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KNOTS 

1) Thumb knot 

It is the simplest of knots and it is commonly used in daily life. Once it is tied and under strain, it is very hard to untie.

Alternative name: Stopper Knot, Overhand Knot 

Uses:  

Used as a stopper knot

Provide a hand or leg hold

Tied at both ends of the rope to prevent it from fraying

Used to prevent a line from running through an opening

Used at the bottom of a vertical climb as a weight

2) Figure -of-Eight knot 

The Figure-of-Eight knot does not jam as tightly under strain, making it easier to untie.

Alternative name: Beautiful Stopper 

Uses: Used as a stopper knot 

3) Sheet Bend

Uses: To join 2 ropes of unequal thickness

Function: Attatching flag to flag line 

4) Reef knot

    (Right over left, Left over right)

Alternative name: 

Square Knot

Flat Knot

True Knot

Use: To join two ropes of equal thickness

Function: To secure bandages

5) Fisherman's Knot

Alternative name: 

True lovers' knot

Waterman's knot

Englishman's knot

Use: To join two ropes of equal thickness together

        (Especially if the ropes are made out of slippery material)

6) Fireman's Chair Knot

Use: Used in rescue work for lifting or lowering a person

7) Sheepshank

The sheepshank can be untied easily just by pulling the centre line. This knot has to be kept under a load or it will become untied.

Use: 

To shorten a rope

As a means of bypassing a worn out section of a rope.

8) Manharness Knot

    (pretzel)

    

                                     

Use: Forms a loop for hauling heavy objects in a direction parallel to the axis of the rope

9) Clove hitch 

Use: Used to secure a rope to to spar/pole etc.

10) Timber Hitch

Use: 

Used to secure a rope to a pole/spar etc.

Used to make an adjustable loop to secure a drag rope to a log or other objects.

11) Highwayman's Hitch

When the hitch is tied, the two ends must be carefully noted. In the illustrated diagram, End Y can take any strain required whereas pulling End X will release the rope. Mistakes made can result in severe consequences.

              End Y ↗  ↑

                    End X

Use: Used to secure a rope to any fixture and quickly releasing when needed.

12) 

i) Fixed Bowline

Alternative name: King of Knots

Use: 

Used to make a loop that would not slip in rescue works

Used to secure a rope to a ring or eye

ii) Running Bowline

Use: 

Used in rescue works when a running noose is strained

Used to form a running noose

13) Chain Knot (inclusive of slip knot)

Use: Used to shorten long ropes

THE 8 BASIC KNOTS:

1) Thumb Knot

2) Figure-of-Eight Knot
3) Sheetbend

4) Reef Knot
5) Fisherman's Knot

6) Sheepshank

7) Clove Hitch

8) Fixed Bowline

LASHINGS (used to secure two or more spars together using ropes)

1) Round Lashing

Use: Used to tie two poles together

2) Sheer Lashing

Alternative name: Shear Lashing

Use: Used to bind two adjacent poles together and can be opened up to form a pair of sheer legs

3) Square Lashing

Use: Used to bind two poles crossing each other at an angle of 90-degrees

4) Diagonal Lashing

Use: Used to secure two poles crossing each other diagonally and standing apart at an acute angle to each other.

5) Gyn Lashing (aka Figure-of-Eight Lashing)*haven learn

Use: 

Used to bind 3 or more poles together

Used to tie 3 poles together to form a tripod

PRESSURE LAMP

PARTS OF A TENT