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@picophd

Жыл бұрын

Here's a request for something that no one has done on KZread from the looks of it: Please show us a no-rope knot for the mouth of a sack that already has some produce like potatoes or fruits! :) The idea is that it would be a fairly easy to make knot that seals the sack but is also easy to untie.

@gregre052

2 күн бұрын

​bowline knot diagram

Concise and easy to understand. Knots are hard to memorize and people NEED to revisit, so making this series as it is has been a blessing with the consumer in mind. No filler content, no faffing around, great illustrative editing and splicing with an added hue to make it aesthetic. This puts other KZread content creators to shame. I’m sure I’m not the first to say it, but thank you so much for what you’re doing!!

What really amazes me about the bowline is that it’s easily undone no matter how much tension you’ve put on it. And that it’s impossible for it to get undone while under tension. Double safe!

@TheBearEssentials

Жыл бұрын

Great point!! I forgot to include it’s impossible to get undone under tension. Thank you 🙏

@AMC-eq3jr

Жыл бұрын

See the anchor knot: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lZ-fpZergKenmrw.html The fastest anchor knot: kzread.info/dash/bejne/epV3yZZ_f7Suj6Q.html CAUTION: The Bowline is not a climbing knot unless it is finished: kzread.info/dash/bejne/fJ5olKRxlaa1qsY.html The finish I trust my life with is the EBSB finish: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hp6HzsdsitKtcaw.html

@thebadger7724

Жыл бұрын

Not quite 'no matter how much tension' I used some old climbing rope to pull an oak tree down with a tractor... That bowline never came undone 😂

@TheBearEssentials

Жыл бұрын

@@thebadger7724 that’s probs a really isolated scenario, also because you were using dynamic rope instead of static I would guess. I’d change the wording to, in nearly all of scenarios it won’t bind

@thebadger7724

Жыл бұрын

@@TheBearEssentials I should change my wording to 12mm static rope access cord but hey not knocking the bowline! It's a great knot! Just saying if you do ever want to make it bind a tree and a big tractor will do the job 😉🤣 anyways keep up the good work dude 😉

This is what KZread was intended for

In Boy Scouts, in the old days, we practiced and practiced tying all kinds of knots. But if you don't use it you lose it! Thanks for bringing this knot back just when I needed it. Good teaching is rare, great job! I'll be looking at the other videos.

@robertdeniro-lk9lt

9 ай бұрын

We still do

Bowline is one of three knots that everyone should learn and be an expert in. Square knot, clove hitch, bowline. There are other great knots that someone might need for maritime, trucking, climbing, or survivalist applications, but these three will get 95% of people all the way through life and the other 5% through 95% of the knots they'll ever need.

I learned how to tie this knot many years ago and still appreciate a well done step by step video. Thanks dude!

@TheBearEssentials

Жыл бұрын

Hey that means a lot! Thanks a bunch for watching my friend!

Love the quickness of this knot. I used to know it (learned it as a Girlscout, I think) but hadn't used it in a while; good refresher. Thanks!

@TheBearEssentials

Жыл бұрын

Oh that’s awesome, I wish I took scouts when I was younger, glad to have found this all later in my life though

Watched 3 other videos but this was the one that helped me learn it the best.

I'm so grateful for these knot videos ☺️ So essential... Thank you! 💪🏻

@TheBearEssentials

Жыл бұрын

You’re very welcome thanks for commenting here Susan!!!

@AMC-eq3jr

Жыл бұрын

Susan Henning See the anchor knot: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lZ-fpZergKenmrw.html The fastest anchor knot: kzread.info/dash/bejne/epV3yZZ_f7Suj6Q.html CAUTION: The Bowline is not a climbing knot unless it is finished: kzread.info/dash/bejne/fJ5olKRxlaa1qsY.html The finish I trust my life with is the EBSB finish: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hp6HzsdsitKtcaw.html

Such a cool channel! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

Your explanation is one of the most clear and simple one out there. Kudos to you 👍👍Thanks for the info brother

@TheBearEssentials

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure I’m glad you enjoyed it!!

@kcpro4542

Жыл бұрын

Agreed!!

I always struggled with learning knots because the over/under is always poorly illustrated, or I'll get the twist direction wrong because I misinterpreted the diagram. The way this was explained was really clear and I appreciate how it was presented.

