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Revision as of 17:16, June 5, 2009
Special Knots, and Advanced Knots, for Wolf, Bear, Webelos, Tenderfoot, Second Class, and First Class.
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Here are the basic knots Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts learn. These few knots are the only knots you have to know to go all the way to Eagle. Cross-references are provided to the Wolf, Bear, Webelos, Tenderfoot, Second Class, and First Class requirements.
Many knots below have very good Lesson Videos. Here is a general one for Scout Knots:
Overhand knot
The Overhand knot is used in other knots including the Square knot which is two Overhand knots. The overhand knot can be used temporarily but can untie very easily if tied around something. The overhand knot can be used as a stopper knot and can keep a rope from fraying or unraveling but the Figure Eight is a much better stopper knot.
- Required for
- Wolf Electives 17a. Learn to tie an overhand knot and a square knot.
- Instructions
Make a loop and go through it.
The Overhand knot is one of the Forty Knots.
Square knot
See The Ashley Book of Knots # 1402, p 258. Ashly states that: "There have probably been more lives lost as a result of using a square knot as a bend (to tie two ropes together) than from the failure of any other half dozen knots combined." The Sheet Bend is as easy to tie and untie
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— Boy Scout Handbook p. 8 |
Note: The Square knot comes untied easily and is not as strong as a Sheet bend.
- Required for
- Wolf Electives 17a. Learn to tie an overhand knot and a square knot.
- Bear 22b. Tie a square knot, bowline, sheet bend, two half-hitches, and slip knot. Tell how each knot is used.
- Webelos Outdoorsman #11. ...Show how to tie a square knot and explain how it is used.
- Webelos Arrow of Light #2 Tie the joining knot (square knot).
- Scout #6: Demonstrate tying the square knot (a joining knot).
- Small-Boat Sailing #7a: Square (Reef) knot - Clove hitch - Two half-hitches - Bowline - Cleat hitch - Figure Eight
- Sea Scout Apprentice #5. Square knot - Bowline - Clove hitch - Sheet bend - Two half-hitches - Figure Eight - Cleat hitch
- Instructions
Right over left, left over right, makes a knot tidy, and tight.
The Square knot is one of the Forty Knots.
- Granny knot
When your shoes keep coming untied, it is because you are tying Granny knots instead of Square knots. The Granny knot is given to show what not to do. The Granny knot will come untied almost immediately and is not used for any Boy Scout application.
- Instructions
Right over left, right over left, makes a knot ugly and WRONG.
The Granny knot is one of the Forty Knots.
- Lesson Videos
- Grog's Animated Knots: Reef (Square) - Video: About the Square Knot - Video: Square Knots - Video: Different Ways to Tie Square Knots - Video: Square Knots - Wonder How To Video: Square Knot - Wonder How To Video: Square Knots - Grog's Animated Knots: Shoelace Bow - Wonder How To Video: Standard Shoelace Knot - Wonder How To Video: Thief Knot
Bowline
See The Ashley Book of Knots # 1010, p 186. Grog notes: "The Bowline makes a reasonably secure loop in the end of a piece of rope. It has many uses, e.g., to fasten a mooring line to a ring or a post. Under load, it does not slip or bind. With no load it can be untied easily. It's principle shortcoming is that it cannot be tied, or untied, when there is a load on the standing end. It should therefore be avoided when, for example, a mooring line may have to be released under load. Two bowlines can be linked together to join two ropes."
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— Boy Scout Handbook pp. 148-149 |
- Required for
- Bear 22b, Small-Boat Sailing #7a, Sea Scout Apprentice #5.
- Instructions
Make a loop (top to you). The rabbit goes out of the hole, around the tree, and back into the hole.
The Bowline is one of the Forty Knots.
- Lesson Videos
- Wonder How To Video: Bowline Knot - Grog's Animated Knots: Bowline - Grog's Animated Knots: Bowline - Video: Bowline Knots - Video: Bowline Knots
- Wonder How To Video: Running Bowline Knot
- Wonder How To Video: French Bowline Knot
- Wonder How To Video: Portugese Bowline Knot
- Wonder How To Video: Spanish Bowline Knot
- Video: Bowline Bend -
- One-Handed Bowline
See The Ashley Book of Knots # 1010, p 186. Grog notes: "The One Handed Bowline is a useful and quick way to tie a bowline when the other hand is occupied or injured. There are three main steps. 1. Hold the short end and tie a half hitch with your whole forearm. 2. Pass the short end round the standing end. 3. Still holding the short end, withdraw your hand from the loop."
Sheet bend
See The Ashley Book of Knots # 1431, p. 262. Ashly states that the Sheet Bend: "...serves almost every purpose well, and unties readily without damaging the rope."
Grog notes: "The Sheet Bend is recommended for joining two ropes of unequal size... It works equally well if the ropes are of the same size." The Sheet bend is much more secure than a Square knot.
- Required for
- Bear # 22b, Scout, Sea Scout Apprentice #5.
- Instructions
- Make a loop in one end. The rabbit goes out of the hole, around the tree and back under his path.
The Sheet bend is one of the Forty Knots.
