Posted by Mike Field. on January 19, 2001 at 00:49:48 from 203.26.98.4:
In Reply to: Re: A knotty problem aboard posted by Jonathan Labaree on January 18, 2001 at 23:37:26:
I think I'm pretty-much with you about the Coot Club's fascination with rope-work, Jonathan. Knot-tying was one of my favourite pursuits in the Boy Scouts, and I still like it, even if not to the same extreme.
To your list of often-used knots, I would add pirate hitch (see thread above,) constrictor knot, and buntline hitch. Also I find I need to use a double sheet bend far more than I used to because of all the synthetic material that's around these days.