Knots & Splices. Colour edition

This beautifully-illustrated and very popular book covers the commonly-used knots and splices.
Now in colour, it clearly illustrates how to tie each knot through the use of clear sequential diagrams and a step-by-step approach.
Knots a Splices includes:
- the ten knots everyone should know
- many other useful knots
- splices and whippings
- how to choose the right rope for the job
- the use of each knot
- the benefits of each knot
- where special care is needed.
Contents
Terms
Tools of the trade
Choosing a rope
Ten Knots Everyone Should Know
Round turn & two half hitches
Clove hitch
Figure of eight
Reef knot
Bowline
Bowline on a bight
Sheet bend
Double sheet bend
Fisherman’s bend/Anchor hitch
Rolling hitch
Other Useful Knots
Carrick bend
Sheepshank
Constrictor knot
Buntline hitch
Surgeon’s knot
Alpine butterfly bend
Fisherman’s knot/ Englishman’s knot
Cow hitch
Cow hitch round turn and Prusik knot
Timber hitch
Marlinespike hitch
Man harness knot/Artillery loop
Trucker’s hitch/Dolly knot
Marling hitches
Coiling a rope
Turk’s head
Splices & Whipping
Eye splice
Short splice
Eye in braid-on-braid rope
Eye in braid-on-3-strand rope
Common whipping
Sailmaker’s whipping
Heat sealing the end of a synthetic rope