Finally finally I have watched so many videos on this not and practiced. I even saw one that explained your method but could never do it because I couldn’t see the flip of the wrist. Thanks so much for showing such a clear and concise and easy way to tie this knot.

@TheFreddyja

2 жыл бұрын

Same here.

@bigglyguy8429

Жыл бұрын

A lot of highly-rated vids have peeps gushing over them, but they actually seem to hide the method with sudden flips and stuff that make it stupidly difficult to follow. It's crazy that I've watched 4 or 5 vids and still feel uncertain (though the fact I'm using a floppy, flat shoe-lace really isn't helping..)

Finally a bowline tutorial that not only could I get to tie my needed knots on my first attempt but also not leaving me frustrated and pissed off that I had to rewind and stop a billion times trying to figure out exactly where the working end was going in relation to the other end.

Thank you...I visited a WW 2 Navy veteran last month. I ask him do you remember how to tie a bowline knot? He looked at me and laughed...then got the cord to the vacuum cleaner and tied that knot. He did it so fast I had to have him slow down to show me. It looked like he did it with one hand. The left hand just held the cord and the right had did all the work.

When I learned this knot in construction the person told me it was used to tie the string on a long bow and that it was easy to untie and very secure. Funny that I used it to tie my boat but did not realize it's many uses. Thanks for the tip, I will try it.

I feel like i'm half way "special" and you are the only one on youtube that I actually FINALLY learned how to tie a bowline!! thank you so much :)

Thanks so much. I learned to tie it like this many years ago and then forgot how. Ive searched ever since. I used to sit and do it with one hand. Even taught my RYA instructor how to do it

Very nice! Your examples are clear and easy to follow. Thanks!

I didn't realize, that the knot I learned 35 years ago was.... Bowline.... thanks for reminding me again :)

The bowline is not adjustable after it's tied. That's the point, it won't slip. It's a common rescue knot also. I had to watch this video twice before I realized he was tying it lefty, then I was able to translate it into our rescue knot training in scouts. This is exactly the way we were taught. The idea is that it can be tied one handed while holding on to your rescue or the rope to steady yourself. Then wrap the rope around your rescues waist and tie the knot. Yes I know there are other rescue knots, we learned many. This one was the intro knot so to speak. We had it down to half a second to tie it. With a little practice, my fingers remembered the moves. Nice video. Thanks.

@Wildernessways

10 жыл бұрын

That is what you get for watching videos made by a Southpaw ;) Thanks for the kind words.

@welbuggame

9 жыл бұрын

Daniel Wayman nice work Wayne..half a second to tie a life saveing knot...awsome mate.....i still get it wrong..that and spliceing loops..as a cray fishermans son its something ill never be allowed to live down,,lol,

@duggydugg3937

7 жыл бұрын

+Wildernessways yeah.. As a righty, I start with the working end under the standing part.. Flip towards myself.. That creates the loop with the rabbit already going down the hole.. Over the log.. Back up the hole

@Philrc

7 жыл бұрын

" _We had it down to half a second to tie it_ " I don't think so....

My dad was in the Navy WW2 he taught me how to tie a bowline knot and another one but can’t remember that one I wish I could he taught me how to fish and hunt and how to clean my game and of course how to shoot I really miss my dad ❤❤

Best video I've seen on making a bowline. Fast method shown slow and precise.

Thanks for sharing. My son is in Boy Scouts and he asked me how to tie one but I forgot how to make this knot. When I was in the Army I think I tied this knot at least 20 times a week but it's been about 25 years since I got out and I forgot LOL!!

This is the first time that I have ever seen a left-handed bowline.

@DiscoFang

3 жыл бұрын

@Dr. Howard Uh nope. The cowboy bowline has the working end sitting outside the bight, not to the inside.

Not that it makes any difference other than shaking your faith in humanity, but why in the world to some people have to thumb videos like this down? It is just someone giving some very uncontroversial knowledge!

It’s very quick and precise. Good job sir.

LOL it's funny how this video is titled with the word "quickest" and yet it's one of the longest videos on this knot. Haha Great video and thanks!

Great video-using educational methods any certified teacher would use!! Love the “ rabbit and log” bit.…good for the spatially challenged like me. Great to use for tying plants to a stake, gives the stem room to grow and not bind. Tip: The speed of any video on KZread can be slowed down by clicking the Settings icon at the bottom of the video>Speed> : 0.25/0.50/0.75. Comes in handy when there’s something you have to pay particular attention to. Also picture diagram of a bowline knot on Google Images.

