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 yea

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.)