QUESTIONS ANSWERED: 1) *Perfection Loop Vs Double Dragon* Two very similar knots - serve a lot of the same purposes. Perfection Loop Advantages: 1) 1 step easier to tie Double Dragon Advantages: 1) Doesn't Bind Up (Chief disadvantage of the perfection loop) 2) Can be Tied In-Line 3) Can be Ring Loaded The perfection loop binds up and isn't as secure in-line or mid line. But it's a great anchor loop/ anchor nonetheless, and great as a fishing knot too. 2) *Alpine Butterfly Vs Double Dragon* There is a lot of crossover in "Uses" for these two knots. Generally, each one can do the job of the other, but in some cases, the A.B. is better, and in some, the DD. Alpine Butterfly Advantages: 1) Learning 1 knot has 2 unique applications (Mid-Line Loop + Bend) 2) It's even easier than the DD to get undone when a heavy weight is put on it. 3) It is multi-directional, whereas the DD is "in-line" or facing a single direction 4) It can be tied as a "Bend" to connect 2 ropes together, also can isolate "Frays" in a line. Double Dragon Advantages: 1) Learning 1 knot has 2 unique applications (Anchor Knot + In Line Loop) 2) It's tied "In-Line" meaning the standing end feeds directly into the loop, so it's not "kinked" sideways when tying multiple in line. (The Alpine Butterfly, for example, sticks out perpendicular to your main line and will kink it if pulled directionally. 3) The DD Can be tied as BOTH and Anchor Knot or an In-Line Knot 4) The DD is slightly easier to adjust. Crossover: 1) Both are considered Life Supporting / Reliable 2) Both provide mid-line loops 3) Both can be Ring and Shock Loaded 4) Both won't Slip or Roll over
It's basically a directional figure 9 though... (there's a loop twist that is swapped for an extra turn around it, but it all happens inside the the part that is crunched up, and is functionally the same, can't tell them apart at first glance from the front, and they are identical from the back)
I always wonder, when a knot has a name like "double dragon" whether ther eis a (single) dragon, and if si what the difference is. (And, e.g., why you would or wouldn't want to pass "through the reins" only once)
The first time I saw one of your videos. I liked it, You wasn't afraid of talking and letting us know what you where doing next. I looked at your stuff, I understand you need to make a living, but I can buy paracord 100 foot of 550 right now for $ 6.49 for a 100 foot.. 750 nylon paracord for $8.00 to $10.00 for 100 foot of it right now. Thanks but NO THANKS DUDE. Sorry
@@allendouglas786 Hey brother, respectfully, I find the rudest comments to always be rooted in a lack of education. Here's some more context for you: You can buy anything cheap, but if you want quality, you must pay for it. This is the difference between Cheap and "Better Value." 1) You can buy a cheap Nylon 550 paracord or 750, but neither is a comparison to what I offer. 550 is Nylon and 550 lbs. 750 is Nylon and is 750lbs but is heavier and bulkier with 11 interior strands. What I offer is 550 with no stretch, no water absorbency, the same thickness and weight as 550, with a carabiner. 2) The interior threads of cheap paracord vary greatly. Some are 7:2, and the yarns to get a cheap price like that are very poor in quality. You wont be able to split them. Trust me I've tested out nearly every single manufacturer. But the average Joe won't even know what im talking about here. 3) Nylon Paracord and Milspec is a giant marketing tactic to make people think it's a good rope for camping / outdoor use. It's truthfully not ideal, but military contracts allow them to make massive ammounts in the USA, and figure they can just advertise them as the right stuff for camping too and sell it cheap. The Truth: Milspec has strict guidelines, and this cordage is made for parachutes - so it has to maintain at least 30% stretch. Why would ANYONE want to stretch on a 550 cord if not using them in tandem to parachute? Why would anyone need this in camping, bushcraft, outdoors? It's only ideal for crafting bracelets, crocheting, and parachutes, in all honesty. For everything else - you want a static cord. Nylon also absorbs water and distorts when wet, making it slippery and heavy. All your knots will come loose after a good soaking. Why again, would anyone use nylon? The only answer is either because it's cheap, or because the purchaser is ignorant to how the product is made, OR they just don't care. In the latter case, they should consider bankline instead of Nylon paracord altogether. Either way, if you want your cheap nylon paracord, go buy it! you are definitely not the intended audience here. If you want a product made by a person who actually cares and is educated on the subject, committed to high quality and designed specifically for camping and outdoors, you choose Bear Essentials.