I think the Marlon Spike hitch method is quicker. Plus you can make last second adjustments to reduce or increase the size of your loop as your tieing it.

The demo is the regular way to tie that knot, but by putting the working end through the loop you actually made an overhand knot. If you hold the standing and working parts of the rope together then enlarge the loop it will always form an overhand or underhand knot, so to me the over/underhand knot will always be the first part of the bowline.

Thank you so much, I'm a scout and forgot how to tie a bowline( surprising I know) and needed help quick, you sir were my help, I thank you.( and so does my troop)

I like the video. The rabbit story works. If you got more ways of typing knots you can tell an animal story for let me know.

Good job

Bowline is the good, tanks bro tutorial in your chanel i like it

For me as a right-hander, I had to download the video and flip it horizontally with VLC player to make it work. But then it was good :)

@zoehancock

4 жыл бұрын

Think of us left handers with all other how to you tube tutorials....

Note that the bowline and the sheetbend are the same not. The bowline makes a loop and the sheetbend connects two ropes together. The one-handed bowline was a necessity in rock climbing before all the fancy new gear was invented. And it's nice to know when you don't have a carabiner handy.

@tanguerochas

8 жыл бұрын

You are correct. If you connect the working ends of the sheetbend, the knot structure of a sheet-bend, though is the same as that of a Cowboy bowline.

You could tie a slip knot and then pull the tight side through the back of the loop and pull the slip end to tighten

Good video. Thanks.

Are you left handed?

Naw. The bunny runs around the tree then dives back down his hole. Ha ha! That's the way we all heard it as kids.Never heard about no log before. Cheers.

thanx dude, you helped me a lot :)

In the UK our Rabbits are a bit different to yours. They come out of the hole, go round the Tree, have a wee, then keep going round the tree (so they don't get there feet wet). And back down the hole. Just saying 😙. Thanks for the demonstration.

It works really well

_Haul on the bowline_ We sang that melody Like all tough sailors do When they're far away at sea

Nice video.

Which ever method you get best at will be the quickest way.

One correction: the large rope can't be Manila.

@gookskywalker

10 жыл бұрын

I caught that too.Looks like Nylon or Poly rope.

@garyv2196

4 жыл бұрын

Its nylon

Good, clear delivery. Good use of your mistake to turn it into a teaching moment. However, that tail on the thick rope was way too short! The bowline can easily loosen and untie, so tails are essential. Even better, secure the tail with an overhand or half a double-fisherman's knot on any strand. LOL- I used headphones so I wouldn't disturb the Mrs., but I kept looking around to find out what was ticking- toaster oven, cooking timer, jack-hammer at the construction site outside...? Oh, no, it's on your video! Great technique to handle the crux of this knot, trying to get the right orientation of the "rabbit hole" and tree or log. Great demo with various ropes, which bears out some essentials in rescue scenarios. Use rope strong enough for rescue and flexible enough to secure the knot. People needing rescue (even us) may be too exhausted, hypothermic, injured or panicked to remember and tie any knot, so a rescue loop should be already tied on the rope end. Thanks again, good job!

Nice, that's how I tie an emergency self rescue bowline....

Thank you so much

Awesome ty

I don't know how I managed it in the past but I just can't seem to figure it out.

good job

This is a really awkward as I assume you're left handed. As a righty, I always have the working end in my right hand.

Nice, thanks!

Even faster is the slip-knot or jedi method. You need a much longer working end tail on the manila.

so what, big deal, you made a proper knot

HE ACTS LIKE THIS WAS HIS VERY OWN IDEA, most instructors teaching the bowline eventually show you how to do it this way also

I always thought the "hole" was the loop you made after tying it to something

Thank you

Thank you for going to the effort to make and post this video. However, I have to say this is nowhere near the easiest or quickest way to tie a bowline. Multiple examples are right here on KZread -- many of them posted prior to this video's May 2013 posting.

How would somebody do it when they're left-handed

Yes, but it is a bit cumbersome. It might be easier just to retie it if you want a different size loop.

" underneath the log" no, the rabbit runs round the tree :)

@Ron_the_Skeptic

3 жыл бұрын

Under the log works better since the "tree" isn't vertical most of the time you tie it. We used to teach it "as around the tree" in scouts.

