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Knots (Pocket Guide Series) | 
 enlarge | Author: Richard Hopkins
Publisher: Thunder Bay Press
Category: Book
List Price: $9.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 48592
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 6.5 x 5.7 x 1.1
ISBN: 1571459812
Dewey Decimal Number: 623.8882
EAN: 9781571459817
ASIN: 1571459812
Publication Date: April 2003
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Product Description
Knots are needed to tie up parcels and hitch a horse, and for camping, fishing, climbing, and sailing. Featuring easy-to-follow guides to over 100 knots, each illustrated with specially commissioned photographs, Knots teaches everything from the basics to more unfamiliar knots. Each section looks at specialty equipment and their related knots and gives a glossary of terms with pointers on how best to tie each one. Over 700 color illustrations are included.
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 Love Knots May 9, 2008
very good book with great diagrams and pictures, a must for anyone interested in knots
Very Cool Book January 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I really enjoy this book. Its directions are clear and informative. He explains what the knot is useful for. (even if it is just: It is a fun knot."
I am going to order a few extra copies as presents.
Outstanding little book! September 27, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a great reference for anyone doing beginner to intermediate knot tying in a wide range of fields. I bought it for nautical reference and teaching on a training vessel, but it covers climbing and other fields with equal aplomb. It's not a comprehensive reference, but it's VERY thorough for any practical use, and it covers some background, tools and theory as well. Great book. Small size (meaning small print... but easy to take with you). Very clean and clear images. Well worth adding to your library.
 Most knots are clear and concise, but there are errors May 25, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Pg. 116 - Jug or Bottle Sling
Instructions are to "...take the bottom of the front loop and weave it through the crossings of the other two side loops." However the illustration shows the line passing under, not over the second crossing. This coupled with poorly worded directions in general made it very difficult to accurately recreate this knot. After several attempts however I was able to discern exactly what the author was defining as "Loop A" and "Loop B" in spite of the poorly labeled diagram.
In general this is a great book, but errors like this should have been rectified by a proof reading and the diagrams on some of the more complex knots could be better labeled. Placing an "A" at the top of a picture with no arrow to discern which loop is being referenced and labels no where near the intended loop they are meant to describe make for frustrating attempts the first few times you are trying to learn a new knot.
Still, I would recommend this book as a reference. For the most part it is well done. I would have ranked it higher but the mistakes in the diagrams lead me to give this a 3/5. Hopefully they revise the drawings in later editions to save other folks some frustration when learning the jug sling.
Superb book !!!! March 8, 2007
Exceptional clarity and completness. Highly recommended if you are interested in knots or "How to make a rope into a tool"
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