The Pocket Guide to Essential Knots
A Step-By-Step Guide to the Most Important Knots for Everyone
Published on 3. March 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
80 pages
978-1-5107-5222-1 (ISBN)
Description
21 Essential Knots for Everyday Use Indoors or Outdoors!
This compact little reference book includes knots for a wide range of functions, from home to work, hobby to play activities. No knot-tying jargon is used, no baffling technical terms—just simple step-by-step instructions and outstandingly clear line drawings. It's the perfectly portable knot reference for anyone—scouts, sailors, hunters, anglers, gardeners, farmers, horse riders, you name it!
Among the knots in this book are:
This compact little reference book includes knots for a wide range of functions, from home to work, hobby to play activities. No knot-tying jargon is used, no baffling technical terms—just simple step-by-step instructions and outstandingly clear line drawings. It's the perfectly portable knot reference for anyone—scouts, sailors, hunters, anglers, gardeners, farmers, horse riders, you name it!
Among the knots in this book are:
- Overhand knot
- Heaving line knot
- Reef knot
- Sheetbend
- Fisherman’s knot,
- Figure-of-eight loop
- Bowline
- Three-part crown
- Sheepshank
- Half-hitch
- Clove hitch,
- Constrictor knot
- Pile hitch
- Highwayman’s hitch
- Waggoner’s hitch
- Timber hitch
- Double-loop knot
- Uni-knot
- Blood knot
- Square lashing
- And more!
More details
Language
English
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 158 mm
Width: 115 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
135 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5107-5222-1 (9781510752221)
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Person
Peter Owen is an award winning illustrator and graphic designer, and has written and illustrated over twenty published books on a variety of subjects including graphic arts and outdoor pursuits. He is married with three children and lives in the Cotswolds, England.