@Philrc

3 жыл бұрын

​@@Ron_the_Skeptic exactly. I learnt it as around the tree, which makes sense and is easily memorable. The rabbit comes up the hole, round the tree and back down the hole. simple. visual.. memorable. the tree not being 'vertical' is neither here nor there. it's a mnemonic device not an actual tree.

wait, is the bowline adjustable? Can you make a larger circle once you tie it?

@jordanharkness

3 жыл бұрын

No. The whole point of the bowling is that it will NOT slip. The loop stays the same size no matter how hard you tug on it.

camera zoom is so close it can be difficult to track working from standing end.

my knot keeps coming out as a slip knot and not a bowline?

@johnstanton8499

8 жыл бұрын

I kept having the same problem i think i was putting the the rope into the wrong hole at the last part of tying the knot Because i had the loop of the knot and loop of the bowline of a similar size When learning keep the first loop small 2 or 3 ins and the end of the tying rope short 7 ins maintaining a huge loop hanging down with the tying rope That way you can differenciate the correct hole. Hope this helps

bowlin'

Out of the hole round the tree and back down the hole. That's how I was taught. There is a one handed bowling on youtube. Check it out.......

The white rope is hawser-laid nylon rope and the bowline you tied in it is ineffective due to the running end/ working end being too short and being in the loop that locks the knot.

Do it from the other side like you are tying the end to something. You won't really be tying it from that side of the rope

the last bowline you tied has a short tail it will not hold

To properly define it, it is a BOW-line. A line used to tie the BOW of a ship to the mooring post, without the possibility of coming undone and losing your ship/boat.. Pronounced like the 'bough' of a tree-branch.

@roncraig007

7 жыл бұрын

You go ahead and pronounce it that way. The rest of the world has pronounced it with a long 'OH' sound since at least 1623. If it's critical, please pronounce it like the rest of the world so they know what in the world you're talking about.

Manila..... synthetic.

Doing it left handed

Manila? 3:20 Looks like nylon to me.

Just to be pedantic, according to one salty dog in another video, a bowline isn't just the knot, it is the knot AND the loop together.

@MookeMookeMooke

7 жыл бұрын

If you look at a Sheet Bend, it's actually the exact same knot but ties too ropes together.

@Philrc

7 жыл бұрын

Two.

the end is called the bitter end

@DouglasGross6022

7 жыл бұрын

Walkertongdee Or working end, and so on. I'm no expert, but I do appreciate when proper terminology is used.

@walkertongdee

7 жыл бұрын

:)

@mikefule330

6 жыл бұрын

The bitter end is the end of the rope that is secured to (for example) the anchor locker on board the boat. That's why when you do something "to the bitter end" you do it until all options are exhausted: you've run out of rope, there's nothing left. The "working end" is the end of the rope that you are using when you're making a knot. Working end and bitter end are different things.

@stettan1

6 жыл бұрын

Michael Wilkinson Has nothing to do with exhaustion and bitterness. Bitter end = secured to bitt (post, bollard). Read your Ashley.

@stettan1

6 жыл бұрын

Michael Wilkinson Or maybe that was just what you meant, sorry about that.

left handed knot tying

your ways looks simple but unfortunately i could not get it .

Thanks for the video. Its a Bowline, pronounced Bo-line. Not bollin

@19genowefa21

9 жыл бұрын

If you look in Merriam-Webster Dictionary..they pronounce it bo lin with a long O. I don't pronounce it like that, I say bow lin.

@markthompson8261

9 жыл бұрын

Benjamin: No, it is not. It is pronounced "boh-linn." Source: Every knot book I've ever read, including those by Geoffrey Budworth, author of multiple knot books and co-founder of the International Guild of Knot Tyers.

How does a rabbit run under a log? It runs around a tree.

Your left handed. Your dominant hand is left. Had to convert for my righthandedness. Nice trick though

Something odd about that bowline?! Perhaps left handed or a cowboy bowline. Great video anyways.

@jordanharkness

3 жыл бұрын

It looks weird because he is doing it left-handed. Right handed people do that mirror image. (Perhaps the video is mirrored because of his phone?)

Great video but I do wonder why everyone seems to call it a "bow-ln" Knot (like Bowling without the G) It's used to tie the front of the Boat which is called the Bow (like bowing to the king) to the dock. So the LINE that secures the BOW of the boat is called the Bow Line so shouldn't the knot be pronounced as The Bow Line Knot ? CHEERS :)

@gileswebinger8147

10 жыл бұрын

bowlin and bowline are both correct Bowline is the original name bowline (silent "e") is The more modern way

@snappa222

9 жыл бұрын

Giles Webinger Giles you are 100% correct.

