FASTEST WAY TO TIE A BOWLINE KNOT // 3 Quick & Easy Ways to Tie a Bowline Knot

[@dardobartoli]

After watching a plethora of bowline guides, this is bar far the best. No awful music, calm instruction and even a bit of history, but definitely the best 3 ways to learn ... thanks

[@OutsideChronicles]

Thank you! Be sure to check out my 10 Uses of a Bowline: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJmrgpKXhdN7aq8

[@caroldunphy211]

I absolutely get the fast and easy bowline knot. Thank you. You are my go to knot teacher.

[@BeADad2447]

These are also majic tricks! Awesome! Sometimes I have to transport people in my trunk, these are very useful! Thanks.

[@pauldanielmooney]

That third method made tying a bowline much much easier for me. It's just easier to visualize, and hard to get wrong.

[@OutsideChronicles]

Cool, that is my goto method too. I use it 95% of the time. Thanks for the comment and watching!

[@mito6581]

Watched several videos to learn how to knot the bowline knot, your explanation about making the Bowline knot was the best. Thank you so much!

[@OutsideChronicles]

My pleasure, glad it helped. See you outside!

[@AlexandraCornish]

I found the loop plus rabbit runs most helpful and taught me in under a minute what several other videos could not! Thank you!! (The explanation on loose / running ends will be useful in onward learning, thank you.)

[@OutsideChronicles]

Glad it helped! Whatever method works best for you. The only thing that is important is you can tie the knot. See you outside!

[@stephanygates6491]

I liked the 1st and 3rd examples. #2 ties my brain into a pretzel.

[@adamwhiteson6866]

Very nice presentation. #3 has always been my favorite. I call it the "Collapsed Slip Knot Method". Can also be used to form a Sheet Bend, which is the heart of the Bowline.

[@OutsideChronicles]

Thank you! See you outside!

[@pohchinghong2833]

Love the way you explain. The rabbit helps me. Thanks

[@OutsideChronicles]

My pleasure. The rabbit mnemonic is how I learned, but only use option 3 nowadays. Thanks for watching!

[@rob7446]

Yeah, method 3 definitely, so easy and failproof, I adopted it permanently, no more rabbits holes and trees and other questions such as ''clockwise or anticlockwise'' etc. Thanks a lot!!!

[@OutsideChronicles]

Cool, glad it helped.

[@oxfordblaze4392]

The first couple of ways were good, but that third way knocks it out of the park!!! It also makes it easy to determine the size of the loop you need before pulling it tight. Fantastic.

[@OutsideChronicles]

Totally agree! Method 3 is my goto method now. See you outside!

[@framaxIT]

Thank you for this useful and clear tutorial video. Please can you show a video on kalmyk knot and the difference between it and a bowline ?

[@tomasmerino1039]

I always watch your video, practice it. And when the time comes to use it, can't remember... I'll keep a piece of cord with me and keep practicing hoping to internalize it. Yours is the best explained one, great work!

[@OutsideChronicles]

You are not alone, knots and navigation are perishable skills. You need to practice them regularly to keep them fresh. Stay tuned for 10 uses of a bowline video.

[@tomasmerino1039]

@@sheilasunshine9173 since then I started using it in my job and now I can tie it with my eyes closed lol

[@katssketches1118]

Finally did it hooorrrraaay! Thanks so much.

[@OutsideChronicles]

Yeah!!!! Hope this method becomes your "go to" bowline method. Thanks for watching!

[@kevenmiller7150]

Love the "p" method the best. Simple. Thanks

[@OutsideChronicles]

Cool, my pleasure!

[@MrBennyrick77]

I was a method 2 guy before this video... Now I am practicing the method 3 which is very interesting an efficient. Thankyou!

[@OutsideChronicles]

Excellent! It’s my go to! Much easier around an object too!

[@bm3823]

I like your way, No.3 the best as I’m very familiar with the marlin spike hitch. Thanks for sharing

[@OutsideChronicles]

Thanks! Be sure to check out my 10 uses of a bowline video too: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJmrgpKXhdN7aq8

[@thetruthserum2816]

wow, the last method is the best by far of these three... I like using the "turn the ignition on" or "turn ignition" off motion analogy for creating the initial bite on the first two methods...

