Knot Tying
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1. Define the following terms:
- a. Bight
- b. Running end
- c. Standing part
- d. Underhand loop
- e. Overhand loop
- f. Turn
- g. Bend
- h. Hitch
- i. Splice
- j. Whipping
2. Know how to care for rope.
3. Describe the difference between laid rope and braided rope and list three uses of each.
4. Identify the following types of rope:
- a. Manila
- b. Sisal
- c. Nylon
- d. Polypropylene
5. What are some advantages and disadvantages of synthetic rope?
6. Do the following to rope:
a. Splice
b. Eye splice
c. Back splice
d. Finish the end of a rope with a double crown, whipping, or a Matthew Walker's knot.
7. Make a six-foot piece of three-strand twisted rope from native materials or twine.
8. From memory tie at least 20 of the following knots and know their common uses and limitations. Demonstrate how they are used.
Anchor bend
Bowline Bowline on a bight
Butterfly loop knot or Alpine Butterfly knot
Carrick bend
Cat's paw
Clove hitch
Constrictor knot
Crown knot
Double bow
Double sheet bend
Figure eight
Fisherman's bend
Fisherman's loop
Halter hitch
Hunter's bend
Lariat or Bowstring knot
Lark's head
Man harness knot
Miller's knot
Packer's knot
Pipe hitch
Prusik knot
Sheepshank
Sheet bend
Slip knot
Slipped half hitch
Slipped sheet bend
Square knot
Stevedore's knot
Strangle knot
Surgeon's knot
Tautline hitch
Timber hitch
Two half hitches
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