Bull Hitch 

"known as the Piwich knot, the Bull Hitch has perhaps its best utility as a ring hitch on the bight. It starts out with the Cow Hitch that most people know how to tie automatically, but provides a more stable and wiggle-resistant attachment. Although the diagram shows the ring being tucked down in the final step, you could also tuck the ends of the rope upward through the same opening if you have access to the ends of the rope. The Bull Hitch can be tied onto a post, shown below for reference, but tends to jam or distort when one end is pulled hard, so you'll likely be better off opting for other hitches. This second method of tying starts off with a Cow Hitch in the air with one "ear" larger than the other. The larger ear is rotated 360 degrees about a vertical axis, over and around the smaller ear." Specifically "but tends to jam or distort when one end is pulled hard, so you'll likely be better off opting for other hitches" found here notableknotindex.webs.com/bullhitch.html. Case and point. Also, I'm not a climber, I was a high angle rescue tech who did some highrise window cleaning. Please learn your shit before suggesting people trust your information.

Lol, the liberal is back.

Might be in your best interest to actually use it for yourself instead of parroting someone else’s opinion. But then again, I wouldn’t expect anything different from you.

@@txtoolcrib how much would it piss you off to know that I'm conservative...?

You’re definitely not a conservative, that requires a working brain. Something we have already clearly established you do not possess.

Practice them then lol 🙄👍

My thoughts exactly Horner

Its better to know a knot and not need it, than it is to need a knot and not know it. 😉 Keep practicing

@@jimmy66603 have and not need than need and not have. Well said.

It’s like riding a bike. Once you get it and understand how knots work, they become so much easier to tie and work with

Hi Michael, I am interest to know what you would be equalising with a girth hitch. I do use them for some things but I wouldn't like to use one for equalising a trad anchor. I wouldn't probably find a use for this bull knot for climbing either, but is fun to know.

@@kyledrake9750 if im putting a soft goods (personal anchors and such) onto my belay loop I girth hitch it. Thats my only real use for it. Thats my only real use that i can think of. but if im using it for that or any other place where i feel would require one, i would rather it be self equalizing. I know that it probably wouldn’t matter, but being about 2x the strength still gives me a better peace of mind

@@kyledrake9750 he's not talking about equalizing across multiple load points (e.g. an anchor). He's just talking about the strands themselves staying equalized as the load shifts around. If they don't equalize & you load just one strand, you lose 50% strength for no reason. I too have never seen a bull hitch used. I use 3 knots (figure 8, overhand, alpine butterfly) & 2 hitches (girth & clove). Know plenty more for emergency/rescue, but don't really use em.

@@kevinmcdonough9097 what are you guys climbing with that's heavy enough to be worrying about a rope going to 50% strength? I can't imagine any one bag or sack full of accessories weighing more than 10 lbs or so, which could be reliably fastened with a friggin shoestring. And I would think any line used for climbing has gotta be rated for hundreds of times whatever a couple bieners and some chalk weighs. So, what are you worried about?..

@@SineEyed It comes down to the fact that anything I’m carrying that happens to get dropped, like a 2 liter bottle of water (or a piton hammer, a hand drill, a small haul bag full of gear, etc), quickly becomes a death missile should anyone be in its path. It’s well worth being extra careful.

Indeed. Dressing a knot is an essential part of tying it, not just to give it shape, but it also serves as an inspection (if you can't get it to look like it should, you've done it wrong). Usually dressing involves confirming that the strands aren't crossing where they shouldn't be (although in this one it can be the opposite), and pre-tightening, which keeps the knot in place and, as some would argue, gives it more strength.

This hitch is hard to learn because it doesn’t fall into place itself. No wonder it is not popular. We somehow need to form the “x” ourselves.

I don’t know what people’s fascination is with the Clove Hitch, it is notoriously unreliable unless both ends are loaded. This knot however can be loaded from either side without slipping. The same can not be said of the Clove Hitch when it subjected to cycle loading, only static loads. So yes, this knot can do what the Clove Hitch can not.