@@TheBearEssentialsHuge fan of Tacticool milspec BS, myself (I just am, always been super hooah about the dumbest shit, and I was Army for a short time, so I know how bad that is.). You definately have the right of it on functionality and real-world use cases though. I respect that you responded to ignorance with education.
DJ you are a MASTER at teaching knots! I have watched hundreds of knot tying videos at this point from so many different people and you are the absolute best at explaining how to tie, and making it memorable. What a beautifully created and edited video. I will certainly be going through your entire playlist of knot videos. And I agree, this knot has the coolest name of all. I find the bowline difficult to remember, and I have watched so many videos, I have tied a bowline so many times. But I still forget if I'm not constantly tying them. So now I don't even care, the bowline has been replaced in my knot repertoire - by the Double Dragon! So much more versatile, and looks like it's much more fun to tie. Thank you for this video!
Wow thank you so much! Ya, this small 7-minute video took me 2 half days of filming and approximately 20 hours of editing! It was crazy. Im so glad to know the work is appreciated and genuinely helpful. Thank you!
@@TheBearEssentials Wow, 2 days and 20 hours of editing! I knew you put a lot of work into it, but I underestimated. People who have never done video editing where they were focusing on quality have no idea what it takes. I do really appreciate your videos. And you shop has items with the same high quality, beautiful visual design, craftsmanship and careful thought and innovation as your videos have. Thank you putting out things of such quality in a world overwhelmed by cheap crap!
I knew you'd eventually highlight this one, my father taught me this one many many years ago and its EFFECTIVE practicality in so many situations has made it my favorite overall to use in the field ever since. Many thanks for your work, your pragmatic no-nonsense videos is, for me, now the gold standard for outdoor recreation videos.
Get Ashley’s Book of Knots if you really want to see the universe of knots. But be careful, you will most likely get overwhelmed! You could look for the nearest International Knot Tyers Guild chapter. They really get you started.
Thankyou so much for the demonstration of tying this as an anchor knot - after a couple of evenings watching other methods being described, and thinking that I was losing my mind, you have gone through it in a way that made sense to me. Much appreciated, thanks again.
Very cool; thank you. I'm left-handed, so it takes me a minute to switch things around in my gray matter, lol. A SEAL (right-handed) was trying to teach me some knots in Navy Dive School. He ended up throwing the line in the air, and told me to find a left-hander, haha.
I'm not sure it would take multi directional loading like an alpine butterfly, but I like it as an adjustable size midline. Cheers from a tree guy! Will be learning this one
No I don’t think it would be good for multi direction - Alpine butterfly way better for that and it releases easier after a load than the DD. BUT still a cool knot that’s has some great uses :) cheers!!
Thanks for sharing! I've gotten into knot tying lately and have moved from ratchet straps to rope for pretty much everything. The increased flexibility is amazing! I'm enjoying the versatility and simplicity of this knot. I've used the bowline and alpine butterfly knots a lot but am gravitating to the double dragon quickly.
This, together with the farrimond friction hitch and the midshipman's hitch are pretty much the only knots I need anymore - and none of them were taught by the scouts.
This is an awesome one that I never heard of before. I am amused by how much you (DJ) love knots. Knot everyone gets it. I do. Sometimes I sit at the the breakroom table and practice so I'm kinda known for it.
I taught myself this knot years ago. Except with 1 wrap around the bite instead of 2. Its also tied differently. You throw the free end with your right hand, around a bite formed with your left hand, you then have a bite in both hands. Now pass the right bite through the left bite. Its hard to put this to words, but it essentially has the same outcome of the knot presented in the video, minus the extra loop that offers protection against unraveling. We didnt have a name for it, and i know i didnt invent it, so im happy to finally see a video on it as i couldnt find it online anywhere.
This video was awesome slow enough to be able to learn it alone with great detailed explanations. Great knot. I use the alpine butterfly to climb but the double dragon looks awesome as a rope ladder. Ty
Dang, that's pretty good! I pack stock in the back country and I could see this as a highline! Horses and mules are hell on my highlines if not tied very correct. I will have to try this one out for that application. One thing to improve upon your half hitch at to lock the dragon in place is to tie the half hitch onto the loop instead of onto the standing line - 5:38. If tied to the standing line it will not endure a hard pull, but will slip and come loose.
