. In order for the mount to be reliable, the following rules should be observed:

• all places where the loop of the rope overlaps must be in contact with the bark of the tree;
• the noose is recommended only for knitting around suitable trees;
• the trunk should be selected more than 20 cm in diameter.

To fasten the cable to bushes, stones, a group of trunks of young trees, it should be done with the help of a “simple bayonet”.

The noose knot is ideal for creating removable crossings due to its ease of knitting, good reliability, and the ability to easily untie the knot under load.

Noose with a hose

For more reliable fastening, a noose with one (several) hose is used.

The presence of such a device prevents the knot from slipping when towing (lifting) logs, other long objects, mast installation.

Knitting method:

Such knots are easy to tie on and unravel when needed, while at the same time having excellent reliability when traction is applied.

carabiner choke

The carabiner knot is not one of the most popular connections, although it is one of the most reliable fasteners. This is due to some difficulty in tying a knot (especially for beginners), a narrowly focused use of a carabiner loop. It is used in mountaineering to create various kinds of bundles, when attaching a rope (by a noose) to objects on the ground (wood, stone, various structures).

Knit as follows:

Such fastening is provided by pulling the halyard through the carabiner, followed by tightening the knot when the root end of the rope is loaded. Using this connection, you can easily pull out a stuck car.

The use of a noose in fishing

Since the loop (choke) is a self-tightening knot, this method of fastening in the equipment of fishing gear is not used as often as in other fishing installations. This is due to the design features of the node. It works well only under the condition of application of constant loads. In moments of jerky nature of the load, there is a danger of untying it, which will invariably lead to the loss of gear and catch.

Considering the ease and speed of execution of this fastener, ease of untying, it is often used by fishermen to tie a rope to an anchor or cargo, a boat to a pier, and to make a crown.

When applying a noose when crocheting to the main fishing line, it is necessary to consider what material it is made of. When forming a knot on fluorocarbon or braided line, one must not forget that this is a rather slippery material. As a result, the knot will be easy to untie.

It is important to remember that it is advisable to use a noose in fishing only in cases where there is a need for a constant load. Otherwise. The node will be subject to self-dissolution. This is especially true for more simple options nooses.

The name of this node is logically derived from the specifics of its application. The scaffold knot was specially invented and used on medieval gallows. Also, this knot has the well-known name "Lynch Knot". Such a knot has been known to people since ancient times and quite often it can be seen in historical films. But, despite the gloomy nature of this node, it can be widely used in other areas or for other purposes.

How to tie a Lynch knot?

Hanging knot or Lynch's loop, is a derivative of the usual noose. The only exception is the larger number of turns. Due to this, a fracture of the vertebrae of the neck occurs, leading to the rapid death of the hanged man. Due to this quality of the hangman's rope, strangulation was considered more humane.

The running end of the rope is laid in a zigzag, two loops should be obtained.
The chassis turns 5-7 times from the bottom up (the number of turns must be odd).
The rest of the running tip is wound through the upper loop. The knot is tightened, pulling up the main horse of the rope and the loop itself.

History of the gallows knot

The ability to tie knots has been known to man since ancient times. The most ancient types of such human activities were discovered by Finnish archaeologists during excavations on the territory of their country.

A new impetus to knot knitting technologies was given by the development of sailing shipbuilding. This was due to the need to have reliable, easy-to-use mounting equipment. Nodes appeared:

• Used to connect individual parts of the cable together
• Special Application
• To hold any objects at the end of the rope or fix them together. It is to this group that knots for the gallows belong.

From the middle of the seventeenth century, in Europe, for executions, a scaffold - a gallows made of rope - began to be used.

This type of execution owes its appearance to the famous executioner Jack Ketch, who served the English crown. It was thanks to this man that the marine self-tightening knot got its name - Jack Ketch's hanging noose or scaffold knot.

The American Civil War gave rise to the so-called lynching. The slaves freed during this war took revenge on the former slave owners. For this, the guilty one who raised his hand to the "white" was doomed to a hasty execution by hanging. Such massacres, occurring without trial or investigation, later received the name - Lynch courts.

The doomed were hanged using the already popular marine knot. Now it has received the name - the Lynch knot. The name is associated with the name of the American judge Charles Lynch, thanks to whom the practice of hanging was cultivated during the war of the states for their independence. However, there is another version. According to her, the palm belongs to Captain William Lynch. This officer introduced a law that allowed extrajudicial corporal punishment ("Lynch law"). As a result, when hanging, the same knot was used.

A large proportion of the executions took place in the Southern states. After the abolition of lynching, ropes with such knots were used as intimidation. By hanging such "decorations", the Ku Klux Klan reminded the black population of America of itself. Showing the loop in public means prizes for incitement to racial hatred. Some US states penalize such demonstrations with hefty fines.

Where is the scaffold knot used?

Previously, the scaffold knot was used for gallows executions, but now civilized countries use it for a different purpose. As a rule, it is used for temporary suspension of objects, nets, bags filled with something. It is actively used in everyday life, agriculture in food production.

Although the node has a rather gloomy name, it is a "hard worker", a great helper. It is widely used for its intended purpose in maritime affairs. A cable with such a knot serves as a fastener for various floating objects, when throwing the fastener on coastal objects.

