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Practical Knots and Ropework

by Percy W. Blandford
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Overview

This thoroughly modern guide avoids historical applications in favor of styles in use today, many of them tailored to new synthetic ropemaking materials. It untangles the secrets behind basic, joining, constricting, fisherman's, and climber's knots, as well as tying loops, rings, and hitches. More than 290 diagrams appear throughout the text. 

Synopsis

This thoroughly modern guide avoids historical applications in favor of styles in use today, many of them tailored to new synthetic ropemaking materials. It untangles the secrets behind basic, joining, constricting, fisherman's, and climber's knots, as well as tying loops, rings, and hitches. More than 290 diagrams appear throughout the text. 

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Book Details

Published
January 1, 2007
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pages
416
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780486452784

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