What's you favorite knot!
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Mine's a Prusik. Mmm, friction hitches. |
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Alpine butterfly, hands down. |
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Many, many cool knots out there; some that go back 1000s of years like the clove hitch which was first known to be used by the Phoenicians (not Phoenix, AZ!). |
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The butterfly is indeed Sexy, but for all our utility the clove wins. |
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Seems to me that many knots were developed for maritime usage, but I'll bet the first were for weaving and such. |
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The clove is a hitch, not a knot, as is the prusik. |
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Touche Mr. Clean! Now-a-days they're all lumped together for simplicitys sake. |
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Balloon knot. |
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Hmm, variety is the spice of life. I guess this is more my take on usefulness than favoritism: |
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Mr Clean wrote:The clove is a hitch, not a knot, as is the prusik.X2 but I will still take the clove as my top pick. |
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There's a really cool variation of the clove hitch that turns into hand cuffs... |
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I know I've never tied the wedding knot, and hear it can be very dangerous to your climbing career. |
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Woodchuck ATC wrote:I know I've never tied the wedding knot, and hear it can be very dangerous to your climbing career.Zing! |
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The clove hitch by far. Every other knot has at least one and often several serviceable alternatives, but nothing else performs like a clove hitch. |
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I loves me some clove hitch and Munter hitch, but if going by the strict definition of "knot" then my vote has to go to the "bowline on a bight". |
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Masthead, because it looks cool: |