Practical Knots: The Essential Step-by-Step Handbook: Over 90 classic knots, bends, hitches, loops and plaits, and how to tie and use them, with 600 ... photographs for guaranteed results every time

by Geoffrey Budworth

Knots have been around since our Neolithic ancestors first tied reef knots and clove hitches thousands of years ago. Today there are several thousand knots in existence and an infinite number of variations.

132 pages, Paperback

First published November 25, 2007

About the author

Geoffrey Budworth co-founded the International Guild of Knot Tyers in 1982 and regularly contributes to its quarterly journal, Knotting Matters. He’s been described as “the father of forensic knotting” and occasionally gives evidence in court as an expert witness of knots found at crime scenes. Budworth is a well-known personality and author in the world of knots.

Reviews

[Neil P · Rating 4 out of 5]

very useful...lovely pictures. Now to put it into practice...erm...i don't sail or fish and it didn't say anything about bondage...