Multitools and tying knots - love the educational knot tying! This is my first Texas Bowline that my 68 year old hand accomplished but not expertly! Idle hands bring on the devil's work - keep teaching! Mahalo!

Having tied the bowline for 65 years after learning it as a "one handed bowline" when a child, I will probably stay with it or the slippery version. I have recently mastered the Zeppelin loop knot after having tied the Zeppelin bend for over 40 years. Whenever I encounter a 3 strand twisted lay rope with frayed ends, it is gifted an eye splice and a back splice to enjoy til the end of its days.

Very nice educational and informative video. Keep it up! 🤩 Also, enjoying the comments of people who tested the knots.

Great knot, thanks.

Hey Ben, you might appreciate this. If the Speir Loop is crossloaded it pops the knot structure into a Slipped Buntline ... your Texas Bowline collapses to a Slipped Cow Hitch. The Kalmyk does not collapse as the Eskimo Bowline works best under crossloading & also maintains structure with loading along the working-line-to-loop-end axis. In most cases unlikely a problem.

@stephanddd

Жыл бұрын

This is great ! I was able to collapse the knots as you describe, thanks for figuring this out. But I'm not sure about the "mechanics of collapse" yet. It's not really about cross-loading the loops: You sometimes need to pull on the standing end and one side of the loop (at least for one of knots, I'm not sure about the other). Have you experimented with this?

@JohnGreen_US

Жыл бұрын

@@stephanddd That's right. The failure can be a combination of forces including cross loading & dynamic load line tension. Note that when the knot structure begins to fail, placing tension between the load line and each side of the loop will leave you either with a slip-knot version or with an unsecure granny knot-like structure - two versions of the same collapsed structure. Regardless, while for many noncritical uses Speir-type knots will likely work okay, I'm just unlikely to trust them for important tasks ... which means I probably won't bother use them at all. Already have too many knots in the toolbox.

@stephanddd

Жыл бұрын

@@JohnGreen_US Yes I can see how the "regular" Speir knot has an alternate collapse as a granny knot. Interesting. But same here, I enjoy tying the kalmyk loop if I ever need a quick-release fixed loop.

@puregsr

10 ай бұрын

Seeing how they collapse, can't say I would call them bowline variations

@Wise4HarvestTime

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for this information. I'll just master the kalmyk instead

As John Green as suggested, these knots are not secure. I tested these knots, (albeit in their non-slipped versions with thinner rope to understand the underlying knot) and I found out they they collapse into other (cinching) knots. I would not include them in the bowline family. I feel like a bowline-type knot should strictly have a sheet bend in it. These do not, and so I personally would not trust them, but everyone should do their own due diligence. I'm a fan of your videos though, thanks! keep it up.

@MistressSabian

2 ай бұрын

> I would not include them in the bowline family. Agree! They do not stand up to any cross-loading as the bowline does.

The Spier knot is super fast to tie and comes undone easilly. It is not secure under heavy loads.

Just to note, in this video, you demoed turning the Speir knot loop backwards, and the Texas Bowline loop forwards. But in your Speir knot video, you also turned the loop forwards. I love the way you explain knots, and have adopted many of them. Thank you so much. (Oh, I see that the Speir knot video is now "Speir Knot - Modified". Nevermind.)

Once I was able to sit at my work bench and practice this once or twice, I really like it. It will be a definite go to for loops around standing objects. Thanks for the information and the video.

Subscribe because you pronounce bowline correctly

Nice thanks Esp for defining parts of knots

Another great video , Ben have you thought of Modifying one of your multitools by adding a small Marlin Spike Implement?

Hi Ben, Just an unnecessary bit of additional info: in Russian the Speir knot is often called "."Firefighter's knot" (пожарный узел). It is used to quickly attach a rope for descending. I wouldn't call it a very secure knot, it is good when the load is static and only in one direction.

