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The knots I use all the time: Figure 8 (climbing, mostly), clove hitch (pretty much anything), truckers' hitch. (Pretty much anything as well.) Also helpful in
by crux_ 17y ago
The knots I use all the time: Figure 8 (climbing, mostly), clove hitch (pretty much anything), truckers' hitch. (Pretty much anything as well.)
Also helpful in everyday life are coiling / stacking skills you pick up when working with rope. For example, my headphone cords are never tangled. ;)
- pyre 17y agoI'm interested in what knots/skills you use to do things like keep your headphone cords untangled.
- crux_ 17y agoI usually simple butterfly coil w/ wrap finish around my index + ring ringers. There's a bunch of different approaches people use; the general ideas of not introducing twists (not a big deal for short cables) and finishing with a wrap are more important than any One True Way. Specific to headphones and other cords: avoid introducing sharp bends as well -- cheap cords will eventually short out. (For me, I try to have a fairly fat "bundle" before I do the wrap, and don't pull it too tight.)
- billswift 17y agoUse a figure-8. It's easy to tie and untie and it doesn't have any sharp bends to risk kinking the wire.
- billswift 17y agoYou need to be careful with clove hitch, it's a great knot, but it can fall off if the rope gets slack.