I love figure 8s and farmers knots are useful. The 8 is strong as hell and the most important knot for any climber

Oh butterfly knots are super cool

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1. Bowline
2. Flying double half hitch

[Most of these are in the context of lightweight backpacking.]

Marlinspike Hitch (for tent stakes -- dissolves when you remove the stake. I prefer it to a clove hitch for this application.)
Bowline (secure, doesn't generally bind, makes a nice round loop for tying off "flossable" deadmen snow anchors)
Sheet Bend (easy, removable way to join two lines or tie tarp corners to lines)
Trucker's Hitch (nice for generally securing stuff, easily adjustable tension)
Tautline Hitch (another option for tent guylines if adjustability is needed)
Prussik Knot (very useful friction hitch for cords that need adjusting)
Clove Hitch (for a "PCT" bear hang)

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Sheep shank

Round turn and two half hitches
Bowline
Cleat hitch

I used to be a fireman many years ago. I learned to tie knots and use many of them to this time.

Bowline, Cleat, Clove Hitch, Figure 8 are my most used.

I have climbed thousands of feet with those. Quite an amazing knot, and so simple

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Clinch
Bowline
Farmers Knot
Honda
Clove
taut line
timber hitch

Show off.

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Civilize the mind, but make savage the body.

- Chinese proverb

Bowline
Square
Figure 8
Taught line hitch
Truckers hitch
Slip

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Civilize the mind, but make savage the body.

- Chinese proverb

Better to know a knot and not need it than to need a knot and not know it

:)

I don’t know what knots are called but I use some regularly.

For my hammock it’s dead simple. I have two rings on a carabiner. Rope goes around the rings and through. Then through one of the rings. Pull tight. Done.

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How does Danny Hart sit down with balls that big?

There’s an app for that.

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How does Danny Hart sit down with balls that big?

Rope knot : Bowline, square
Fishing knot: bimini twist

That's way more complicated than is necessary.

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How does Danny Hart sit down with balls that big?

Shoelace knot
Surgeons knot
Cinch knot
Bowline
Sheetbend
Two half hitches or three whatever that is called

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Ever check out https://dutchwaregear.com/...are/tarp-ridgelines/

No need for knots!! LOL! and like you said.. if there is a need.. there is an app for that!

I've learned a bunch of knots from an app. I don't have a clue what they are called. Love the knot app, even a dummy like me can follow the knot app.

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How does Danny Hart sit down with balls that big?

It’s bad ass . Technically though the only knots in a Bimini twist are four half hitches.
But way more necessary than you think when your fighting a 100+ lb tarpon. It’s like having a super strong rubber band at the end of your line.

I think everyone's pretty much covered the ones I use while sailing, climbing, camping, at work, and general use. I do like the zeppelin over the sheet bend for joining though.

Knots/hitches that I have not seen mentioned that I know and I like to ask others when you find someone interested in knots/hitches/rope work and I'll ask it here ...

Does anyone know the tugboat knot???

Seems that many don't, but super easy and fun to tie. It is not the tugboat hitch. It seems to also be a version of the anglers loop, but without the additional twist. Do not get it wet and under load - you will not get it loose and will have to cut the line. I learned this one during my field engineer training from a Mass Maritime guy many years ago. Fun.

The other that I like - and this one I learned from a millwright superintendent who used to do ranch work bailing a lot of hay in Montana as he told me - is the bear claw hitch. The bear claw needs 3-part twisted manila rope to work best. Quick, adjustable, and just enough to do the job. If I don't practice it much, then it takes me a minute to remember which way it twist the strands to make the loops. Maybe it goes by a different name, but I know it as the bear claw.

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