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I learned the taut-line hitch a while ago and find it great for exactly this purpose, and it looks a bit easier than the one you suggest. Do you have a particul

I learned the taut-line hitch a while ago and find it great for exactly this purpose, and it looks a bit easier than the one you suggest. Do you have a particular reason to recommend this one?

kqr 4y ago
Seconding this question. I learned many knots from my father when I was small, but the taut-line hitch is one of few I have used on a weekly basis all these years. (If anyone is curious, the carrick bend is the other one I use very often.)
bhelkey 4y ago
I also learned the taut-line hitch. It looks like the Farrimond Friction Hitch trades off slightly harder tying with easier untying.
contravariant 4y ago
Being able to tie in the bight seem useful, it means you don't need to have both ends free to tie it. A taut line hitch is a good choice in most cases though.
fdr 4y ago
Much better friction. It's especially noticeable with synthetically sheathed ropes, including the abundant and inexpensive paracord format. I also find I can tie and untie it faster: the taut line hitch requires finding and threading the end a lot more (for multiple wraps). By comparison, the Farrimond Friction hitch is two major steps: wrapping a small underhand loop you can put anywhere on the running end of the rope is faster and more contained motion. After wrapping it, you just tuck a bight through, and you're done. If you crave much more security than what a bight allows, pull the rope through. If anything took some practice vs the taut line hitch (or the midshipman's variant), it was the fact that the knot is one of those you tend to dress at the end: a taut-line hitch has a distinct and neat look at every step...at the cost of having to thread a rope through one loop (twice), then another once. Dressing the Farrimond Friction hitch is simple to do, a firm tug on the standing end plus sliding the knot is all you need, but to someone without muscle memory the knot may appear to be controlled chaos in mid-tying. It's a very easy knot to tie without any visual feedback after a bit of practice, you gain a feel for it with your hands.
probotect0r 4y ago
If the length of your working end is really long, it's easier to tie a farrimond hitch. I used to use the tautline hitch for tying tarps over my hammock, but sometimes I would have a lot of line left over after wrapping it around a tree and passing the end through the loop of the tautline hitch was annoying.

I learned the taut-line hitch a while ago and find it great for exactly this purpose, and it looks a bit easier than the one you suggest. Do you have a particular reason to recommend this one?

kqr 4y ago

Seconding this question. I learned many knots from my father when I was small, but the taut-line hitch is one of few I have used on a weekly basis all these years. (If anyone is curious, the carrick bend is the other one I use very often.)

bhelkey 4y ago

I also learned the taut-line hitch. It looks like the Farrimond Friction Hitch trades off slightly harder tying with easier untying.

contravariant 4y ago

Being able to tie in the bight seem useful, it means you don't need to have both ends free to tie it. A taut line hitch is a good choice in most cases though.

fdr 4y ago

Much better friction. It's especially noticeable with synthetically sheathed ropes, including the abundant and inexpensive paracord format. I also find I can tie and untie it faster: the taut line hitch requires finding and threading the end a lot more (for multiple wraps). By comparison, the Farrimond Friction hitch is two major steps: wrapping a small underhand loop you can put anywhere on the running end of the rope is faster and more contained motion. After wrapping it, you just tuck a bight through, and you're done. If you crave much more security than what a bight allows, pull the rope through. If anything took some practice vs the taut line hitch (or the midshipman's variant), it was the fact that the knot is one of those you tend to dress at the end: a taut-line hitch has a distinct and neat look at every step...at the cost of having to thread a rope through one loop (twice), then another once. Dressing the Farrimond Friction hitch is simple to do, a firm tug on the standing end plus sliding the knot is all you need, but to someone without muscle memory the knot may appear to be controlled chaos in mid-tying. It's a very easy knot to tie without any visual feedback after a bit of practice, you gain a feel for it with your hands.

probotect0r 4y ago

If the length of your working end is really long, it's easier to tie a farrimond hitch. I used to use the tautline hitch for tying tarps over my hammock, but sometimes I would have a lot of line left over after wrapping it around a tree and passing the end through the loop of the tautline hitch was annoying.