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Ask HN: What is your favorite kind of knot?
The Ashley Book of Knots has 3,854 entries, but what is the most useful one?
- sizzzzlerz 4y agoWhat is your application? No one knot fits all.
- muzani 4y agoNearly all of my application is pillow cases and rubber banding food.
- mmphosis 4y agoSailing knots. Knots that I can make in a hurry. Bow line. Reef knot. Figure 8.
- inphovore 4y agoTrucker’s hitch! One of the most universally useful knots
- vinyl7 4y agoSquare knot
- ksaj 4y agoI like to use a fisherman's knot before soldering two wires together. It makes the bond way stronger, and it looks good. The most useless one I know of is that speedy way some people tie their shoes with one quick movement. It looks impressive, but that knot can't really hold, so it comes undone really easily.
- defterGoose 4y agoTautline hitch. Puts tension on a line without slipping back.