How to Tie the Most Useful Knot in the World (Bowline)

This is a short video to help those who have seen many of my past videos where I use a bowline knot. This is the most useful knot you will ever learn. It will not slip when in use, and comes undone easily even after being tightened under thousands of pounds. #NightHawkInLight

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[siloclay]

You are the only person to not cover up their knot with their hands while tying it. Thank you for actually showing the orientation of the rope and moving it around instead of just tying the knot and that's that

[willstover]

Thank you. I really needed this for a permanent solution

[ladedadedaschlobonmeknob]

My earphone wires know how to tie better knots than i do

[TimberwrightSvs]

A good knot is one that is strong in tension and is easy to untie after it's used. The bowline fits this description and can be used to loop around almost anything. For example, it is taught during dive training as a way to ensure escape when diving in caves. Once the knot is tied, one simply puts the free end around anything substantial (i.e., a tree) and then passes it through the loop left by the knot. I have used it in this way to control the fall of trees and it is perfect for the job.

[Mobtheboss-]

My man’s probably got more assists than Mesut Ozil from this video

[THEbeetrootsoup]

Very useful lifehack! It will be hanging there in my mind along with all of the others!

[rodneycrossland]

This really is probably the most useful knot in the world. I use it almost on a daily basis and get frustrated when I see my workmates tying stupid knots that won't come undone. You can tow another vehicle with this knot and get it undone easily afterwards.

[skyhawk]

Best thing ever. After I learned this knot I climbed to the top of the tallest trees with the rope tied it around me then let go of the tree. It held me like a boss. THANSK FOR THIS KNOT

[pensiveboogie]

When I was a Boy Scout, we learned “the rabbit comes out of the hole, around the tree and back down the hole”

[sarkyfarky]

Absolutely brilliant demonstration - really clear and well-paced and I didn't even have to sit through your life history first. Adding some pictures of it in use would be good.

[bosundave]

I teach this knot to people then blind fold (close their eyes, no peeking, actually)  them and repeat 17 times. No rabbit, no hole, no tree, just a hand  manipulation (just as you showed) that your body will remember forever through "muscle memory". It should be a knot you can tie fast  in pitch dark in an emergency.

WHO taught me this? An OLD but still (at the time) active duty Merchant Mariner on my first US Merchant Marine ship in 1975. Hesailed as an AB or Bosun. I was a mere OS(Ordinary Seaman at the time) I am 67 and still sailing on 1000 foot ships. Bosundave. I make more than the 3rd mates, BTW

[hinano]

That's the best tutorial I've ever seen on the bowline.

[MatthewReader]

Thanks for this, I needed to learn this knot for volunteer firefighter training and the videos we have to work from were confusing. I was able to follow your directions much better, and your explanation is clearer.

[Nighthawkinlight]

I find it to be so useful because of how quickly it can be tied, and untied after bearing a heavy load. Taking the static loop it creates you can firmly tie a rope around anything without cinching it down onto the object, or you can feed the running line through the end to create a sliding loop that will cinch down. Because it has an easy break it will not over tighten and can always be easily undone, whereas heavy weight on the knots you mentioned makes them difficult to later untie.

[davey]

This is my favorite knot of all. I am the son of three generations of sailors and I use this knot in almost everything I do because it tightens under stress but loosens with ease.

[steveweber]

Thank you You showed the easiest way I have seen for making the knot loop

[vanguardofthephoenix]

One tip. I know black looks tactical, and so on but it kind of obfuscates the configuration of the ropes


Orange or white or something will have better shadows and make it look more 3 dimensional and easier to understand the configuration of the ropes (i.e. the working end loops over the standing end or somesuch)

[wesg]

That is the easiest and most concise explanation of the bowline knot that I've ever seen. Thank you.

[azerile]

Thanks man !, You have saved a lot of lives .

[kpyjfeq]

to anyone who's reading this- i promise you it gets better. you are really strong and beautiful. you are loved. i love you so much. i care about you. you are more than enough and dont ever let anyone tell u otherwise. the good times will come, have faith. there is no rainbow without rain, stay strong. you can very brave and you can do it. you've come too far to only come this far.