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- | + | Here are the '''basic knots''' [[Cub Scout Leader Portal|Cub Scouts]] and [[Boy Scout Portal|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. | |
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Many knots below have very good Lesson Videos. Here is a general one for Scout Knots: | Many knots below have very good Lesson Videos. Here is a general one for Scout Knots: | ||
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+ | {{Knots by Use}} | ||
+ | {{Knot Links}} | ||
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- | + | {{Printer-friendly|<table><tr><td>There are some great PDFs you can print:</td><td> </td><td> | |
+ | <li>[[Media:Step-By-Step-Knots-11-Basic-Scout-Knots.pdf|Step-By-Step Knots]]: 11 Basic Knots fit on the front and back of one page. {{PDF}} | ||
+ | <li>[[Media:Six-Boy-Scout-Knots.pdf|Six Boy Scout Knots]] by John Geffre {{PDF}} | ||
+ | <li>[[Media:All_lower_rank_knots.pdf|All lower rank knots]] {{PDF}} | ||
+ | <li>[[Media:When_to_use_knots_lashings.pdf|When to use knots lashings]] {{PDF}} | ||
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* [http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/standardknot.htm Ian's Shoelace Site] | * [http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/standardknot.htm Ian's Shoelace Site] | ||
* [http://www.geocities.com/roo_two/knotindex.html The Notable knot Index] | * [http://www.geocities.com/roo_two/knotindex.html The Notable knot Index] | ||
[[Category:Knots]] | [[Category:Knots]] | ||
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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:
Basic Knots
Overhand knot
Overhand knot | |
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Names | Overhand knot, Thumb knot |
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Typical use | Extreme jamming |
Caveat | Spills if the standing part is pulled forcibly in the wrong direction. |
Releasing | Extreme jamming |
Category | Stopper knots |
Group | Basic knots |
Related | Overhand loop, Figure-eight knot, Angler's loop, Fisherman's knot, Water knot |
- Required for
- Wolf Electives 17a. Learn to tie an overhand knot and a square knot.
- Instructions
- Make a loop and go through it.
- Lesson Videos
- Notes
- The Overhand knot is one of the Forty Knots.
Square knot
Square knot | |
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Names | Square knot, Reef knot |
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Typical use | Joining two ends of a single line to bind around an object. |
Caveat | Not secure as a bend. Spills easily if one of the free ends is pulled outward. Does not hold well if the two lines are not the same thickness. |
Releasing | Jamming |
Category | Binding knots |
Group | Basic knots |
Related | Thief knot, Granny knot, Grief knot, Surgeon's knot |
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— Boy Scout Handbook p. 8 |
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— See The Ashley Book of Knots # 1402, p 258. |
- 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
- Hold one rope end in each hand.
- Pass the right end over and under the rope in your left hand and pull it snug.
- Pass the rope now in your left hand over and under the one now in your right, and pull it snug.
- 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
- Notes
- Remember: "Right over left, left over right, makes a knot tidy, and tight."
- The Square knot comes untied easily and is not as strong as a Sheet bend.
- The Overhand knot is one of the Forty Knots.
Granny knot
Granny knot | |
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Names | Granny knot, |
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Typical use | To show what not to do. |
Caveat | Should not be used as a bend. Inferior to reef knot for binding purposes, it can release suddenly and unpredictably. |
Releasing | Often jams |
Category | Binding knots |
Group | Basic knots |
Related | Square knot, Thief knot, Grief knot |
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- Instructions
- Right over left, right over left, makes a knot ugly and WRONG.
- Lesson Videos
- Grog's Animated Knots: Shoelace Bow - Wonder How To Video: Standard Shoelace Knot - Wonder How To Video: Thief Knot
- Notes
- Remember: "Right over left, left over right, makes a knot tidy, and tight."
- The Square knot comes untied easily and is not as strong as a Sheet bend.
- The Granny knot is one of the Forty Knots.
Two half-hitches
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Names | Two half-hitches, Clove hitch over itself |
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Typical use | General-purpose hitch |
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Releasing | Non-jamming |
Category | Hitch knots |
Group | Basic knots |
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- 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.