I really like the way you teach knots and I can now tie this one pretty quick, but it looks to me as if the Alpine Butterfly will do all the things that the Double Dragon will and I find it easier to locate accurately on the line, set the loop size and untie. I don't think I'll use this much.
I bet many people watching this came on the same journey as me: "Yeah but it not as easy to tie as a bowline" "oh wait its an alpine butterfly too" "Wheres my rope?" Love it, great knot, great video presentation.
I get the appeal of only having to learn one knot, but since the bowline and alpine butterfly are already in my muscle memory I don't really see the added value of this one. I'm gonna try it just to see if it's easier to adjust loop size than with the bowline
I learned this a long time ago simply because I liked the name. It’s actually just a double version of what is referred to as the “Tugboat Bowline A”. I like it, but it doesn’t really offer any advantages over the alpine butterfly and the perfection loop.
Hi, I’ve answered this in a few other comments. I’ll add it to the pinned one shortly. There are a number of advantages but scenario dependant. Both the perfection loop and the alpine butterfly are excellent knots in their own right, better for some applications, worse for some. The main fault of perfection loop is it binds up, and it’s not a good in-line knot. And the main of the alpine butterfly is it’s a mid line knot (or bend), slightly less adjustable, and is multi directional / sticks out at a 90, instead of lying in line (again, use dependant can be a positive or negative)
It seems like nobody knows about the farmer’s loop either. After watching hundreds of knot tying videos and putting many midline loops to test, I’ve determined that the farmer’s loop is the best for a midline loop. Easiest to untie after a heavy load. The alpine is great, but try the farmer’s loop; I think it’s better. Thanks for the vid! Also, the farmer’s loop is such a fun knot to tie and probably one of the easiest knots to learn! I hope you would consider making a video on it. It seems like nobody knows about it.
I have finally worked out the "ignition on - ignition off" thing that you keep talking about. This just wasn't helpful to me as I do not drive, and also, I am left-handed. It took many viewings of many of your knot-related videos - which are awesome, btw - to finally grasp the concept. And this video did it! Fantastic knot, too, to add to my arsenal. This year, I have gone from knowing only three different knots to 10+.
yeah i am also left handed and can't seem to wrap my head around the whole "ignition off" and the "car coming up to a tree" dynamic... but i do drive and have been driving for years. am i slow or something? LOL or does turning the key off (or even just the hand motion of doing such) NOT sound like what i would probably be doing IF i MYSELF were to be in front of a tree, in a vehicle ... ?
Oh gosh I’m so sorry- must be so hard to learn when I keep saying right hand this and that. I should try to keep in mind lefties are watching too!! I’m so glad you got it regardless. Thanks for hanging in there and I’m glad you learned a bunch!
The shape kind of reminds me the angler's loop, but the tying is done completely differently, and I really like the adjustability. This is the first new-knot video I've seen in a while that has me excited to give it a try, nice job!
Right on!! Ya in my pinned comment I’ve compared the anglers loop to this in terms of pros/cons if you want to give that a look too!! Enjoy my friend, happy to have ya here!
So, not to say double Ds aren't great, but there are simpler variations of the Bowline that will not come undone; You can easily untie it, that is probably it's main reason to exist considering that knots in nautical applications were a big thing back in the day; You can easily adjust the loop size while you tie it; And, it can be tied in the middle of a rope, you end up with two strands in the loop, which is a pro or a con depending. Also, while it has a different name there are spinoffs of the same design, most notably the sheet bend, that are also useful, and that particular knot is very effective with different sized lines.
I've never had a problem with the standard bowline binding up if dressed properly. It has the same grab it by the collar method for loosening and untying. And there's the bowline on a bight variation for midline use. The ease of adjusting this one is handy, but 99% of people would be better served learning the bowline very well.
Found your channel recently and I’m glad I did. I have learned so much from your channel already. Your videos are awesome. If you don’t mind and would care to oblige, can you demonstrate how to tie rope around a cover on something vertical to secure it and what knot you would use? Thanks in advance. Keep up the great videos. Chers!
Great knot, but when I was practicing it, I unintentionally did a quick release version of it. Of course, it's not as secure to climb up a tree with it, but for hanging stuff it's plenty secure. And the quick release is a bonus as it's easier to undo. The downside is I don't think I can make it work as an anchor around a tree.
Question Bear: Can you do the same for climbing up the rope using a series of alpine knots? I like this double dragon knot method as well..just have to practice this one all day now 😂