Found use by fishermen. It is used when casting loads, tying gear, fishing line.

Possessing the impossibility of the running end of the rope to slip out of the loop (when loosened), it is considered a more reliable noose.

Also referred to as the angler's loop, the angler's loop forms a strong, non-slip and immobile loop in any position along most types of line, including the lash line.

History of the Loop Node

Considered the simplest of the various knots, the loop has a long history. It is believed that the noose was invented in the 1st century AD. e., which can be read in the monograph of the Greek physician Heracles. First, an ordinary loop appeared, then various modifications and complications began to be invented. A perfect loop appeared, deaf, and then oak and many others.

What is the loop knot used for?

The perfect loop is a nautical and fishing knot. Typically, the knot and its modifications are used to create a loop that will not tighten at the end of a cable, rope or rope.

Many areas of human life use the excellent qualities of the loop. For example, marine vessels, agriculture, industry and even in everyday life. But basically, as mentioned above, the loop is used by sailors and fishermen for various purposes. Sailors can use the knot to tie a tugboat, and fishermen can use it for just about anything, alternatively tying hooks to a line or leader, tying the mainline and leader, tying a boat, and more.

What does a loop node look like?

This strong loop has a standing end coming out of the line in a straight line. The perfect loop, as mentioned in Ashley's knot book, is one of the easiest fly fishing knots to create a small loop at the end of a rope or line. It is also used to connect small lures and hooks.

At first glance, the perfect loop looks very simple, so you will immediately understand how to knit it. All modifications are not particularly different from each other.

Although the perfect loop can be tied as easily as the bowline knot, it has a higher efficiency in any use.

Advantages and disadvantages of the Loop knot

There are many more advantages in this list than disadvantages, which is already clear right away. The loop is probably in the top 10 knots of every fisherman who is often faced with the need to tie something.

Benefits of the Loop Knot

• looks thin even when pulled tight;
• durable in both fresh and salt water;
• allows you to conveniently and quickly change the main loop and the connection loop;
• easily connected by hands;
• the size can be adjusted to make a microloop;
• one of the few knots that holds the banjo string well;
• reliable on any ropes, even slippery ones;
• can be tied with one hand;
• can be additionally tightly tightened for good stability;
• can be quickly tied up in case of danger;
• the possibility of knitting through the ring.

Flaws

• does not tighten well;
• not suitable for those cases where it is necessary to untie the knot later.

How to tie a loop knot?

Next step-by-step instruction with pictures will help you figure out how to tie a knot.

1.Choose a good rope for knot training. It should not be too sliding, although in this case any will do.

2. Form a loop as shown in the picture.

3. Form a second loop and place it over the first.

4. Pass the end of the rope between the 2 loops.

5. Pull the top loop through the bottom loop.

6. Lubricate the rope and tighten by pulling on the standing end and a new loop.

7. Cut off the end and the knot is ready.

So you have learned how to knit one of the most effective and most used fishing knots. A perfect loop will help you out in any situation, because it has many advantages that cover minor disadvantages. Now all your tackle and hooks will be securely tied, thanks to such a wonderful knot as a perfect loop or fishing loop.

Do not forget that at the end you will have to put in a lot of effort to untie the loop knot. However, this is not a problem, especially for the angler who ties hooks to line for a regular rod, spinning rod or bottom tackle. Hurry up to go fishing to put the theoretical knowledge into practice!

The Lynch Knot, How It Came to Be and Why It Is Necessary to Delve into English History.

Lynch's knot or Lynch's loop, as it is also called, appeared a long time ago, but its original name was lost and therefore unknown. This knot was used in nautical business for fastening gear and was a strong, evenly tightened loop.

In those days, the death penalty was practiced, namely, chopping off the head. These executions were carried out manually and therefore were not always successful. Often the execution turned into a mockery of the executed. Especially famous was Jack Ketch, who served the English kings Charles II and James II from 1663 to 1686. He was distinguished by inability, and often thoughtful sadism in the execution of the sentence. This is what prompted the authorities to find new types and devices for more humane executions.

This is how the gallows appeared, and the knot that was used for hanging was borrowed from maritime practice. So he got his first name that has survived to this day - hanging. Otherwise, it is also called scaffold.

This knot became the Lynch knot two centuries later, in the late 1860s, when in America, during the Civil War, freed slaves began to take revenge on their former masters. The slave who raised his hand to white man, were executed by hanging on the spot, without trial or investigation. Such hasty reprisals became known as lynching. According to one version, the name arose in honor of the American judge Charles Lynch, who practiced hanging in the Revolutionary War. According to another, it was formed from the name of Captain William Lynch, who introduced the "Lynch Law" on extrajudicial corporal punishment. For the sake of justice, it is worth noting that in this law of 1780, not a word was said about the death penalty. However, when hanging, the same sea knot was used, which this time was called the Lynch knot.

Applications

The Lynch knot is widely used in maritime affairs. They temporarily attach the cable to objects floating in the water. Or they use it when throwing and attaching a cable to any object on the shore.

In addition, it can be used when fishing to connect fishing line and gear, as well as a drop weight.

The Lynch knot is very secure because the end of the cable cannot slip out of the loop if it becomes loose.