@jordanharkness

3 жыл бұрын

Sailors did not often use the queen's English. Lots of words were... more slang than articulated. In Sailors lexicon Main sail is pronounced, "MAIN-sill" Leeward is pronounced, "LOO-ward" Bowline is pronounced, "BOE-lin"

Bull lin.... 《--- no Bow line 《--- yes

Comp,every back to front. Looks the same but doesn't work the same!

the end suppose to be out of the loop not inside looks better

@roncraig007

7 жыл бұрын

Absolutely NOT! If you do that, the knot can be worked loose by loading and unloading tension, like a boat tied to a dock. You WILL lose your boat if that bitter end is outside the loop.

hard

your left handed but it's still a bowline

this knot is required for boy scouts.

It's not morning.

Every time I tie this knot, as per your video, it becomes a slip knot.

@kazvswild

7 жыл бұрын

I figured out what was wrong on a different video, thanks anyway.

Every Fucking Time i try this it turns into a nuse i SWEAR i am not racist

I've seen a faster way, 1 second. Holding 20 inches of rope . in one hand, throw it around the standing end. Hard to explain there is a utuber who does it. Search bowline 1 second.

@esfowle

6 жыл бұрын

Len Wenzel I learned that method in the USN from an old Boatswain's mate on my first ship. Taught as a quick trick, the loop is typically too small for many tasks and especially too small for rescue.

@stettan1

6 жыл бұрын

Those one second bowlines are not bowlines.

If its "easier" than why did you mess it all up at 2:33? Just askin' and just sayin'.

@Wildernessways

10 жыл бұрын

Just trying to make sure you guys see that I am not perfect. Call it a public service.

@RanchBlessings

10 жыл бұрын

Nobody is and if they say they are either they are a liar or trying to sell you something. I'm only saying this bc the traditional way doesn't take from the bight but the standing end. Try doing it this way around a log and you'll see what Im saying. No disrespect intended.

@markgross928

9 жыл бұрын

Dakota Farrell Worked around a tree just fine.

@neru4399

7 жыл бұрын

Dakota Farrell

In every single video, I get completely confused. As many years as I have tried, I simply can't get it memorized, period. I can learn most other knots, just not this one.

To keep from really agitating your viewers, you should start off with telling people that you are left-handed and that all right-handed people will need to do everything in the reverse of how you do it... right-handed people will hold the working end in the right hand...

Not as fast as the flying bowline.

too fast !!!!

Too many knots ! too confusing and actually burdensome. What we (I) need is one good loop knot that is strong, will not come undone accidentally, and be easy to untie in all environments including water after heavy loads, . I'm guessing here from what I have seen.... How about the Water Bowline with the Yosemite finish ? All I need is one best knot. STOP confusing me. If you or any other expert can suggest one best know please do so. Also please place emphasis on being able to untie as I am tired of good ropes with knots in them that I cannot untie as I sometimes put thousands of pounds on them and they squeeze up real tight.. Also.... If I need a loop in the middle of a rope I can see how the bowline on a bight will provide me with two loops but if I needed only one loop would there be any benefit to the Alpine Butterfly Loop in terms of 1. strength, 2. will not come undone accidentally, 3. and can be untied easily after loads of thousands of pounds. If for any reason the double loop bowline on a bight is superior I dont have to use both loops if I only need one and I cannot imagine any situation where the extra loop could not be used even if I only need one.

@SnowHunter44

3 жыл бұрын

using proper knots is key to rope management, the bowline undoes easily even after being stressed. the small loop at the top of the knot can be bent back - it is called breaking the back of the knot - and the rope can be worked loose. Alpine butterfly is a great knot but so is the figure of eight and other options. If learning 5 basic knots is a problem for you get a book from the library or a store so you have a reference and practise before you expect to be comfortable tying these knots when you REALLY need them, and NEED to trust they are tied correctly.

this is for left handed people.. ughh

Sorry, absolutely not the quickest and easiest method.

Are you left handed?

@Wildernessways

5 жыл бұрын

Yes I am.

@oldoldpilgrim7898

5 жыл бұрын

I'd watched a couple of other videos showing that knot and they all tied it from the other direction. Your videos undoubtedly save left handed people much frustration. Good luck with your channel!