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Title: Knots, Splices and Rope Work
Author: A. Hyatt Verrill
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Corrected spellings
'casualities' to 'casualties'
'Midshipmen's hitch' to 'Midshipman's hitch'
Illustration for Timber Hitch is Fig. 38, not Fig. 32
There is no Fig. 134.
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KNOTS, SPLICES and ROPE WORK
A PRACTICAL TREATISE
Giving Complete and Simple Directions for Making All the Most Useful and Ornamental Knots in Common Use, with
Chapters on Splicing, Pointing, Seizing, Serving, etc. Adapted for the Use of Travellers, Campers, Yachtsmen, Boy
Scouts, and All Others Having to Use or Handle Ropes for Any Purpose.
By
A. HYATT VERRILL
Editor Popular Science Dept., "American Boy Magazine."
SECOND REVISED EDITION
Illustrated with 156 Original Cuts Showing How
Each Knot, Tie or Splice is Formed and Its
Appearance When Complete.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I
CORDAGE
Kinds of Rope. Construction of Rope. Strength of Ropes. Weight of Ropes. Material Used in Making Ropes.
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CHAPTER II
SIMPLE KNOTS AND BENDS
Parts of Rope. Whipping and Seizing Rope. Loops. Cuckolds' Necks. Clinches. Overhand and Figure-eight Knots. Square
and Reef Knots. Granny Knots. Open-hand and Fishermen's Knots. Ordinary Knots and Weavers' Knots. Garrick Bends
and Hawser Hitches. Half-hitches.
CHAPTER III
TIES AND HITCHES
Larks' Heads. Slippery and Half-hitches. Clove Hitches. Gunners' Knots and Timber Hitches. Twists, Catspaws, and
Blackwall Hitches. Chain Hitch. Rolling and Magnus Hitches. Studding-sail and Gaff-topsail Halyard Bends. Roband and
Fisherman's Hitches.
CHAPTER IV
NOOSES, LOOPS, AND MOORING KNOTS
Waterman's Knot. Larks' Heads with Nooses. Cleat and Wharf Ties. Bow-line Knots. Loops and Loop Knots.
CHAPTER V
SHORTENINGS, GROMMETS, AND SELVAGEES
Two-, Three-, and Fivefold Shortenings. Single Plaits and Monkey Chain. Twist Braids and Braiding Leather. Open
Chains. Seized and Bow Shortenings. Sheepshanks and Dogshanks. Grommets. Selvagee Straps and Selvagee Boards.
Flemish and Artificial Eyes. Throat Seizings. Lashed Splices.
CHAPTER VI
LASHINGS, SEIZINGS, SPLICES, ETC.
Wedding Knots and Rose Lashings. Deadeye and Loop Lashings. Belaying-pin Splice. Necklace Ties. Close Bands and
End Pointing. Ending Ropes. Short Splices. Long Splices. Eye and Cut Splices.
CHAPTER VII
FANCY KNOTS AND ROPE WORK
Single Crown Knots. Tucked Crowns. Single Wall Knots. Common and French Shroud Knots. Double Crown and Double
Wall Knots. Crowning Wall Knots. Double Wall and Crown. Manrope Knots. Topsail-halyard Toggles. Matthew Walker
and Stopper Knots. Turks' Heads and Turks' Caps. Worming, Parcelling, and Serving. Serving Mallet. Half-hitch Work.
Four-strand and Crown Braids. Rope Buckles and Swivels. Slinging Casks and Barrels. Rope Belting.
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INDEX
INTRODUCTION
The history of ropes and knots is so dim and ancient that really little is known of their origin. That earliest man used
cordage of some kind and by his ingenuity succeeded in tying the material together, is indisputable, for the most ancient
carvings and decorations of prehistoric man show knots in several forms. Doubtless the trailing vines and plants first
suggested ropes to human beings; and it is quite probable that these same vines, in their various twistings and twinings,
gave man his first idea of knots.
Since the earliest times knots have been everywhere interwoven with human affairs; jugglers have used them in their
tricks; they have become almost a part of many occupations and trades, while in song and story they have become the
symbol of steadfastness and strength.
Few realize the importance that knots and cordage have played in the world's history, but if it had not been for these
simple and every-day things, which as a rule are given far too little consideration, the human race could never have
developed beyond savages. Indeed, I am not sure but it would be safe to state that the real difference between civilized and
savage man consists largely in the knowledge of knots and rope work. No cloth could be woven, no net or seine knitted, no
bow strung and no craft sailed on lake or sea without numerous knots and proper lines or ropes; and Columbus himself
would have been far more handicapped without knots than without a compass.
History abounds with mention of knots, and in the eighth book of "Odyssey" Ulysses is represented as securing various
articles of raiment by a rope fastened in a "knot closed with Circean art"; and as further proof of the prominence the
ancients gave to knots the famous Gordian Knot may be mentioned. Probably no one will ever learn just how this fabulous
knot was tied, and like many modern knots it was doubtless far easier for Alexander to cut it than to untie it.
The old sorcerers used knots in various ways, and the witches of Lapland sold sailors so-called "Wind Knots," which were
untied by the sailors when they desired a particular wind. Even modern conjurors and wizards use knots extensively in
their exhibitions and upon the accuracy and manner in which their knots are tied depends the success of their tricks.
In heraldry many knots have been used as symbols and badges and many old Coats of Arms bear intricate and handsome
knots, or entwined ropes, emblazoned upon them.
As to the utility of knots and rope work there can be no question. A little knowledge of knots has saved many a life in
storm and wreck, and if every one knew how to quickly and securely tie a knot there would be far fewer casualties in hotel
and similar fires. In a thousand ways and times a knowledge of rope and knots is useful and many times necessary. Many
an accident has occurred through a knot or splice being improperly formed, and even in tying an ordinary bundle or
"roping" a trunk or box few people tie a knot that is secure and yet readily undone and quickly made. In a life of travel and
adventure in out-of-the-way places, in yachting or boating, in hunting or fishing, and even in motoring, to command a
number of good knots and splices is to make life safer, easier, and more enjoyable, aside from the real pleasure one may
find in learning the interesting art of knot-tying.
Through countless ages the various forms of knots and fastenings for rope, cable, or cord have been developed; the best
kinds being steadily improved and handed down from generation to generation, while the poor or inferior fastenings have
been discarded by those whose callings required the use of cordage.
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