@@txtoolcrib The clove hitch can be better at times. Neat and compact with no sharp bends. Ends leave in opposite directions. More secure with an extra half hitch. And it looks nice. ;-)

@@txtoolcrib "Unreliable" is relative. It's plenty secure for climbing needs while being quick & easy to verify. The slippage isn't relevant where it's used climbing. Might mean an inch of lost progress or an inch longer tether. Not falling down the mountain is the goal. If you fix a line you back it up regardless of knot. I fix on butterfly's instead, but only because it's easier to untie after heavy/cyclic loads. Why climbers love it? - spectacular track record - any climbing partner worldwide can instinctively check your clove (underrated feature) - incredibly easy to tie on a biner, fatigued, with one hand - can be loaded in any direction on either strand once dressed - easily adjusted without untying (unloaded)

@@txtoolcrib I'm not even sure if the clove hitch is a true knot, let alone an actual hitch. I tend to think it would be properly classified as a cinch, honestly..

Happy New Year.

Yes

Happy New Year!

Tiring?

@@sparrovski tying, genius..

Happy New Year to you as well.

Have her learn the Highwayman's Hitch - she'll love that one..

It’s a common misconception that a “hitch” and “knot” are separate things. A hitch is a type of knot. A hitch specifically refers to knots used to fasten a rope to an object. So all hitches are knots, but not all knots are hitches.

@@txtoolcrib well fair enough! Good to know.

Whether technically correct or not, shackle and clevis are used interchangeaby by most workers.

@@txtoolcrib I think it's useful to think of them differently when choosing what to tie, as hitches tend to be less secure, but easier to untie.

@@jamese9283 not on sailboats. Those workers use specific language. There are shackles and there are pins, or clevis pins. One without the other does not function as the whole.

It does, and will work well in shorter ropes or with loops.

You're not stupid! Practice a little here a little there when you can, everyone learns at different rates, you got this! Happy 😊 God Bless

Yes, use the end line method.

I built it.

@@txtoolcrib *sigh* That's what I figured. I have no welder or welding skills. I'll probably fab one out of wood. It's just too handy. Thanks again for the great videos!

I often just use the table leg to practice knots. I'm more often tie rope to vertical objects like trees or posts, so it develops the right kind of muscle memory for me.

I took two small eye hooks and screwed them into the end of my table and put a lag bolt through. You could also use a dowel and just use a small piece of electrical tape at both ends to keep it from sliding.

@@BodomFox I too use table legs, chair backs, or anything else handy, but I use hitches for climbing and other rigging where a horizontal jig would be really handy.

Not so easy with a long rope.

Personally, I would use the girth hitch, but I’m not a recreational climber either.

Yeah it's not actually a climbing knot

Definetly not where the figure 8 is used. Maybe when you would grith hitch a personal anchor to your belay loop, but even then I wouldn't as the ability of the girth hitch to self equalize would make it stronger then this bull knot

Use the bight-through method; put your bight in the middle of the line..

Just make a video and post it.

Not easy to do that with a long rope.

@@jamese9283 In case of a long rope you are of course right.

It was cold in the shop.

@@txtoolcrib Lol, just kidding with you man. Great video by the way.

Mafia hitmen almost always know _tons_ of useful things to do with rope. Makes sense when you think about it, but it isn't something that gets thunk about a lot..

Yes

It's better for unequal loading. Dur.

It is used with a Prusik or endless loop when both lines are loaded. It locks the rope fast against the ring or carabiner to prevent chaffing. If you trust the Girth Hitch, then this is just a better version of that knot.

@@txtoolcrib With the exception of if I'm loading both lines, I don't trust girth hitches either, and even then I'd rather use just about anything else. This Bull Hitch is supposed to be able to have all of your load on one of its lines, but like I've said earlier, I wouldn't trust that scenario.

Well I was just clarifying that in climbing applications both lines should be loaded. Why exactly would you not trust a Girth Hitch? I must say, I don’t follow your logic at all. At any rate, this knot will hold with a single line being loaded. Go try it for yourself. By the way, the Clove Hitch, when loaded off a single line can and will slip.

@@txtoolcrib I can confidently say I can't follow your logic either. No kidding a clove hitch will slip if only one line is loaded with enough weight. Why would you assume we are trusting clove hitches with our lives? And why bring up clove hitches at all? The more you talk about ripe work the more it sounds like you don't have a clue what you are talking about.

You seem angry, why exactly I don’t know. I have more experience with climbing than you could ever fathom. Only I don’t do it for fun, I do it for work. Where I am welding, cutting, or assembling components anywhere from 50’ to 500’. So I would chill with the better than thou attitude. I was simply explaining when and where this hitch is viable. But you’ve never seen, or tried it for that matter. So I guess we should all bow down to your authority, is that the idea? You sound like a pompous ass frankly.

They are different knots. I don’t choose the names friend.