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The Sailor’s Cross is a variety on the True Lover’s Knot and similar to the Jury Mast Knot. Like the other two knots, the Sailor’s Cross is not a hugely functional knot and is [...]

The True Lover’s Knot is a decorative knot that symbolizes, as the names suggests, true love. It is made out of two intertwined Overhand Knots. Although it has the characteristics of a [...]

French Whipping is a very secure way of whipping without having to use a needle or palm. Although a little bit more time consuming than Common Whipping, it is still easy to tie and results into a [...]

Common whipping is an easy and classic way to whip. It keeps the end of your rope from fraying without having to use a needle or palm. Common Whipping can be used on any type of rope, but works [...]

The Water Knot (also known as the Tape Knot, Double Overhand Bend or Ring Bend) is a bend most commonly used by climbers to join two lengths of webbing (flat nylon tape), but also works great to [...]

The Hunter’s Bend is a fairly young knot. It is claimed to have been invented by Dr. Edward Hunter in the late 70’s, although there’s is some debate if this is the actual origin [...]