“A knot is never “nearly right”; it is either exactly right or it is hopelessly wrong, one or the other; there is nothing in between.”
– Clifford Ashley
The Ashley Book of Knots
– The most comprehensive resource for knots and ropework ever published!
The “Proper” Use of a Clove Hitch
– The Clove Hitch is a Midline knot, not an endline knot!
This is my list of must-know knots for production tree work:
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Daisy Chain Hitch | Arborist Knots: Rigging
English Trucker's Hitch / Dolly Knot
Bowline and Running Bowline - Overhand Flip Method | Arborist Knots
The Blake's Hitch & The Closed Climbing System | Arborist Knots
Pedigree Cow Hitch for precision placement of rigging hardware #treework
The Valdotain Tresse - VT and XT Climbing Hitch | Arborist Knots
Schwabisch & Distel | Arborist Climbing Hitches & Knots
Climbing Hitches: Knut and the Michoacan
Daisy Chain Hitch / Siberian Hitch: Watch this until you get it...
Bowline and Running Bowline
The Cow Hitch w/ a 'Better Half Hitch' | Arborist Knots
The Quick Hitch vs. The Slippery Sheet Bend
3 Ways to Tie a Girth Hitch with a Rope Sling
Quick Hitch | Arborist Knots: Climbing, Rigging
The Slip Knot | Arborist Knots: Climbing, Rigging
Zeppelin Bend | Arborist Knots: Climbing, Rigging
The Pile Hitch | Arborist Knots
The Noose Throwing Knot
Bowline on a Bight | Arborist Knots
Alpine Butterfly | Arborist Knots
French Prusik
Michoacan Climbing Hitch | Arborist Knots
Double Fisherman's Loop: Termination Hitch on a Carabiner | Arborist Knots
Midline Clove Hitch | Arborist Knots
The Anchor Hitch | Arborist Knots
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