Overhand Knot - the most fundamental knot. #lifeskills #knots

The overhand knot is one of the most fundamental knots, and it forms the basis of many others, including the simple noose, overhand loop, angler's loop, reef knot, fisherman's knot, half hitch, and water knot. The overhand knot is a stopper, especially when used alone, and hence it is very secure, to the point of jamming badly. It should be used if the knot is intended to be permanent. It is often used to prevent the end of a rope from unraveling. An overhand knot becomes a trefoil knot, a true knot in the mathematical sense, by joining the ends. It can also be adjusted, faired, or mis-tied as a half hitch.

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Enjoy "Top 10 Useful Knots To Know In Life" .

[davidmadisontheguardian]

The question is what MAKES it an overhand versus an underhand knot? I ask; because other people are calling the opposite knot an overhand knot. So there needs to be an easily identifiable standard.

In this version of the overhand knot, the short end is coming up towards us; but you can tie this so that it actually dips down through the hole instead. I feel this is crucial to understand. I've been looking all over YouTube and this simple question has not been answered by anyone so far in my investigation. We need to know the basics; before we move onto other more complicated things. Yes... it's simple; but it can make ALL the difference in the world which direction it's going. We need something that we can understand and then flip if we're tying from the other end of the rope, or for left handers.

The place where the WORKING END (SHORTER END) (FIRST) CROSSES THE STANDING END (LONGER END)... there needs to be a clear distinction between initially passing it UNDER the STANDING LINE (LONGER END), or OVER the STANDING LINE.

Without understanding this distinction, you are actually tying two different pretzel shaped knots!

Thus, if you are tying a barrel knot, or a fisherman's knot, or tying off a bowline knot, so that it doesn't come undone as it bounces... it makes a huge difference which way that short or working end starts to move, OVER and AWAY from YOU, or UNDER and TOWARD YOU.

And another question is, if you tie this same knot from the left hand side of the rope, do you tie exactly the same; or do you reverse where the shorter end crosses?

Nobody seems to be making this distinction.

So EVERYONE's calling different versions the same thing; and it's ultra confusing.

For instance, a super accomplished knot tier (First Class Amateur) is tying the exact opposite knot than you are; but still CALLING it an overhand knot. Watch his video from the link I provided below and pause to take a look at each knot he ties. EACH one, the short end passes DOWN through the hole; not UP. And the way to make sure the you haven't turned the rope over, is that the big loop is close to you, and the crossing portion is either on top or further away from you.

[juancarlosfernandez]

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[asherrose]

I feel like everyone just naturally knows this not. Like when I was three no one showed me how to tie it and I would tie all the time