That is pretty slick adding in the soft shackles with the prusik knots.. Instead of using the rubber band or a bead etc to lock it, just pass the loop end in between the knot, up and over the knot, it will lock it on and you don't need to worry about the other motions or things.

Blackie ... to combine some ideas ... IF you can get your knots through your grommets ... Prusik and Jungle knots = no soft shackle needed. Prusik your line, put your first overhand knot an inch or so down the line from this, and then another at the end of your line. put that through your grommet & then back between the Prusik & first overhand knot (obviously between the 2 cords) - tension holds it in place - but you could add your rubber bands.

I’ve watch this ridge line on many occasions. But I honestly can’t get too do it????? It’s driving me crazy love. 😮😮😮😢😢😢🤷‍♀️❤️🇬🇧

Thank you for this Video...I should have gone to boyscouts when I was a little girl in the 60's...I love learning about knots...the soft shackle sounds good, will practice it with my knitting yarns until I become familiar with everything...🧐🤭

Excellent concept Blackie. i will be adding it to my kit. Thanks Nate

Wisdom of the Ridgeline ! Perfection !

@blackoracle69

3 жыл бұрын

thank you

great ideas and video

@blackoracle69

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you think so!

I make combination soft shackle/prusiks with a loop of desired size, 2 strand matthew walker knot (chosen because it is symmetrical and will not move once tightened), an inch or two and then a button knot. This leaves the button loose to be used as a shackle connection and not interfere with the prusik. Also, instead of a band, I pass the end of the loop between the strands that go into the button then flop the tip of the loop over the button. In non-critical conditions, this is a very secure way of connecting a soft shackle without the spliceable line loop or an extra band. This method works as a conventional prusik or soft shackle without any adjustment or additional parts. I also use a prusik/trucker style tightener as it is easily replaced and saves wear and tear on my main line.

Hope all is well with you , just have to say I really enjoy your videos, especially the onewind hammock upgrade video. Thank you too, helping me decide on my hammock set up.

In my opinion one of the best set ups, I think this way might be better if you have an injury in one of your hands, not many knots to tie. Watching this all the way from Greece, great work Kudos.

Blackie , I like the way you think , you have thought me a lot and I am 60 years old and U. S. Army vet and reach the Rank of Life Scout in Boy Scout , and the outdoors is where I really like to be Hunting and Fishing and Woods Craft. Thanks again Blackie for a great video and passing on the craft.

@blackoracle69

3 жыл бұрын

thank you for watching

Awesome setup. Going to make these tonight 👍.

@blackoracle69

3 жыл бұрын

Have fun!

Blue Jay approved! Great tip

@blackoracle69

3 жыл бұрын

Excellent!

Good stuff, Blackie!

@blackoracle69

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Interesting concept. I took your guy line idea from your last video and changed it slightly to work with my system. Thanks for the ideas.

@blackoracle69

3 жыл бұрын

Excellent!

On your bowline side, instead of passing the whole hank through, slip a bite through and put a toggle in place? That way you don't have to pull the hank through when taking it down . Just take out the toggle, bang down.

@jscoyle1

3 жыл бұрын

Toggle also works well for tarp connections, grommet or web loop.

@blackoracle69

3 жыл бұрын

you can do that ..and you can also tie a quick timber hitch for a quick disconnect..lots of options

Thumbs up!!! Clark

Great video! Thanks for the lesson. I will be updating my ridge line with this. Thanks Blackie!

@blackoracle69

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

I LIKE IT... Gonna give it a shot... keep the great videos coming Blackie 👍

@blackoracle69

3 жыл бұрын

will do

outstanding....

JUST thinking about what Greg Sanders said about using a toggle at the bowline end, what I did was to put another prusick on the bowline end with the knot out and chucked the bowline around the tree and soft shackled it to the bowline, save putting everything through the bowline. :)

Bravo ! Thank s !

Yes like the prussic as truckers hitch..... mainly because lines wear out even if I have good ones from sailing. But I do long distance Walking projects months in a row. So i give it a try.

