Knots - Hitches

A hitch is used to tie a rope to or around an object. This may be a pioneering pole, a tree or indeed another rope.

Sailors often use hitches and many can be tied very quickly (to temporarily tie a line to an anchor) and indeed untied quickly too.

   
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Figure of Eight

  Download Buntline Hitch
Download Overhand Knot   Download Clove Hitch
Download Stopper Knot   Download Cow Hitch
Download Sink Stopper   Download Constrictor Hitch
Download Stevedore Knot   Download Figure-of-8 Hitch
      Download Fisherman's Bend
Download Ashley's Bend   Download Pile Hitch
Download Carrick Bend   Download Rolling Hitch
Download Fisherman's Knot   Download Round Turn/2 Half Hitches
Download Hunter's Bend   Download Sheepshank
Download Sheet Bend   Download Timber Hitch
Download Water Knot      

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Buntline Hitch - Will not come undone!   Marlinspike Hitch - This allows you to get extra purchase on a rope when pulling tight
Clinch Knot - Useful for fishing line   Pedigree Cow Hitch - An extra tuck in a Cow Hitch changes it into a very secure hitch
Clove Hitch - Classic, famous and simple   Pile Hitch - Very simple and very practical
Constrictor Hitch - Binds very tightly   Prusik Knot - Useful in climbing
Cow Hitch - Looks good but is probably the least secure   Rolling Hitch - Made with thin line over a thick rope
Figure of 8 Hitch - Quickly tied although not very secure   Round Turn and 2 Half Hitches - Widely used and very useful
Fishermans Bend - Not a bend but a very secure hitch   Sheepshank - Designed to shorten a rope before use
Killick Hitch - Slight modification of the Timber Hitch for pulling a log  

Timber Hitch - Very simple and an exellent hitch

Klemheist Knot - A variation of the Prusik Knot   Waggoner's Hitch - Simple hitch that acts as a lever
   
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