Knots

by Richard Hopkins

Today knots are still needed in everyday life, from tying up parcels to hitching a horse. If you're a camper, climber, fisher, or sailor this book is for you. Featuring step-by-step guides to over 100 knots, each illustrated with specially commissioned illustrations, it teaches the novice the basics and the more experienced some knots they might be unfamiliar with. Covered are stopper knots, binding knots, bends, hitches, loops, plaits and splices. Following a short historical introduction, a section looks at specialist equipment that might be needed and gives a glossary of terms. Basic techniques are then discussed before the main body of the book. Here, after a section that looks at general knots that can be used for a wide variety of purposes, the remainder of the book is broken down by activity - fishing, sailing, climbing, and camping and shows with color illustrations, with pointers and caption text how best to tie each one.

Genres: Nonfiction

256 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 2003

About the author

Richard Hopkins retired nearly 9 years ago after a wide variety of jobs ranging from polymer research to teaching monkeys to watch television, via banking, commercial security, industrial archaeology, even a short spell in a call centre.
Meanwhile, he became an archery instructor, made boomerangs, and was involved in reconstructing a number of chariots for museums and television.
He has found retirement to be busier than work, as an interest in too many things eats up his time. Apart from collecting books on a wide range of subjects his other main hobby (apart from practical knot tying) is collecting locks and keys. He hates to have his photograph taken.

Reviews

[Duder · Rating 4 out of 5]

better than a bowline!