@blackoracle69

3 жыл бұрын

yep and it will wear out a easy to replace loop not the same place over and over in the main line

@kayakcobber524

3 жыл бұрын

Yes it's more the friction with the trees. You have to limit this. Anyway I use lines for a few years but still worth to consider

Excellent job! I really like this idea of using a "prusk" instead of trucker's Hitch. I admit I was skeptical when I started watching, but you nailed it Blackie. Very good ideas! I will share this with my buddies. Thanks for all you do.

Really appreciate the careful thought you put into preparation to make work in the field as quick and simple as possible. Tremendous lessons and principles for the multitudes of us who lack your experience.

Thanks for the video.

@blackoracle69

3 жыл бұрын

You are welcome!

great vidio sir this was the best wisdom thanks or sharing

@blackoracle69

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Great idea! The "prusk", a true epiphany! No longer will I be plagued with jammed knots in wet cord! My life replete! LOL! Thanks Blackie and Dan!

@blackoracle69

3 жыл бұрын

Rock on!

Your quick connect system changed my life for the better just to last spring. I'm not ready to give it up yet.

@blackoracle69

3 жыл бұрын

enjoy it..maybe you will find a better way once you have used it a bit..hope so..safe journeys to you

I like the soft shackle concept! I went ahead and built one of these Ridgeline to try. However in my experience using paracord prusik knots won't work. Usually you have to use a smaller line then your Ridgeline for a prusik knot to work. I will try this and see if it works. I will definitely use the soft shackle and additional prusik for the truckers hitch those are excellent ideas!

@blackoracle69

3 жыл бұрын

Great tip!

Those are some great ideas my friend! I will be using them 🤠

@blackoracle69

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

I wish I knew your system, especially the softshackle when I was a medic in the army. thanks

Merci. Very useful.

@blackoracle69

3 жыл бұрын

You are welcome!

Very informative I know what my next project is

@blackoracle69

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

ooo weee.. lol... I just got my new mini double blade case xx pocket knife with abalone shell, in. it is soo beautiful. o wish i could take a photo and post it. lol. so beautiful :)

You've just made me completely redesign my own ridgeline. :-)

@blackoracle69

3 жыл бұрын

Go for it!

@ChrisC30

3 жыл бұрын

@@blackoracle69 I will. I find myself rearranging most of my cordage whenever I watch your videos.

@james_lessick892

3 жыл бұрын

I also changed my ridgeline and it's Awesome!

Blackie I got my haversack yesterday, thank you! Very very nice! Great video, good thing I bought another roll of paracord last month. Mrs. Boom thinks I must eat the stuff. 😄

@blackoracle69

3 жыл бұрын

Rock on!

@james_lessick892

3 жыл бұрын

@boom shanka I too received my Blackbird havershack yesterday, I'm going to set it up today! I'm so excited.

You make it look so flipping easy????😢😢😮😅😊❤️🤷‍♀️❤️🇬🇧

Great idea , thanks for sharing, God bless !

@blackoracle69

3 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome

Great improvement over the the other way for a quick and easy tarp shelter setup! Thanks to Dan Lutz as well for helping you create this improvement! I am going to redo my ridge line this way now.

Cool loop!

@blackoracle69

3 жыл бұрын

glad you think so

Great Ideas! I really like the paracord shackles for the ridge line. Saves me making toggles on site or packing in my bag. And the prusik knot for the truckers hitch. I think I will use #36 Bank line for the prusik knots and replace the ones on the ends of the ridge line with with Kleimheist knots. (3 Kleimheist and 3 prusik) Thanks

Brilliant idea, sticks can be a pain. Sometimes soft shackles too. I have Made a Prussic with Zing It and a soft shackle built in. One piece and is always on the ridgeline. But it can be fiddly. And still use sticks in the cold weather. Nice to have options though. I will try this one, looks bigger for my fat fingers.

This setup looks like it would work well for quick set up in heavy wind, if you have any other great tips for dealing with a tarp in heavy wind I’m all ears All these great tips have really helped me learn to refine my set up much more efficiently keep them coming brother cheers 🍻

Outstanding, as usual. Nice going, Blackie. I am in the process of redoing two identical ridge lines (one tarp/tent, one overfly) using the soft shackles. I am, as you suggest, using 4X Prussic knots. I am making two small modifications. I am using distinctive colors for the “trucker’s hitch” Prussic, for the end loop Prussics and for the center loop Prussics. If I am in a rush, I won’t overlook a Prussic and use the wrong one. Secondly, I am using diamond knots instead of overhand knots. Diamond knots are less prone to loosening (when properly tied) and, what can I say, I need the practice.