[@OutsideChronicles]

I like that analogy too, used it in my last knots class. See you outside!

[@DAS-Videos]

Oh wow, the last way is not only easier, it also makes it easier to adjust the size of the loop before tightening.

[@OutsideChronicles]

Good point, that is an added benefit. Thanks for the comment.

[@Hojsholm71]

Best video in the bowline I have ever seen and I have seen a lot.

[@OutsideChronicles]

Thanks so much, your comment just made my day! See you outside!

[@MelanieVanDeGraaff]

Best video on how to do a bowline!!!!

[@OutsideChronicles]

Thanks, I think I am going to make a "10 Uses of a Bowline" video today. Thanks for watching!

[@heidikirk-mackrell5135]

Love method 3, so easy to follow - thank you!

[@OutsideChronicles]

My pleasure, I should have a “common uses of the bowline” out next week. I show method three around an object and around yourself. Thanks for the comment and watching!

[@heidikirk-mackrell6495]

@@OutsideChronicles I’ll look out for that! Just followed you on Insta too (@woodstowavesuk) 🙌🏽

[@jimb.942]

Best demonstration yet

[@OutsideChronicles]

Thanks, see you outside!

[@TheAdventureHeads]

Good stuff as always. Hoping to see some instructions for the similar and highly useful "bowline on a bight" knot. Happy Adventuring.....

[@OutsideChronicles]

Good suggestion, I will include “on a bight” in my next video on how to use the bowline. I like a figure 8 on a bight better!

[@aaronthenorm5400]

Love it on my hoodies & sweatpanrs!

[@philochristos]

I vote for #3.

[@OutsideChronicles]

Me too, so easy and fast after a bit of practice. And can be easily tied around an object too. Thanks for watching!

[@MarithaAndersen]

Just made a loop knot that didn't just slide out of itself for the first time, because now I actually understood what to do and more importantly why it's done that way. Thank you❤

[@OutsideChronicles]

Cool! Glad it was helpful, see you outside!

[@kcdirectbuysmart8324]

Thanks this is the definitive how to tie a bowline video

[@OutsideChronicles]

My pleasure, see you outside!

[@jamesng4201]

Good sir! I practiced tying this knot for about 30 mins last night and just couldn't figure out why it wasn't quite right. Your tip to pinch the running end and pull at the 3:40 mark was exactly what I was missing.

[@OutsideChronicles]

Glad it was helpful!

[@juliekailihiwa8150]

Awesome short instruction. Wish I'd had this tutorial in my fire academy class! Firefighters and instructors totally over complicate the Bowline...(and clove- hitch). I didn't even have anything nearby to practice with and was able to "visualize" and follow your video with an invisible rope. I would get confused and reverse / flip the P order. I have struggled with Dyscalculia. The not so well known cousin of the NCLD of Math comprehension. The term did not exist until mid 2000. So many people have it. Fractions, percentages, decimals, adding subtracting in your head..figuring out tips for servers, stock market. Impossible. I have described it to special ed teacher friends as memorizing Arabic and Mandarin combined. For me Ropes class was like HS Algebra class and I would nearly breakdown in tears from frustration. Your quick and simple explanation was easy for someone (like me) to comprehend and also a great refresher for sailing and boating. No extra words and hand gestures kept to a bare minimum. I used to tease my instructors by tying a PERFECT Tiffany Bow from our hosestraps for levity in the classroom. Mahalo!!

[@OutsideChronicles]

So happy this method helped you. Sometimes knots can be over complicated. There are a few that I struggled with until someone showed me the “easy” way. Thanks for the comment and watching!

[@Travis_Varga]

I’ve been tying bowlines for on the job for over a decade, but I just saw someone tying one in a weird way which is the third way in your video. It was helpful. Thank you. Your second method however could use some work and become faster. You place the running end over the standing end. Then you grab part of the running end closest to you and form an overhand loop over the running end. You end up with the standing end already through your overhand loop. Then you just finish as you do in the first and second methods. Maybe you would consider that a different method.

[@OutsideChronicles]

Thanks, I think I understand the variation you describe. I will try it out, I love finding alternative ways to do the same thing. Thanks for the comment.

