Flynn Improves the Truckers Hitch 

no you may not call it a flying hitch.......it is called a Kobe hitch that is what i called it and i really would like it to stay that way as i shared it with another youtuber and it was named through our friendship and sharing of knowledge and to rename it is a insult to that, i do understand that it may not have been known what it was called and to remember it you have to call it something but it is out there with its given neme......sorry if i seem a little angry about this but i have had to defend this knot for many months and had many many arguments with others around the world as to why it is different and i am very protective of its name.

Kobe Flynt Hitch, final offer!

@@myew8238 not a prayer lol

@@myew8238 the amount of abuse my friend and I had to suffer for this before others said it was better was not worth it personally, and at the time I wished I had kept it to myself.

@david lacey Yeah, that is quite demoralizing

I agree. He makes better tutorials. Easier to understand

I love understanding how a knot does what it does. makes it much easier to know when to apply it, and to remember how it works.

Yea FCA explains everything so clearly nice channel

well said!

Likewise, this channel is awesome for the same reasons.

As someone who has seen their work used without credit, I really appreciate your comment. Thank you

You're welcome. I can only imagine the frustration and I hope it's not too discouraging for you.

@@First_Class_Amateur you have a fantastic channel and I enjoy your videos greatly, but this has really rattled my cage, boiled my piss and annoyed the hell out of me..... Your integrity is solid and give credit to others....but on this one I am furious as I am the creator of said knot and its been viewed nearly 2 million times all over Asia.....it has a name I my friend and I gave it...Mr Flynn improved nothing and only copied...that is insulting to both of us that took the flack for this hitch and my friend had to defend his RU-vid post for months and the abuse I received was bad and resulted in him making another video to explain the difference between an autotruckers hitch and the Kobe hitch.

Tama bro :D

Tite

Thank you

Thanks Lee 👍🏼🇺🇸

He has a video on this channel of a Spanish bowline through a ladder that might work for you: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RNAYYMNCn3M.html . Also there is a video on another channel of a Portuguese bowline that I find easier to remember how to tie: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-smd23RFNIhs.html

Wow, Portuguese bowline, that's it!

Plagiarism is one of them

Knew somebody would have a suggestion already.

or larks head

I think angler's knot generally looks prettier as the loop runs aligned with the running end. I personally used bowline because it creates a rounder loop rather than a tear shaped loop. It goes down to your personal preference.

I used the zeppelin loop and I still do, but honestly you use what your happy with.

Yes, I did this on video years ago ru-vid.com5qCS1FwN_JA?feature=share4

Many people and truckers hitch videos miss the key point you just made. Occasionally a trucker will chime in with it, but it’s usually ignored. This why I use one of Peter Suber’s “Six Exploding Knots” number three called the Sliding Butterfly to secure my very first anchor point for the Standing End. I am currently using the new Blackwall variant shown here to finish my truckers hitch, but with one extra variation, I make the very last part “slipped” by pushing a bight through the opening of Flynn’s knot. May I suggest that as the Blackwall Hitch has been around for a long time that the new variant be named *Flynn’s Blackwall* Hitch or *Standing Blackwall* ? My way of tying it would be as a Slipped Standing Blackwall. Finally, some people have mentioned that the slipped Marlinspike Hitch used to make the truckers loop can easily jam. Instead of that, *as you indeed suggest* “a bight through a loop”… I use the Aussie version “truckies hitch” which is two half Sheepshank loops separated by several inches. The Aussie way of tying this is, after taking a bight around the second securing point, or pickup tray rail, and then reaching through (across) that bight again to make a second bight, to use one’s l.h. to hold the second bight like grasping a rabbits ear, and to place one’s r.h. between the ear and the standing line, reach to the right *underneath* the standing line, then *up over* it, to grab the ear, and pull it *back the way you came,* lifting it forward *away from you* to form the sheepshank half. *Repeat* for the second sheepshank half, then dress the knot before proceeding with Flynn’s Blackwall variant, but slipped, to finish. The entire knot from anchor to bitter end, is tied “in the bight” and slipped, cannot jam, and explodes back into a single piece of rope upon pulling on the releases.

@@edithflood631 MY knowledge of knot terminology is woefully pathetic. I can tie the knot but I cannot translate it into a coherent verbose description, but the 'bite through a twisted loop' to catch the tail means that even if the rope is on a spool it can still be used with rails and looped anchor points. I watched an Indian truck driver demonstrate it years ago but cannot find the video now. It will never be a ratchet strap but it is great for tying down loose and odd shaped stuff. I would not recognize a sheepshank if it sat up and said 'Baaa'

That wouldn’t work very well cause you need to pull on the working end to get tension. Which would undo the bight. Plus it already releases fairly quick.

Thanks for suggesting. Same experience with @brandicus, i pull the running end to tighten the system so i can't seem to end with a bight for quick release. What i do though is on the last step i insert the running end through the loop in preparation for quick release as demonstrated in this video.

Perfect!

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@@First_Class_Amateur thanks, just emailed you