@blackoracle69

3 жыл бұрын

sounds good

Those blue jays were trying to drown you out.

thx blackie

@blackoracle69

3 жыл бұрын

you are welcome

Instead of a soft shackle, I use a small toggle made from a stick. Works great for me and less cordage to deal with.

@blackoracle69

3 жыл бұрын

Great tip!

@donwilson9939

3 жыл бұрын

@@blackoracle69 Thank you. Love your channel. I have learned plenty from it and look forward to more content.

Thanks for this video. I was wondering about a knots ridge line. I've watched that video too. Could you use a heavy duty zip tie instead of the rubber band? I'm gonna make one of these because I just got a new tarp.

Instead of threading ridge line through the top loops of my tarp as I usually do you made think of using soft shackles next time....thank you

@blackoracle69

2 жыл бұрын

Good point!

You are so awesome, I totally love your videos and THE BLACKBIRD HAVERSACK! It came yesterday, and I'm setting it up today. Where did you get that leather scarf holder???

@blackoracle69

3 жыл бұрын

that was a gift from the guys at feed the fire

😎😎

Hey, great vid! Do you ever find that paracord can stretch or slack out when it gets wet? I feel like there are alternatives like spectra / zing it that don’t stretch and are just as strong... and less bulky.

Ever try KZreadr Pharraoh's Pyramid Tarp Shelter Set Up? fairly fast and effective alternate tarp set up. Gotta have fairly tall tress around.

Oh Etowah Outfitters is having a sale on tarps. Their Survival Tarp Kit is $32 right now

Will soft shackles work w/bankline instead of rubber bands? I'll mess around w/this soon.

that is a great idea, but we all know that rubber bands eventually deteriorate get brittle and fall apart so my question is, "How often do you replace the rubber band"? once a month? twice a season? every year? or what or how about instead of a rubber band, you tie a piece of fishing line or a thread of #6 bank-line around the loop

@blackoracle69

3 жыл бұрын

right or a plastic bead will do anything that has proper friction

What size pony bead do you use on your soft shackles? Great Video !!!! Keep up the good work.

@blackoracle69

2 жыл бұрын

i will be doing a up date video soon to show soft shackles/ adjustable strap /bushcraft rip ties /bushcraft twist ties /and guy lines

Great video, as always! I'm trying to put together a lightweight emergency shelter system using the SOL 2-person survival blanket, which doesn't have grommets. Is there a way to use soft shackles to secure the pebble or whatever I use as the anchors wrapped in the corner of the blanket?

@blackoracle69

2 жыл бұрын

yes take the soft shackle and in the middle of the opened shackle use the cords to go around the pebble and tie like a granny knot then use the still open ends to lock the soft shackle as usual now if it was me i would make a small canadian jam know and use that to anchor the pebble and have the soft shackle body trapped to use as a connector

@patrickpeters8708

2 жыл бұрын

@@blackoracle69 Thank you! (Now I just need to watch some KZread videos on what a Canadian jam knot is!)

Mr. Blackie, I was looking to buy the Wcsk or the black bird. Which one in your opinion is the best knife for almost all situations.

@blackoracle69

3 жыл бұрын

in my view both are great knives..but i carry the blackbird as a everyday woodscraft tool..the WCSK rides in my bug out bag

what happens if you marry a prussik to a soft shackle? ... can long softshackle's reproduce?

would it be possible to use a small zip tie instead of a rubber band ?

@blackoracle69

3 жыл бұрын

yes any thing thats got the right amount or friction but will still slide

@gregsanderson2470

3 жыл бұрын

What did Blackie say about sinc -crow -nicity . As that's what I used. Ps this isn't a dig on Blackie..its the ai on my phone wouldn't accept it.

Complicated.

Ah yes, more hand gestures 😒

@blackoracle69

3 жыл бұрын

i seem to know your name