[@Travis_Varga]

@@OutsideChronicles kzbin.info/www/bejne/ooSbY52rlMShr80 This guy shows an example.

[@OutsideChronicles]

@Anonymous Won I will have to look into and try that method. Sounds like a good opportunity for another video.

[@basaball1]

Number one brother!

[@annlaforce2366]

Thank you! Love method #3!

[@OutsideChronicles]

My favorite too. Thanks for watching!

[@chancloud4500]

i love learning how to teach my son is in scouts and he loves it!!

[@OutsideChronicles]

That’s awesome! See you outside!

[@MrBennyrick77]

So, I have been using this video to learn, and I had a boating job where I needed to know this knot. So I practiced on small cord and small soft rope from the hardware shop. Every time It worked like you showed, and I followed along no worries. I thought I had it sorted. When I got to the boat I had not realised I used my hands and the rope ends in a specific way according to the video, so I made a few mistakes feeding the rope the opposite way into my left hand, and then I could not do the rabbit through the hole and round the tree because it was opposite... So After making that mental note to feed the right way so my hands are in the correct position, I went to do the knot. However the boat rope was not nice boat rope, but just thick, crappy rough rope that hardly bends at all. So when I went to make the P, it was so thick it was hard to tell where all the parts were. I ended up making a P but it was a flipped P, in that the standing end was over the running end, however it still made a P shape, and I thought I had it right because of the P Shape. Well I was WRONG!. and this has been doing my head in for the last 3 hours as I practice with thick stiff rope that does not loop easy and frequently I keep doing it so the wrong end is making the P. (All my fault by the way)..... Success... I finally visually realised although it was a P it was not the correct P with the running end making the loop first into the P as you show it. And now I know what to look for. The issue is two things, not being familiar with this in general, and the way this large stiff rope can make its own loop and looks like a P to me.. So now I am super focused to make sure I loop the rope the right way, which is still super new, as i have to keep practicing my looping with the big rope to make sure it is the right way P as you showed it. For the last few hours I thought I was going mental not being able to tie the big rope but having not issue with the soft smaller cord... Anyway, I keep referring back to this video because it is clear and easy to see. One final note, the large thick rope does not squish together like thin soft rope, so when you tie the rope you have to pull it much harder so it does not unravel while it is not under load. Also, because it is thick and stiff I have to allow more rope on the running end so if it slips while under load it has rope to move and not a short end that would undo in the loop. It barely is able to be tied tight as such. Man, stress city for me!. I did not think it would be so hard. I should mention that for this thick rope I was using method 1, the long way, because the rope being thick, would not wrap around in the way you do the second method. That was my preferred way as well as method 3, very good, but with big thick stiff rope I needed to force the rope into the way I wanted it cause it would not bend easily. I hope this makes sense. However I think I will try to work on method 2 with the thick rope to save time. So thankyou for very much your video, much appreciated. Cheers.

[@stewartlancaster6155]

I have never read such nonsense as this comment, please for the love of humanity delete it.

[@kennethcruise7635]

I think I found another way to tie a bowline . Super simple and I wanted to find out if is truly a bowline .

[@OutsideChronicles]

I am sure there are other methods. Post a video, I'd love to see it.

[@davidh.4944]

With method 3 you can fold one last bight in the running end before you put it through the loop, and create a quick-release. Very convenient. You can also tighten the loop up almost completely, then take your time positioning your running end around whatever object you have, before finishing it off. I've only been practicing for an hour or so, and I've already gotten very fast, using a twisting method similar to the one-handed tying version to create the loops.

[@gabbette999]

I have literally scoured the internet for methods to learn this knot- yours is by FAR the most well explained, easiest and straightforward explanation and demonstration. I cannot than love you enough - I was close to searching for “hangman’s noose” 🥴🥴🥴.

[@OutsideChronicles]

OMG, what a nice comment. This really made my day. I am super happy you master the bowline with this method. I really appreciate the kinds words.