Watched my girlfriend trying to teach her son how to tie his shoes. She had no luck. I figured out it was because she was facing him. I sat down, had him sit on my lap and showed him how to tie it from his side. Bingo. It worked. That’s an excellent point you made about facing the knot or not. Good help! Thanks!

Wow. Thanks for the extra uses & combination uses.

The knots are great, but that sweater is awesome!

I really like the marlinespike hitch idea. Thank you for another helpful video.

Basic tutorial, but exceptionally handy to know. Thank you.

my dad was a first mate/sailor starting on working boats back in the late 1930's and into ww2. He taught me this amazing knot long ago and after watching this it all came back and got it on the first try🤗

perfect pov im looking for. most bowline videos pov is sideway.

Thank you, always knew knots were useful but needed to see it done in motion to learn them. Currently have a family member that I drive to many medical appointments I have two paracords in my pocket and practice while I wait. Thank you for making these videos

@TheBearEssentials

Жыл бұрын

I’m so sorry to hear about that family member, hope their situation improves. That’s fantastic that you practice the knots like that though I do the same!!

@greenmanatee6462

Жыл бұрын

​@@TheBearEssentials I am touched by your reply, thank you for taking the time to respond

@AMC-eq3jr

Жыл бұрын

greenmanatee See the anchor knot: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lZ-fpZergKenmrw.html The fastest anchor knot: kzread.info/dash/bejne/epV3yZZ_f7Suj6Q.html CAUTION: The Bowline is not a climbing knot unless it is finished: kzread.info/dash/bejne/fJ5olKRxlaa1qsY.html The finish I trust my life with is the EBSB finish: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hp6HzsdsitKtcaw.html

Wow. That was really good.

You're a wonderful teacher. Thank you so much for sharing the knowledge! 💓💓💓

@TheBearEssentials

Жыл бұрын

Wow thanks so much for saying this Joanne, I’m glad you’re enjoying it!!

@AMC-eq3jr

Жыл бұрын

Joanne Black See the anchor knot: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lZ-fpZergKenmrw.html The fastest anchor knot: kzread.info/dash/bejne/epV3yZZ_f7Suj6Q.html CAUTION: The Bowline is not a climbing knot unless it is finished: kzread.info/dash/bejne/fJ5olKRxlaa1qsY.html The finish I trust my life with is the EBSB finish: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hp6HzsdsitKtcaw.html

My favorite knot I use it everyday to cut trees lower down branches

Agree with you about different positions. This is rarely brought up, but the knot can be facing you or away from you, the tag end could be in your left hand or right... best to practice all of them if you want it to work when ya need it

@TheBearEssentials

Жыл бұрын

Ya this is hardly every thought of, it always used to confuse me!!

Fantastic explanation. I learned how to tie a bowling in a matter of seconds. Thank you!

1:44 Wow, that was really good

Thanks from London

I've never thought of using it in a marlin spike. That's going to make my tarp experience so much better!

Best video thank you!

Very well explained

Thanks for the great content!! super helpful and really accessibly explained.

When i used to work a the port and harbour where i live, we used bowline knots to moor ships/boats to the pontoons. I used to be able to make them in around about 3 seconds and knew blokes & women that were able to make the bowline 1 handed which was cool af.

@delandbrooks3291

9 ай бұрын

Even more so when you can take about 3-5 ft or line and whip it around yourself and tie it one handed.

Excellent explanation!!

You're amazing!!!

Good JOB ❤

My favourite knot 😍

your videos are very good friend

Thank you

Awesome content. Thank you so much!

thank you for sharing. muchas gracias!!

@TheBearEssentials

8 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

Brilliant

Excellent video. Thank you!

@TheBearEssentials

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure thanks for watching james

Excellent demonstration with the car key turning direction in order to remember how to tie. How many times I have tried at the heat of the moment and failed because i was trying to remember but without any cues or logical process. Before watching your video, the only thing i remembered was how to verify whether i created a true bowline by attempting to slide along either of the two sides (if it slid i knew right away that i screwed up or made a 'monkey knot'!). Your video is so, so great as I 'shall never forget' the car key memory train. MANY THANKS!