- Lesson Videos
- Grog's Animated Knots: Sheet Bend - - Video: Sheet Bend - Video: Double Sheet Bend - Video: Double Sheet Bend Knots - Wonder How To Video: Sheet Bend Knot & Double Sheet Bend Knot - Wonder How To Video: Double Sheet Bend Knot - Wonder How To Video: Double Sheet Bend Knot
Slip knot
The Slip knot is also called the Running Hitch.
- Required for
- Bear 22b
- Instructions
Make a loop. Pull a loop up through the loop. Pull tight.
The Running Hitch is one of the Forty Knots.
- Lesson Videos
- Wonder How To Video: Slip Knot - Wonder How To Video: Slip Knot - Wonder How To Video: Slip Knot - Video: Slipknots - Video: Slip Knot & a Slippery Hitch Knot
Two half-hitches
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— Boy Scout Handbook p. 36 |
The Two half-hitches knot is only secure when it is tight against the post.
- Required for
- Bear 22b, Webelos Outdoorsman #11, Tenderfoot #4b, Small-Boat Sailing #7a, Sea Scout Apprentice #5.
- Instructions
Loop over the top and pull through the hole to make a Half hitch. Make a second Half hitch on the outside. Pull tight.
The Two half-hitches is one of the Forty Knots.
- Lesson Videos
Taut-line hitch
See The Ashley Book of Knots # 1735, p. 298. Grog notes: "The Taut Line Hitch or Rolling Hitch attaches a rope (usually smaller) to another (usually larger) when the line of pull is almost parallel. It can also be used to attach a rope to a pole."
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— Boy Scout Handbook p. 37 |
- Required for
- Webelos Outdoorsman #11. Demonstrate setting up a tent or dining fly using two half-hitches and a taut-line hitch. Show how to tie a square knot and explain how it is used.
- Tenderfoot #4b. Demonstrate you know how to tie the following knots and tell what their uses are: two half hitches and the taut-line hitch.
- Small-Boat Sailing #7a: Square (Reef) knot - Clove hitch - Two half-hitches - Bowline - Cleat hitch - Figure Eight
- Instructions
Loop over the top and pull through the hole to make a Half hitch. Loop over the top and through the hole again. One last Half hitch on the outside. Pull tight.
The Taut-Line Hitch is one of the Forty Knots.
- Lesson Videos
- Grog's Animated Knots: Rolling Hitch - Wonder How To Video: Rolling Hitch Knot - Wonder How To Video: Tautline Hitch Knot - Wonder How To Video: Tautline Hitch Knot For Camping - Video: Taut Line Hitch - Video: Uses for a Taut Line Hitch - Video: Taught Line Hitch Knots
Clove hitch
See The Ashley Book of Knots # 1245, p. 224. Grog notes: "The Clove Hitch was, originally, included here with the intention of condemning it. It does have two major failings: it slips and, paradoxically, can also bind."
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— Boy Scout Handbook p. 139 |
- Required for
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- First Class #7b, Small-Boat Sailing #7a, Sea Scout Apprentice #5.
- Instructions
Loop over the top. Loop around again below. Pull through the hole.
The Clove hitch is one of the Forty Knots.
- Lesson Videos
- Grog's Animated Knots: Clove Hitch - Wonder How To Video: Clove Hitch Knot - Wonder How To Video: Clove Hitch Boy Scout Knot - Grog's Animated Knots: Clove Hitch - Video: Clove Hitch - Video: Various Ways to Tie a Clove Hitch - Video: Clove Hitch Knots
Timber hitch
See The Ashley Book of Knots #1665, p. 290. Grog notes: "The Timber Hitch is described by as much used for handling cargo "... for which it is very convenient, as it practically falls apart when pull ceases." It is also useful when towing a spar or log either afloat or on land. When used for this purpose, the Timber Hitch is often placed near the center of the spar and a separate half-hitch is dropped over the end of the spar to act as a guide."
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— Boy Scout Handbook p. 138 |
- Required for
- First Class #7b.
- Instructions
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— Boy Scout Handbook p. 138 |
The Timber hitch is one of the Forty Knots.
- Lesson Videos
- Grog's Animated Knots: Timber Hitch - Wonder How To Video: Timber Hitch (Lumberman's Or Countryman's Knot - Wonder How To Video: Timber Hitch Boy Scout Knot - Video: Timber Hitch - Video: Tying a Timber Hitch
Whipping and Fusing
Whipping:
Lay twine (or dental floss) on rope to form a loop. Wrap the twine around with neat, tight bindings until the length of whipping is two to three times the diameter of the rope. Pull the working end of twine through the loop. Pull hard on the other end of the twine to draw tight under the wraps. Cut off loose ends and roll the whipping under foot. Fusing: Required for:
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External links
- Animated Knots: Basic Scout Knots - Forty Scout knots - Special Knots - Sailing knots - Fishing knots - Folsoms Knots - Animatedknots.com - Great Animations - More Animated Knots - More great Animated Knots - Still more - Knot Videos - Basics Videos - Basics2
- Other Knot Links: Advanced knots - Ropers Knots Page - Climbing Knots - Fishing knots - Knots Index
- Notable knot Index - shows quick method of tying
- Step-By-Step knots
: 11 Basic knots fit on the front and back of one page.
- Six Boy Scout knots
by John Geffre
- All lower rank knots
(2MB PDF)
- When to use knots lashings
(152K PDF)
- Ian's Shoelace Site
- The Notable knot Index