[@gabbette999]

@@OutsideChronicles Apparently my spell check wanted you to know how much I loved your lesson! It was supposed to say “thank you enough” but I’m glad you still understood my intention. I’m so happy and touched my comment made you feel good- I guarantee everyone who’s been lucky enough to find your channel feels the same as I do. You now have a loyal subscriber- I was stoked to see your isobutane 1/2 empty can solution as well!!!! Please keep up the amazing work!!!!

[@wolfrayet81]

5:40 at last a method i understand and i can tie with eyes closed! thank you!

[@OutsideChronicles]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jacelandadventures1523]

Nice video, so cool watching another person’s version! Thanks for sharing with me!

[@OutsideChronicles]

You bet, many of ways, none are right or wrong, just what you are comfortable with.

[@jayanderson6078]

That 3rd method is great. I never realized that a bowline is literally a Truckers hitch with 1 extra step to make it not a quick release loop

[@OutsideChronicles]

Right, I always say if you can learn that overhand loop, it is the basis for many knots. You are exactly right, the slip knot you need for for a truckers hitch is 90% of method 3. Thanks for watching and the comment.

[@TheDemolisher]

Thanks a lot for making this video! I didn't know how to tighten up the knot and this was the only video that taught me!

[@OutsideChronicles]

My pleasure, glad it helped you out.

[@davidziegler6782]

Perfect. Thank you!

[@BrianHikesAllDay]

Awesome video! You do great how too’s

[@OutsideChronicles]

Thanks, now that I got my home setup dialed in a bit more, hopefully more to come.

[@BackcountryPaddler]

Super useful knot.. I'm horrible with remembering knots so I'm downloading this and keeping it on my phone!

[@OutsideChronicles]

Learn that third method. When I teach my skills class, homework before knots is to make like 500 overhand loops. If you can do that, you can make like 5 other very useful knots including the bowline. Plus that last method makes it a snap to tie around trees. Although, in my next video, I am going to show an even better trick for ridgelines.

[@BackcountryPaddler]

@@OutsideChronicles Awesome!

[@danceswithcritters]

quick and easy, but after a history lesson.

[@Evenvesper]

Thank you! Thank you for thinking about us beginners and explaining the different terms. You made learning this quite easy!

[@OutsideChronicles]

Thank you for the nice comment. I will be doing a "10 uses for the bowline" video soon. Thanks for watching.

[@DGA2000]

Loved your video. Thank you for sharing it. 👍

[@OutsideChronicles]

Thanks!

[@akadirnilavane2861]

Useful knot!

[@angst_]

I like the video! I find it funny that all demonstrations I've seen today are l tying the knot "upside-down" that is, with the rope facing away from you. Isn't the purpose of a bowlin to tie off onto a hard point? Wouldn't you be approaching the post head-on rather than trying to reach around and tie it on the other side? Its just an observation.

[@OutsideChronicles]

Yeah, I received similar feedback in the past. Check out some of my other knot videos and shorts, I make sure the perspective is right and show multiple uses.

[@Shabazza84]

5:40 Best

[@barok0601]

Method 2 is the best for me, lets you exactly measure the size of the loop you're making.

[@OutsideChronicles]

Whatever works, the important thing is that you can tie it properly. Thanks for the feedback!

[@briancurran1140]

Very good

[@OutsideChronicles]

Thanks, see you outside!

[@chuckcampbell3927]

🛫📖🛬 wonderful video. Good teacher skills. Thank you for your efforts. 🛐✈️

[@OutsideChronicles]

Thanks so much, see you outside!

[@dhstory2314]

Thankyou for the sharing

[@OutsideChronicles]

Thanks for the comment, stay tuned for my next knot video, 10 ways to use a bowline.

[@finmanpoozie4756]

I'm pretty OK tying a bowline. Tried with just a rope (3/8") wrapped around nothing and pinching the working end as shown + pulling the standing end...it closes the loop instead of cinching the knot. However, when the rope is around an object like a tree, post, furniture leg etc., then pinching the working end does cinch.... Is putting the rope around an object how it was also done in this video? I can reproduce the closing loop 100% of the time when it's a "rope only" knot.

[@OutsideChronicles]

Here is how to tie around an object instagram.com/reel/CkJ29NsDRI8/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

[@Conny226]

I get the last one it was better for me to understand 😅 🙏

[@ddgaming3797]

thank you

[@OutsideChronicles]

My pleasure, thanks for watching!