Thank you! I think the turning off the key only works if using the right hand, but I am pretty dumb with this stuff haha

Perfect and useful. 😊

@TheBearEssentials

Жыл бұрын

My man 👊👊 thx brother

ThankYou.

@TheBearEssentials

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure! Thx for watchinf

Great channel! Subbed ♥

Very cool tutorial. I'm digging that Marlin Spike move!

@TheBearEssentials

Жыл бұрын

Thx brother!!

Top muito bom seus videos

Amazing job thanks 🙏 ❤❤❤watching live from Japan 🇯🇵 🇺🇬🙏👏💪

@TheBearEssentials

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!! I’ll be visiting Japan later this year!! Can’t wait

Brilliant explanation to do the knot, and their applications. Thanks a lot!!!

@TheBearEssentials

Жыл бұрын

You’re very welcome! Thx for the awesome feedback.

@AMC-eq3jr

Жыл бұрын

dalusa7601 See the anchor knot: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lZ-fpZergKenmrw.html The fastest anchor knot: kzread.info/dash/bejne/epV3yZZ_f7Suj6Q.html CAUTION: The Bowline is not a climbing knot unless it is finished: kzread.info/dash/bejne/fJ5olKRxlaa1qsY.html The finish I trust my life with is the EBSB finish: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hp6HzsdsitKtcaw.html

Thank you for showing us how to tie a bowline facing away and towards. I was struggling. 😅

Thank you for video 👍😉

@TheBearEssentials

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome, thx for watching!

Brilliant and simple, bravo

@TheBearEssentials

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Marko! Much respect 🫡

@AMC-eq3jr

Жыл бұрын

marko7969 See the anchor knot: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lZ-fpZergKenmrw.html The fastest anchor knot: kzread.info/dash/bejne/epV3yZZ_f7Suj6Q.html CAUTION: The Bowline is not a climbing knot unless it is finished: kzread.info/dash/bejne/fJ5olKRxlaa1qsY.html The finish I trust my life with is the EBSB finish: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hp6HzsdsitKtcaw.html

Great Video! 🙂 Very good explained. Thank you very much. Grüße Christian 🙂

Great tutorial on one of the most useful knots. I worked as a rigger and also taught Scout knot tying for a few years. The only thing I see left out of this , is how to ties it one handed. Especially useful in rescue work and downright handy when you need to tie it while holding onto something either to support yourself of stabilize the object. I don't recall how to tie it that way but I'll grab a piece of rope and try .

@robertdeniro-lk9lt

9 ай бұрын

I’m in scouts and in the navy cadets. We do a lot of these knots

Thanks!

@TheBearEssentials

Жыл бұрын

LEE!! Wow thank you SO much. !!

I'm using 2 on my thin strap dresses straps. Works perfectly.

My friend taught me this knot, he used a snake coming out of a hole, crossing and then back into its hole. It drove me nuts watching him tie it on the quick side and me not doing it right. But the Turn the car off tip to get the first loop right makes it easy to remember.

Anti-bowline is the "Eskimo" bowline, and it has the same utility as the regular bowline - but with the feature of making the end loop stand open. Useful if you want to throw the loop over something such as a cleat. (You can coil the rope with it to throw in the same manner as a lasso.)

@TheBearEssentials

Жыл бұрын

Great addition!! Never thought of this application! Thx!

As always you the man DJ. When we going to hang out. I'm serious you should put together a meet and greet class course. I will be there. Thanks for always giving out gems

@TheBearEssentials

Жыл бұрын

Ahh you’re a legend!! I think I will one of these days. Once we get a solid community going here I’ll plan some sort of outing :)

@HebrewNomadOverlander

Жыл бұрын

@@TheBearEssentials awesome! and I will be waiting. Thank you brotha DJ

When I was young I learned this knot for tying "swimming" lures. Some lures wiggle when retrieved and need to have a loose connection to the fishing line. This knot works well. It doesn't tighten against the lure and with monofilament it doesn't come loose on it's own.