- Lesson Videos
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- The Two half-hitches knot is only secure when it is tight against the post.
- Two half-hitches is one of the Forty Knots.
Taut-line hitch
Taut-line hitch | |
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Names | Taut-line hitch, Adjustable hitch, Rigger's Hitch, Midshipman's Hitch, Tent-line hitch, Tent hitch |
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Category | Hitch knots |
Group | Basic knots |
Related | Two half-hitches, Rolling hitch, Trucker's hitch |
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— Boy Scout Handbook p. 37 |
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— Grog |
- 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.
- 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
- Notes
- The Taut-Line Hitch is one of the Forty Knots.
Bowline
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Names | Bowline, Boling knot (archaic) |
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Typical use | Making a fixed loop in the end of a line. |
Caveat | Although widely considered a reliable knot, it may not hold when tied in certain materials or loading conditions. |
Releasing | Non-jamming |
Category | Loop knots |
Group | Basic knots |
Related | Sheet bend, Double bowline, Bowline on a bight, Water bowline, Yosemite bowline, Spanish bowline, Portuguese bowline, Triple bowline, Running bowline |
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— Boy Scout Handbook pp. 148-149 |
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— Grog |
- 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.
- 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: Portugese Bowline Knot
- Wonder How To Video: Spanish Bowline Knot
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- Notes
- The Bowline is one of the Forty Knots.
- One-Handed Bowline
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— Grog |
Sheet bend
Sheet bend | |
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Names | Sheet bend, Becket bend, Weaver's knot, Weaver's hitch |
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Typical use | Joining two ropes of different diameters. |
Caveat | |
Releasing | |
Category | Bend knots |
Group | Basic knots |
Related | Bowline |
The Sheet bend is much more secure than a Square knot.
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— See The Ashley Book of Knots # 1431, p. 262. |
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— Grog |
- 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.
- Lesson Videos
- Grog's Animated Knots: Sheet Bend
- Video: Sheet Bend
- Wonder How To Video: Sheet Bend Knot & Double Sheet Bend Knot
- Notes
- The Sheet bend is one of the Forty Knots.
Slip knot
Slip knot | |
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Names | Slip knot, Running Hitch |
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Typical use | Sailing |
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Releasing | |
Category | Hitch knots |
Group | Basic knots |
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- Required for
- Bear 22b
- Instructions
- Make a loop.
- Pull a loop up through the loop.
- Pull tight.
- 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
- Notes
- The Running Hitch is one of the Forty Knots.
Clove hitch
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Names | Clove hitch, |
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Typical use | Securing lines running along a series of posts, belaying, starting lashings, weak binding |
Caveat | Can spill if the standing part is pulled forcibly in the wrong direction. |
Releasing | Jamming |
Category | Hitch knots |
Group | Basic knots |
Related | Slippery hitch, Two half-hitches, Buntline hitch, Constrictor knot, Ground-line hitch, Lashings, Snuggle hitch |
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— Boy Scout Handbook p. 139, 11th ed. |
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— Grog |
- Required for
- First Class #7b, Small-Boat Sailing #7a, Sea Scout Apprentice #5.
- Instructions
- Loop over the top.
- Loop around again below.
- Pull through the hole.
- 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
- Notes
- The Clove hitch is one of the Forty Knots.
Timber hitch
Timber hitch | |
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Names | Timber hitch, Lumberman's Knot, Countryman's Knot |
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Typical use | To attach a rope to a piece of wood. |
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Releasing | |
Category | Hitch knots |
Group | Basic knots |
Related |
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— Boy Scout Handbook p. 138 |
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— Grog |
- Required for
- First Class #7b.
- Instructions
- Pass the end of the rope around the log.
- Loop the end around the starting part of the rope, then wrap the end around itself three or more times.
- Tighten the hitch against the log.
- 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
- Notes
- The Timber hitch is one of the Forty Knots.
Whipping and Fusing rope
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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See also
- 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
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