I know this is an old video, but it might be easier for everyone to understand if you wrote subtitles rather than doing a voice over, or included subtitles along with your voiceover. The video shows clear instructions either way. Thanks!
Hey bud... There is a much easier & quicker way to tie this knot. Pass a bight up through your buckle or ring and pull it downward, giving it one twist, while doing so. Now pull both working & standing ends up through the loop & cinch tight. Done. It's literally two movements & you're done.
double figure 8 hitch uses loops also.. insanely strong.. good to clamp the end of a split stick such as to close the top of an improvised hatchet handle
There is a fourth, even faster way to tie the bull hitch. Pass a bite through the slot on the clasp. Pass the clasp through the bight to form a cow hitch. Take the same bight, twist it 1/2 turn and pass the clasp through again. Dress your bull hitch as shown in the video.
I am very interested in this knot, but on the 3rd method of tying, at 3:36, you have your hand covering the cord right at the crucial moment, and for the life of me I can’t figure out what you did.
I did finally figure it out, after many tries. Would’ve saved me a lot of time if he hadn’t put his hand in the way at a crucial moment. I do like this knot, and now use it often. I am amazed at how similar and easy tying the Spanish bowline turns out to be. That knot has always been a puzzle to me. Now it too is so simple, though I have yet to find a practical application for it in my world.
NO antoeknee, you do not hate knots! This turns out to be very simple, once you remember the steps. I’ll describe thus: Draw up your rope to a bend at the top, with your two sides hanging down. Bring the top of the rope forward and down, creating two equal loops. Keeping the rope flat, (assuming you’re doing this on a flat surface), bring the left loop under and through the right loop, and pull the resulting two loops apart. Now putting your two thumbs under the bottom of each loop, lift and flip the loops. Now lift the outside of each loop up, while pushing the center strands down, bringing the two loops together around one thumb. Voila! The Bull hitch. Why do we love making knots? With a better understanding of what knot to use in a particular situation, we can do so many things. I have had several bulky items lying around my garage floor that were taking up too much space. One of which is an oak and tile kitchen countertop I salvaged from my brother’s kitchen remodel - about 9’ long and weighing ≈ 100 lbs. To raise it up into the rafters, by myself, was a challenge, but I accomplished it using a single pulley and a Prussik loop or two. (Would have been quite a bit easier had I used two pulleys, but you get the idea). This bull hitch is extremely reliable, as long as you maintain tension on it. While a bowline is one of the simplest loop knots to tie, I actually prefer either a perfection loop or a Kalmyk loop, depending on how permanent I want that loop to be.
Hi! The trick is in tying the correct Reef knot. Also look into the Surgeon's knot for an advanced version. In general, many of us, me included never learned the proper way of tying the Reef knot when young. It is easy to tie it wrong, resulting in a weak knot that does not tighten more when under stress, instead it comes undone. So- Reef knot!
Hi, Mark!! I love your videos and am so thankful you’re willing to share your knowledge with everyone unlike a lot of other people in the paracording community. Is there any way I can send you a picture of a knot/weave to ask your help in how to recreate it please? I’d be very grateful for your help...I’m sure you’ll be able to recognize it immediately. Thank you for any help and for your great videos!
If you want a Bowline-on-a-Bight whose individual loops don't slip, incorporate a Bull Hitch into it (the "rabbit" part). Just put a twist in the bight before going over the loops and tightening. Y'all can thank me later!
