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Survival Skill: Tying Knots
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A FEW KNOTS YOU NEED TO KNOW
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SURVIVAL SKILL: TYING KNOTS
One of the most useful skills for survival prepping is of the ability to tie a know in such a manner that it securely holds or releases only when you want it to.
There are potentially hundreds of know available to learn, and they can cover very specific situations such as naval ship knots, but for the beginner, this might be overkill.
The average person should know a few basic knots that can be useful in most situations and consider investing in a book on knot tying for the more advanced knots.
For knots, it's a suggestion that you consider a decent grade of quality rope, either multiple layered ropes, such as climbing rope, as these ropes have excellent strength and flexibility, which makes learning much easier.
Also, make sure that you have a high-quality sharp knife and a lighter in the event you have to cut the rope.
The sharper the knife the cleaner the cut, and you can use the lighter to seal the ends to avoid fraying.
Whether you wish to secure your gear, climb a tree safely, or just hang a makeshift hammock for a nap...
Knots will become an integral part of your survival skillset.
Knots will become an integral part of your survival skillset.
Not All Ropes Are The Same
Let's face the fact that not all ropes are the same.
This should be fairly easy to explain with it comes to the size, or diameter of a given rope, but isn't often quite that simple when it comes to other factors such as the braiding of the rope, the rope materials, and tensile strength properties.
Many things can be used to make a rope, smaller strands of fibers such as nylon, natural fibers such as hemp, as well as plastic strips cut from a soda bottle.
Each material is limited in use by the types of materials, the length of the rope, the flexibility, and even heat or weather conditions.
In most survival conditions, you will be quite happy to have just about anything that you can get your hands on for rope, and good ropes should be well guarded.
Many survival situations will benefit from carrying at the bare minimum a spool of decent twine, or some form of medium size nylon rope depending on your tasks for the day and the amount of weight you can carry.
These ropes are often more readily useful than larger rope variations and will prove great for quick fixes, smaller tasks, and practicing your knoy jumping skills.
Smaller twines can also be fashioned into such things as netting, which can be useful for animal trapping, fishing and even creating small makeshift bags for foraging fo0od if needed.