Excellent

Thanks for this great knot. I find it dramatically easier to tie this from the opposite direction. In other words, simply pass the working end *over* the standing end, let it go, and grab the standing end of the loop *from the top*, then dip down and grab the bight. Isn't that so much easier?

Thanks!

@txtoolcrib

4 ай бұрын

Thank you very much

Just a thought maby a video on cleaning and mantince on multitools anyway love your videos👍

Buenísimo felicitaciones!!!!

That is a slipped thief knot, with one of the thief knot's working ends used as the standing part here. Make an unslipped version of your knot (pull the working end completely through instead of a bight in the last step), then pull apart the two loop parts, and it'll become obvious. I'll stick to the Kalmyk...

@MistressSabian

2 ай бұрын

This "new" knot is, as you said, a slipped thief knot: The Ashley Book Of Knots #1207

As someone who never learned knots or really worked with rope before your channel is an amazing source of information. A question : Do you have a go-to knot for quickly tying bundles of things for transport? I've been working with a lot of cables/ropes/extension cords lately and haven't found a knot that's easy for a newbie like myself to remember that doesn't come undone from jostling. Thanks!

@johndalessandro6433

Жыл бұрын

I don't remember if Ben has this way of tying up rope, but there is a great guy from Georgia who's channel name is reallybigmonkey1 . He is a bushcrafter/ camper who has a great way to bundle rope so you can use as much as you need and the rest is still bundled. I don't know how to send links , I am a low tech kinda fella. Lol. But I use his method with rope and long extention cords. Hope this helps you

@zxypher4411

Жыл бұрын

@@johndalessandro6433 Thank you for the tip, I'll check it out.

@manbearpigno1

11 ай бұрын

Canadian jam knot is a good one for bundles it's pretty easy to tie too

@zxypher4411

11 ай бұрын

@@manbearpigno1 Thanks, I'll take a look!

I appreciate the video, but I'm still not sure which knot to use and which knot not to use. I am also uncertain which nautical knots I should not use in place of non-nautical knots I should use. I imagine this is a very important distinction as it relates to tow boats. When travelling at various knots, which nautical knots should not, and should be, used.

@MistressSabian

2 ай бұрын

I would recommend sticking to The Ashley Book Of Knots #71 (*The* Bowline.)

Would this Texas Bowline be appropriate to use when pulling a vehicle out of a ditch with another vehicle (perhaps connecting two trailer ball hitches)? Or would it bind up? What is the best knot to use in that instance??

@txtoolcrib

3 ай бұрын

No, this is a light duty knot. Best for your application is the Zeppelin Loop.

@SMart7751

2 ай бұрын

Hey thanks for replying. I followed your advice!! 😊

@txtoolcrib

2 ай бұрын

@@SMart7751 you’re very welcome.

Ashley Book of Knots, 1060, Variations harness loop knot.

@MistressSabian

2 ай бұрын

Do you mean #1060 or page 1060? Because ABoK #1060 is a bight knot based on an overhand knot. Which doesn't seem related to this: slipped thief's knot that TXTC has "discovered".

Good work

That’s awesome

Double-bowline with a "bite"(1:19) is what I use

A Kalmyk knot without a bow is called a Cossack knot. Compare Eskimo with a bow and Kalmyk with a bow (return loop). You will see that the Eskimo Bowline does not disintegrate right away. And Kalmyk (by the way, it is also called Kozatsky, Evensky) disintegrates immediately.

@txtoolcrib

10 күн бұрын

That’s incorrect. The non-slipped version of the Kalmyk Loop is the Eskimo Bowline, not the Cossack.

How would you tie to an object such as a tree or a post from the middle of a rope without using the ends of the rope?

@MistressSabian

2 ай бұрын

Bowline on a bight.

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Ben - Well! I guess you CAN teach an old scout new tricks!

Kalmyck Loop

@zchuss1

4 ай бұрын

Totally different

siberian hitch

Thanks!