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 enlarge | Author: Des Pawson
Publisher: DK ADULT
Category: Book
List Price: $17.00
Buy New: $9.65
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Avg. Customer Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 19872
Media: Turtleback
Edition: Expanded
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 176
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 4.9 x 0.6
ISBN: 0756603749
Dewey Decimal Number: 623.8882
UPC: 690472003748
EAN: 9780756603748
ASIN: 0756603749
Publication Date: May 17, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 A great book February 20, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is one great book both to own and to give to someone just because you want to.
Easy to follow instructions and some great knots to show off your skill. I keep it on the coffee table for all to see.
Is anyone bored? Tie a knot...
 Fantastic desktop reference January 13, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is such a fun book.
With my son camping with scouts, I wanted to know more about knots. I read a friend's copy of the previous edition and decided it was perfect. Now the latest edition sits on my desk at work with several lengths of small rope for practicing the knots.
The expanded edition change is important. The latest edition has more knots and information.
The turtle-back with the cover flaps that let me mark my spot in the book is a perfect format for campers. I would not hesitate to take this on a campout.
The author does a very good job of explaining, with words and pictures, the steps to tie the knots, but there are still some areas where more explanation would help.
I started in the working knots and have endeavored into the decorative sennits and braids. I am still having fun learning a little at a time.
A Minor Correction to James Dees's Review August 6, 2006
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I wanted to let potential readers know that Dawson's book DOES include the Taut-line Hitch, though you might have to know a bit about knots going in to realize it. The Taut-line Hitch is simply the Rolling Hitch (page 82 in Dawson), with the rope turned back and tied around its own standing end rather than around a pole as Dawson shows it. Dawson probably could have made that clearer, but it is there.
It's true that it doesn't include the Trucker's Hitch. It probably should in the next edition. Dawson does include the Waggoner's Hitch (page 90), which is a slightly inferior but still serviceable knot that performs the same function as the Trucker's Hitch: allowing a line to be quickly tightened to hold a load.
Even given this minor room for improvement, I think this is one of the best books of its kind ever written. The illustrations are exceptionally clear, the selection of knots is almost ideal, the book itself is small enough to easily pack with you, and its binding is unusually tough and durable for use in the field.
I think Ashley's Book of Knots is THE knot book, still unequalled after over 60 years. Yet Ashley's book is so huge and comprehensive that in some ways it is less useful than smaller books such as Dawson's. Buy Ashley for reference, by all means. But buy Dawson's book for everday use.
 good illustrations, but missing some important knots June 27, 2006
19 out of 20 found this review helpful
Bought this book for my course library (I am a wilderness instructor for Outward Bound). Realized too late that it does not include the taut line hitch or the trucker's (wagoneer's) hitch, both of which we use a lot. I would have thought those would be included in any good knots book. Ultimately replaced it with "The Book of Knots: How to Tie 200 Practical Knots" by Budworth & Dalton. Good illustrations a better selection of knots.
Knots worth knowing March 15, 2006
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Des Pawson's book is a valuable addition to my knotty book collection.
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