Tag Archives: Knots

Knot of the Week: Paracord Wrapping a Germ Grenade

Posted on April 29, 2011 by The ITS Crew

Today’s Knot of the Week is a bit of a departure from our usual knots and is more of a… View Article

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Knot of the Week: DIY Boleadora Throwing Weapon using Monkey’s Fists

Posted on April 19, 2011 by The ITS Crew

On today’s Knot of the Week, we’re going to go over instructions for creating your own Bola or Boleadora from… View Article

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Create a Mechanical Advantage Using the Poldo Tackle in a Rescue Situation

Posted on April 8, 2011 by The ITS Crew

On this week’s Knot of the Week, we’re going to look at an interesting knot called the Poldo Tackle. Using… View Article

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Knot of the Week: How to Tie an Etrier and Create a Field Expedient Ladder

Posted on March 31, 2011 by The ITS Crew

In this week’s Knot of the Week we’ll teach you how to tie the Frost Knot and form a length… View Article

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Knot of the Week: Make your own Bottle Sling

Posted on March 18, 2011 by The ITS Crew

A bottle sling? What, you’ve never heard of a bottle sling before? We’ll admit we’ve seen them before but never… View Article

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Easily Create your own Rope Ladder with a Ladder Lashing

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Bryan Black

In today’s Knot of the Week, I’ll show you such a simple way to create a Rope Ladder, you’ll wonder… View Article

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Get Twisted with a Solomon Bar Paracord Bracelet

Posted on September 30, 2010 by The ITS Crew

This isn’t a bracelet to relive the 80s, simply a different take on the standard Solomon Bar Paracord Bracelet that… View Article

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Whipping and Fusing Your Fast Rope Into Shape

Posted on August 25, 2010 by The ITS Crew
This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Make a Fast Rope

3 of 3 in the series Make a Fast RopeMaking a Fast Rope for Climbing has certainly been a fun… View Article

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Lash on an Angle with Diagonal Lashings

Posted on July 24, 2010 by The ITS Crew

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

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Bryan Black

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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