Another knot needed

[stuckinthemud]

Last knotty question for a while. Can you suggest a locking knot or hitch that can be tied to a dowel but won’t slide under diagonal load and is easily tied and untied?
Thank you,
Andrew

 

[John Brown]

Timber hitch?

 

[Orraloon]

Rolling hitch would be the one you need.
Learn How To Tie A Rolling Hitch Knot - WhyKnot - YouTube
Regards
John

 

[Suffolkboy]

Rolling hitch as above...

Have a look for an app called animated knots by grog. I think you may have to pay a small fee for it, or it may be free? I've had it for years. Really useful resource for all your rope needs.

 

[scockram]

I think you could consider an Icicle Knot. The dogs nuts of Knots for tying to a dowel.

https://www.animatedknots.com/icicle-hitch-knot-end-method

 

[scockram]

I'm sceptical about it's ability to grip to a tapered pole, but I've tried and tested it on dowel and straight sided poles and it's excellent.

 

[Fitzroy]

I think you could consider an Icicle Knot. The dogs nuts of Knots for tying to a dowel.

https://www.animatedknots.com/icicle-hitch-knot-end-method

Waiting for the 3rd bus. I'd never heard of this knot but bumped into it yesterday on youtube, and now here it is again!

F.

 

[ChaiLatte]

Waiting for the 3rd bus.

Not so much the bus, but perhaps the Haynes manual for all buses (and three options for it):

https://archive.org/download/TheAshleyBookOfKnots/the ashley book of knots.pdf
https://www.paracordplanet.com/content/Ashley_Book_Knots.pdf
http://chamberssailing.org/files/documents/CSK017-The-ashley-book-of-knots-(not-printed).pdf

 

[scockram]

This is good for anyone interested in knots. Not sure the price now, but it was very reasonable when I got it a couple years ago, well worth it.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nynix.knots3d

 

[stuckinthemud]

Odds bodkins that is fabulous.

 

[John Brown]

Talking of knots, does anyone have a solution to leather laces on deck shoes? I've tried everything I can think of or find on the web, but they always come undone after half an hour or so.

 

[Agent_zed]

Talking of knots, does anyone have a solution to leather laces on deck shoes? I've tried everything I can think of or find on the web, but they always come undone after half an hour or so.

I'm kind of guessing but I assume they undo as they are slippery. They are probably very dry which makes them slippery and not supple enought to get a tight knot, so i wonder if there is a way to make them more supple. You could try misting them with water to start with and see if they hold longer. Perhaps a light sanding?
Perhaps try applying something like dubbin to make them softer in the long term?

 

[scockram]

That's odd, I have a couple pairs of deck shoes with leather laces, and virtually never have to tie them! They seem to stick together better than normal "string" laces in fact. They are quite old so the leather is very supple and quite rough.
Are yours a new pair @John Brown? I'd try some Dubbin as suggested above.

 

[John Brown]

No, not new. I'll try some dubbin, but I seem to remember trying that before.

 

[trvlr]

use a double knot = may help/prevent them coming undone?

 

[John Brown]

I've always used a double knot on all show laces.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

I've just come across my Ashley Book of Knots (1977) - £15 inc P&P if anyone's interested, cheaper than Abe, Amazon ...

I've got to shed some stuff, I'm surrounded by it.

 

[Linus]

Talking of knots, does anyone have a solution to leather laces on deck shoes? I've tried everything I can think of or find on the web, but they always come undone after half an hour or so.

Wax them.