FANTASTIC INFORMATION THAT IS GRADUALLY COMMING BACK TO US OUTSIDERS/AND WANNABEE OUTDOORS FOLK. THANK'S TO NOT ONLY THE FORMAT OF KZread IN ITSELF BUT MOST DEFINATLTY GUYS LIKE YOU ....BEAR ESSENTIALS....I WISH YOU WERE MY MATE.... NEXT DOOR IN THE 70'S....THANK YOU SO MUCH. I NOW CARRY A SHORT PRACTISE ROPE AROUND AND KEEP REPEATING THE KNOTS YOU SHOW US AND I THINK WITH EVERY ONE OF THEM A POSSIBLE SITUATION IN MY MIND WHERE I WOULD USE THEM ,OR WHERE I COULD HAVE USED THEM IN THE PAST BUT DIDN'T HAVE THE SKILL.....SO MUCH GRATITUDE AND THANKS ....FROM ULSTER....RESPECT ....KARL.

The most important use was not covered. Suppose someone breaks through ice on a body of water. You are on the shore with a rope. Just throwing the loose end of the rope may not help, because it will be difficult for the person in the cold water to hang onto it. You put a large loop in the rope with a bowline. The loop does two things. It adds weight to the end of the rope, making it easier to throw. Then the person in the water puts his head and arms through the loop. He can hold the rope under his arms even though his hands can’t grip tightly.

In Sweden some learn this knot with a slightly different and more dramatic story that goes: You have a lake with a tower next to it with a princess in it, and out of the lake comes a dragon and grabs the princess in the tower and dives back into the lake 😊

@TheBearEssentials

Жыл бұрын

Niklas that’s awesome, I like the Swedish version a lot better lol!

@niklaswo

Жыл бұрын

@@TheBearEssentials now you have two stories to tell with it though. I really like your car ignition mind trick. This might help me get over the problem you had of only being able to tie it from one side. But it’ll only work as long as there are people who knows cars with a ignition key 😅Thanks!

@TheBearEssentials

Жыл бұрын

@@niklaswo lol you’re right this information will soon be a thing of the past! I’ll have to find some way of telling it with a push button ignition 🤣

@MatiasEspinosa1

Жыл бұрын

In Chile I was taught “the bird flies off the lake, flies around the tree, and returns to the lake”. Your version is much more interesting.

Very nice!😊😊😊😊

@TheBearEssentials

Жыл бұрын

Thanks John!!

The bowline marlin spiked with a carabiner has also served me well. Rather than use a stick, I simply run the marlin spike bight through the bowline loop, then lock a carabiner around the bowline loop so the marlin spike can't escape. Still adjustable. Stick won't break, or slide. plus the setup feels mad-outdoorsy. ;)

I'm a few months late, but I think I just figured out a quick-release variant of this knot! After going around the tree, and before going back into the hole again, take a bight, and pass that bight back through the hole. Cinch it down tight, and I bet it'll hold nice and firm! To release, pull the tag end to undo that last loop of the knot, which turns it into a simple friction hitch. Pull again towards the open loop created by the knot to release the hitch, and boom!

Bowline on a Bight is useful too.

Great channel bro

@TheBearEssentials

Жыл бұрын

Awesome thanks Davek!

When you crossed then 'turned off' and completed the knot, same goes for when the knot is away but 'turn on' then complete. Hope this helps all. Great video.

Its life saver im a scout

That's the way i first learned to tie it but after doing linework for over 2 decades i can tie it in my sleep. I do it all in one motion without having to make the loop and hold it like that. Hard to explain but i can tie one in like 2 seconds. Another good use for it is an inline bowline. You tie it without the end of the rope. You make a bowline in the line and then pass the working end around an anchor and then through the bowline. Then you pull on that end to make the rope tight and tie a couple half hitches. It's very easy to hold the tension with one hand as you tie the half hitches with the other. You can hold the tension with just 2 fingers by pinching where the rope goes through the bowline and back toward the anchor point. It works very good for if you want to get a rope really tight. We use to use them for temporary guy wires when doing transmission work. It also comes in handy for pulling vehicles out and you have a really long rope that you don't want to cut. Or even tying things down in the back of a truck or 4 wheeler. A lot of people don't know how to tie things down properly and get slack in the line, lose the tightness in the rope. Do an inline bowline and you will get the rope extremely tight. I've even made a clothes line with it before.

This is the single most important knot you learn and use as an infantryman followed by the square knot.

Please do a video of tying a life saving bowline around your own waist, one handed if necessary. if Someone throws you a rope without a bowline already completed, your hand can slip from the rope should you go unconscious due to gases or hypothermia. It might save your own life one day! I used to teach Light Rescue in the Army and later, Elementary School as well. I taught the Bowline, as well as the Bowline around your own waist to every one of my Students.