[@hansen704]

Great 👍

[@deernutOO]

Should show the one-hand method of making the bowline knot, such as learned in boy scouts for use when the left hand is hanging onto the line, right hand free to do the rescue method.

[@OutsideChronicles]

Like this? kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5bHp2ipq72KpNEsi=vPk5b17sK3oQ2FID

[@pkmr5284]

I don't know why everyone ALWAYS demonstrates tying a bowline knot "upside down"; it should be demonstrated with the rope going AROUND a fixed object, and tying the bowline TO the fixed object; that would mean the knot would be demonstrated at 180 degrees from what is shown; "THAT's" how a person should learn to tie a bowline; ... sheesh-ka-bob!!

[@OutsideChronicles]

Stay tuned, I will be releasing a common uses of a bowline video that shows the same method around a fixed object and around yourself for a rescue. Same principles apply. I use a bowline more often as a loop than around a fixed object. I am a fan of the improvised marlin spike hitch where appropriate.

[@_Lightning_Dog_]

Yeah, I bet that’s why I’ve struggled with the bowline for so long

[@robertstonebreaker8394]

It’s gonna be ok we are imperfect people living in a imperfect world .

[@ching-changlee9040]

@@OutsideChronicles

[@CaseDadToo]

The Boy Scouts use the knot as a life saving knot, and learn to tie it from inside the loop with one hand. That way they can hang from one hand and tie the knot with the free hand. We used to have speed competitions on each end of the same rope to determine who could tie it faster. It’s a bit faster than any method I’ve seen here, but somewhat similar to method 2.

[@SolidStateH2O]

Rabbit comes out of the hole, around the tree and back down the hole…PULL the three T’s. The “T”ree and both the rabbit “T”racks 🌲 🐇

[@plasticonion]

I should have been patient. You explained it later, thx

[@OutsideChronicles]

Bow line or bolin, I don’t care how you say it, just tie the knot correctly. See you outside!

[@apiyutsiyapan9582]

I am the INSTINCT fan, if you remember. Very good presentation and it makes it look easy for beginners. I love the pinching. Neat. I have a 4th method that I came up with by myself during the free-time practice (I have a piece of rope with me when I travel) And this has become my most frequently used method. I can humbly share it with you some day.

[@OutsideChronicles]

Thanks for the feedback. I am always looking for ways to improve my knots. Thanks for the comment, see you outside!

[@louiscampbell1416]

I like the video

[@kawikadakine]

How often does anyone tie rope to something from the perspective of the object being tied? The viewing angle should have the rope originating from the bottom as we often times are looking head on at the object we are tying rope to...

[@c.m.p2943]

Thanks sir

[@burntsider8457]

I work around boats and the woods. I use the bowline most, then the sheet bend, the clove hitch, and the timber hitch. That's about it. I never use a square know because I don't always carry a chain saw with me to remove it.

[@pkmr5284]

What are you talking about? A square knot is as easy to untie as a bowline!!!

[@basaball1]

Awesome

[@Black70Fastback]

I prefer method 3. I think its not just the easiest to DO or the fastest but also the easiest to understand and therefore remember. Also, you "accidently" learn how to do a spike hitch.😀

[@OutsideChronicles]

Yes, that overhand loop is the basis of many handy knots. Thanks for watching!

[@kennethmcconkey711]

Do you know there is an inside bowline which is the one you tie. An outside bowline which the end is on the outside of the loop and a double bowline which you make two loops then feed the line through.

[@themcculloch9544]

What’s a lin

[@daddysharksgaming878]

I got a faster bowlinee knot just like your method 2 a little diff

[@gordonadams5891]

Lay the running end over the standing end. Push the running end down, rotating the hand with the running end. This forms the loop with the running end inside. Pull the running end up and around the tail of the loop and return the running end down into the loop and fair the knot.

[@OutsideChronicles]

I think that is option 2. I still prefer option 3.

