knots that'll stay tied using poly rope ?
 

"Jeff" wrote in message
would work, and now that I think about it, a cable tie would probably do a
great job of securing a knot.

One of the reasons to read newgroups - I like that idea.

Thanks

Jack

knots that'll stay tied using poly rope ?
 

"Courtney Thomas" wrote in message
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What is the best knot that not only will stay tied but is easy to untie
and where can I find an example of how to tie it, please ?

I have not seen thjis knot suggested:

Double figure eight - it is used by climbers. Their ropes are more slippery
than yacht rope. Instructions on this page.

http://www.realknots.com/knots/sloops.htm

Jack

knots that'll stay tied using poly rope ?
 

Courtney Thomas wrote:
What is the best knot that not only will stay tied but is easy to untie
and where can I find an example of how to tie it, please ?

Thank you,
Courtney



PDF Document: Army-Riggers-Rigging-Handbook-TM-5-125.pdf

http://igor.chudov.com/projects/manuals/

knots that'll stay tied using poly rope ?
 

"Jack Dale" wrote in message
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"Jeff" wrote in message
would work, and now that I think about it, a cable tie would probably do
a great job of securing a knot.

One of the reasons to read newgroups - I like that idea.

Thanks

Jack


Why not but a spool of the 'waxed whipping twine'?
It'll go a long ways and it's not too expensive.

knots that'll stay tied using poly rope ?
 

cavelamb himself wrote:
Courtney Thomas wrote:
What is the best knot that not only will stay tied but is easy to
untie and where can I find an example of how to tie it, please ?

Thank you,
Courtney



PDF Document: Army-Riggers-Rigging-Handbook-TM-5-125.pdf

http://igor.chudov.com/projects/manuals/

Interesting reading, thanks for the link.

But, as I mentioned before, books that are written with natural fiber
rope in mind are not much use for picking a knot appropriate for
polypropylene.

knots that'll stay tied using poly rope ?
 

Don White wrote:

Why not but a spool of the 'waxed whipping twine'?
It'll go a long ways and it's not too expensive.

Good question.

I just kept a spool of mason's twine and a hockey puck size piece of
bees wax in the ditty bag.

Got double duty from the mason's twine when it didn't have to be waxed.

Lew

knots that'll stay tied using poly rope ?
 

Jeff wrote:
Courtney Thomas wrote:
Jeff wrote:
For holding down a tarp, I'd throw away the presumably cheap,
slippery polyprop and go to the Home Depot where you can buy a lot of
line that will hold knot and is cheap enough to just chop away in the
Spring.

Understood, but I have 600' of this stuff from Harbor Freight that was
given to me and finally have a use, hopefully, for it :-)

Just need a knot that'll hold.


I did a quick scan of rec.crafts.knots and my newer knot books by
Budworth - they all acknowledge the problem with polyprop but offer no
easy solutions. I've always added several extra hitches, and opened the
lay to tuck a generous tail through. A wrap with electrical tape would
work, and now that I think about it, a cable tie would probably do a
great job of securing a knot.

Jeff,

Great idea on the cable tie. I think I'll use rolling hitches, with
elec. taped whipped ends and cable ties.

Thank you,
Courtney

knots that'll stay tied using poly rope ?
 

On Sun, 14 Jan 2007 13:10:35 -0500, Courtney Thomas wrote:

What is the best knot that not only will stay tied but is easy to untie
and where can I find an example of how to tie it, please ?

Figure 8 in a bight, like rock climbers use. Similarly, a water knot.

Matt O.

knots that'll stay tied using poly rope ?
 

Halter hitch knot.

knots that'll stay tied using poly rope ?
 

Sorry, you wanted to use a locked hitch knot.