There is another way to attach two lines together using a boline knot, also, there is a faster way to tie one where you don't need the bunny and tree part.

I knew this knot as a rescuer's knot from my sailing days. Imagine you fall off from the sailing yacht and somebody throws your a rope. You can hold on the rope with one hand and tie this knot with the other around yourself. How to do that? You grab the end of the rope, tension the rope with the other hand creating some slack. Then the hand with the end of the rope creates a hole with the twist of the wrist and threads the end through. It's easy (depending on the speed of the yacht) and potentially life saving.

Combining this with trucker's hitch knots makes a good ratchet strap for securing cargo.

@TheBearEssentials

Жыл бұрын

Great info Mitch. Ya I think it’s the best knot to use for the truckers hitch loop.

Can't believe I'm about to get nerdy with a knot video 😂. There's another way to tie a bowline (maybe the easiest way to tie it?). Make your loop, then push the mainline above your loop through the loop to create a half loop. Then grab the tag, put it through the half loop and then pinch the end of the tag "onto itself" (aka the portion of tag that is creating the main loop of the bowline) and then pull the mainline to tighten it

I use the bowline every single day. Less common but very useful is the so-called boat-cover hitch. It's used for securing a loop around an object or for securing a canvas cover onto a lifeboat aboard ship. One bowline is on an end, but a second bowline is on the standing part, so that you get two opposed bowlines, and the other end runs through one and the other, giving a mechanical advantage, The end that's gone through the bowline on the standing part is then tied off with two half hitches, or with a single slipped half hitch, as desired. I've not found the boat-cover hitch in ABOK but perhaps Ashley used some other terminology. How do I use the bowline? It's good for tying horses when you feel that a slipped "horse hitch" knot might not be sufficiently secure or might jam. How do you teach a horse to stand quietly when tied? That's a topic for a different day, with a secret method that allows the horse to teach himself.

I could never remember all that. Love knots but damn they are complex.

Knot used most by bridge and water tower painters. We also use the clove hitch a lot

For some reason the car key analogy is the easiest to remember since I’ve done it a million times

Corey Taylor is the real king of the knots. :P

Great Video again. Fun fact, the Bowline and the Sheet Bend are the same knot.

@TheBearEssentials

Жыл бұрын

Thats a good point, took a few mins to think about that and you’re right!!! Wow

wow cool

@TheBearEssentials

Жыл бұрын

Thx!

@Maykil107

Жыл бұрын

@@TheBearEssentials no problem 😊😊😊

I know that you do this for spare pocket change so everything you say has to be taken with a block of salt but the double half-hitch is the King of knots. Simple, secure, and easily untied regardless of the type of cordage.

I have learned in the military how to quickly mind it around yourself (so you can jump into the river to save someone and get pulled out, or something related), it goes really fast 2 seconds is definitly possible. Sadly I have forgotten it.

This is the ONE knot I learned to tie in boy scouts. I can tie it around my body, and otherwise not at all.

@TheBearEssentials

Жыл бұрын

That’s great, I heard there was a specific badge for it I think

I tried it like 20 times and everytime the knot just opened when I pulled to tighten it. Then I noticed I was turning the loop in the wring direction (turning the car on). I out of hope just tried the other direction and it worked the first time. I really suggest everyone to try variations and see why they work out or fail. Leads to a lot of learning

In my boy scout troop we would have relayed races against each other tying a one handed bow line knot. To this day I can do it without looking. Could save your life

Sometimes you must destroy your enemies with what you know.

💙💙💙

I'm surprised that the one handed technique wasn't shown. This can be real useful when one hand is holding something else or is injured.

I Wonder how you make a Wild West style lasso knot

I prefer the cowboy bowline where the rabbit gets confused going around the tree

Would you do the Tugboat Bowline sometime?

2:26, if only you keep the working end in your two fingers (as shown here before tying) and THEN turn the key, you will have tied even more of the knot, with the finish a bit more self evident. I have a feeling that you know this, but are breaking it down further for viewers. This is a mighty useful way to tie it one-handed, as well.

The one knot you absolutely have to know as a commercial fisherman. I've worked with guys that could one hand tie bowlines.