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Bowline knots suck.

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Dirk Dangler

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Yes I said it. I’m over it. I know it’s supposed to be awesome, and essential. What application is it actually better for than something else?
 
I don’t really use it for anything. I just tie it so I know how to. There always seems like a better choice when it comes time to use it.
 
I remember learning it in Boy Scouts and my leader saying it was the strongest knot. It's sorta like your grandma telling you that spring water rolling off a bunch of rocks is the cleanest water and also to put butter on a burn.
 
For starters I don’t like the way it looks at me.
Seriously I don’t know what to use it for? I read how important and useful it is in every knot book I own, and then in the same paragraph it shows a variation to keep it from untying. All I can figure is the ancient seas must’ve had stray boats drifting all over the place if they didn’t learn the Yosemite tie off.
 
It can be untied after being put under a heavy load, that is what it’s for, I tie that knot like a hundred times a day when rigging down trees over houses and everything you can imagine, not once in the last 25 years have I ever witnessed it fail or come untied, I have never noticed it looking at me before but I will check it out Monday when I’m 60’ up all day and let you know if it’s giving me a dirty stare!!!
 
raisins said:
I remember learning it in Boy Scouts and my leader saying it was the strongest knot. It's sorta like your grandma telling you that spring water rolling off a bunch of rocks is the cleanest water and also to put butter on a burn.
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I worked for an electric utility company a couple years after college, we always had tons of safety meetings about burns and what to do, my buddy who was a big ball breaker would always raise his hand and say butter, you need butter, and keep a straight face the whole time lol
 
Dirk Dangler said:
For starters I don’t like the way it looks at me.
Seriously I don’t know what to use it for? I read how important and useful it is in every knot book I own, and then in the same paragraph it shows a variation to keep it from untying. All I can figure is the ancient seas must’ve had stray boats drifting all over the place if they didn’t learn the Yosemite tie off.
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Well the bowline has been good to me. I use it for tying all kind of stuff. If you’re so scared of it then just hit it with the Yosemite follow through and a double overhand for good measure… kind of overkill though.
 
I use the bowline all the time. Not for life support but any time I want to tie a non tightening loop around an object, thats what I use, easy to tie, secure, easy to untie.

I find it far easier to tie than either a figure 8 follow through or an overhand follow through.

If I am tying a loop around an object it's either a bowline or a poacher knot 99 percent of the time.

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I use it to pull wire at work. Quick. Easy. Put a wrap of tape on it to keep it from coming un-tied when serving wire on..
I use it for my back up knot on my tether. Figure it is there for emergency. Easy and quick, and easy to un-Tie when it's dark.
Also use it when I tie my boat up at a dock.
 
It’s is the most used knot in line work. It’s the first knot we teach and is the strongest plus under load it will not tighten down to where it can be untied
 
For life support it is a poor choice but it is something I used extensively in the Navy as a hard hat diver. I find I use it quite a bit around the homestead to this day. I use the Clove Hitch, Double Fisherman's, Anchor bend quite a bit.
 
cedar paul said:
For life support it is a poor choice but it is something I used extensively in the Navy as a hard hat diver. I find I use it quite a bit around the homestead to this day. I use the Clove Hitch, Double Fisherman's, Anchor bend quite a bit.
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Clove hitch is handy for me too, I use it a lot, fisherman’s I use too not as much.
 
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