[@ezkieler850]

@@OutsideChronicles It’s close but not quite. I think it’s because of how you’re gripping the running end with your two fingers. When you lay the running end over the standing end you’re basically pinching the two together with your thumb on the backside and your pointer finger facing towards you and you twist clockwise. It’s one quick smooth move and the “rabbit” ends up already through the hole and all you have to do is wrap it around and back through. The way you show it you have to first re-grip it with your two fingers unless that’s how you already hold a rope and then you still have to push it up through the hole. I was taught this method by a Navy seal at the College Oceaneering in San Pedro California.

[@ezkieler850]

@@OutsideChronicles Like this at 4:15 using your grip method. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ambVgaSwj9OmsM0

[@richb2545]

Line, it's a bowlinE like the word line with bow in front of it

[@OutsideChronicles]

Merriam-Webster disagrees: www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bowline

[@monoXcide01]

Video starts at 1:56

[@plasticonion]

I'm confused you call it a Bowlen Knot, at least that's how you pronounced it, but the title shows "Bow Line" as in drawing a line. Which is correct? If it's just your accent throwing me, I apologize, but I do want to know the correct name

[@diggity1039]

Why is this knot so hard? All i get is either an over hand knot or a prussik loop .

[@OutsideChronicles]

Keep practicing, start with the standard method, method #1. It is a very valuable knot that I user all of the time.

[@stargazing-up7gl]

4:18

[@willshoemaker7417]

Never heard someone pronounce it like this, but good vid nonetheless.

[@SuperManning11]

I’m sure there is an argument to be made for other pronunciations, but this is definitely the original pronunciation.

[@ront4319]

Your demonstrations would be much easier to see and understand if you would use a wider (fatter) piece of rope -- rather than what you presently have, which looks (in the opening sequence) to be only a little larger than a piece of yarn.

[@watcher_1960]

I met this slimebag once who taught me to tie a bowline in about one second.

[@OutsideChronicles]

Not sure how to respond, cool?

[@karhukivi]

I'm inclined to think that the term comes from bow line, for tying the bow of a boat. Ye Olde English spelling is probably just the way they spelt words in those days!

[@OutsideChronicles]

Definitely comes from mariners and bow. I think sailors shorten everything and bo-lin stuck. You would not believe how many people comment on the pronunciation. I really do not care as long as you make the knot correctly.

[@leonperry123]

8min to tie a knot?

[@Floridanwa]

Two minutes and no tying. I am out.

[@BvngeeGvm]

We don’t care stfu

[@bobwalton5657]

Way to much talking at the first of it don't need a history lesson just show how to make the knot

[@brianchambers7190]

Just show us how to tie the knot. All that talk makes me want to change the channel

[@raymondferreri3151]

Good instructions. Too much history

[@Peter_Riis_DK]

Eight minutes to show something short? I am discombobulated.

[@OutsideChronicles]

I also have a short kzbin.infowAeKfn2rvOI

[@johnwallace5098]

you could have done this video in five seconds not 8

[@johnwallace5098]

im fully lost

[@Shooshie128]

None of those methods is the fastest method. The fastest method can be done with one hand, in one big motion, and takes less than 2 seconds. You can tie it around yourself with one hand and save your life.

[@marcschroter]

Forget all that rabbit nonsense

[@OutsideChronicles]

Yep, method 3 is so much easier. No rabbits or other creatures. See you outside

[@benowens2236]

1 and 3 are fine. Your number 2 is terrible. After you rotate your hand, the top of the rope/knot is off the camera, so you can't tell what's just happened. It's inexplicable

[@superspecialty5169]

Not interested in facial recognition!

[@seano2101]

Takes way too long to get to the point

[@yexacom]

hahah hahah then you couldn't find a thinner string

[@GrizzlyManTV]

How to hold it - 30 minutes. THEN THROUGH UP AROUND DOWN PULL DONE - 3 sec. This knot will remain elusive to me.

[@OutsideChronicles]

Keep practicing! Just keep playing and stopping the video at each step. You will get it!

[@holdencaulfied7492]

Dude, such an annoying video. You spend over a minute slowly describing the knot's history then you finally get to the knot and tied it super fast that I can't follow along. Why bother if you're going to do that?

[@wisanudeevo3770]

Thanks for video

[@OutsideChronicles]

Most welcome, see you outside!