Tag Archives: Knot of the Week

Lash on an Angle with Diagonal Lashings

Today we continue our KOTW Lashing series with the Diagonal Lashing. The Diagonal Lashing is “diagonal” because it’s used to… View Article

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Build Your Own Flag Pole Using Lashings

Continuing with our Lashings on the Knot of the Week, today we’ll be looking at the Round Lashing and discussing… View Article

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Using Lashings for Weight Bearing Structures

After a brief hiatus, the Knot of the Week returns this week with the first of a few articles on… View Article

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Knot of the Week – Common Rope Seizing

In today’s Knot of the Week, we’ll be showing you how to use common seizing to join two parallel pieces… View Article

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Knot of the Week: Rigging a Tarp Shelter, Part 3

Today we’ll wrap up the last part in our Knot of the Week mini-series on rigging a tarp shelter. I… View Article

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Knot of the Week: Rigging a Tarp Shelter, Part 2

When we left off last week with part one, I’d gone through setting up the necessary trunk line to hang… View Article

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Knot of the Week: Rigging a Tarp Shelter, Part 1

I’d like to introduce a small mini-series on our Knot of the Week, where I’ll be running through the steps… View Article

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Never Leave the House Again Without Paracord

After today’s Knot of the Week, you’ll officially have no excuse not to always have paracord on you. Yes, everyone… View Article

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Save Your Life With a One Handed Bowline

For this week’s Knot of the Week, we’ll be looking at a very important knot called the One Handed Bowline…. View Article

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Knot of the Week: Giving Back

Today’s Knot of the Week is going to be a little different this week, and instead of a hands-on presentation,… View Article

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