Rope Handcuffs - fastest method

I think this is the fastest method of tying rope handcuffs - but I may be wrong 😊. Handcuff knots are actually quite useful for fire fighters, cave rescuers, etc as they can be used to pull victims from small enclosed spaces and passages. Also farmers use them to keep animals still. OK this method is a bit of a "rope trick", but it's fun to learn new things.

[@mortsdans]

Very cool, I'll have to show my wife sometime

[@nikob5899]

😂

[@jimjasper9851]

It works, my wife is sitting very quietly!!!!🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🦘🇦🇺👍🏼

[@billyfromla1117]

Yeah, good luck.

[@HiTechDiver]

...you mean your soon to be X-wife, lol

[@creedor]

🤣🤣🤣

[@cybernoid001]

My Dad taught me this knot when I was in boy scouts 20 years ago, never forgot how to tie it since it was such a fun parlor trick to show people so fast they could never see it. lol

[@kennyray9159]

Whoooooooooo cares?

[@c.r.mcleod8959]

It's also known as a chair knot and used often in rescue situations, it's a very handy knot to know.

[@QuantumPyrite_88.9]

From an old Army Ranger - Thanks for your tutorial .

[@FlintStryker]

That’s how I tie my shoes. Never thought of this possible use before.

[@wynottgivemore9274]

So cool, thanks I was having trouble getting it that quick ,..until your comment now it's like thang my shoes ...thank you sir.

[@clintstinkeye5607]

I worked with a Brit that saw all knots as a mathematical issues. I still can't wrap my head around it, but he was of genius category. He was a wizard of humility.

[@grahameviner2835]

Hi just wanted to clarify, you are making 2 different knots, at 53sec see how the lines cross over each other, this locks the knot when pulled tight and is known as a fireman's chair knot, at 2.30 you'll see they dont cross which makes the knot weak ( i was told this is called a tom fools knot ), the hancuff knot has the cross over to lock it as well, thanks

[@chenliang4942]

I couldn't agree more

[@user-uu5tw8oo9g]

Exactly. Thank you.

[@icaleinns6233]

Oh that is just slick! I learned how to tie that years ago the other way. That method took all of about 5 secs to learn and is so much faster. Thanks!

[@willway9378]

It’s one of the ways to finish a bow knot in the last stage of tying your shoes forming both slip loops at the same time

[@MissMyMusicAddiction]

the method you are showing in this video is the one we settled on, and taught to our firefighter rapid intervention teams (i.e. firefighter rescue team - the team that goes in to save a firefighter down or lost on the interior of a structure. it is very useful when the crap hits the fan, inside. it is fast. it can be formed in tight quarters, and even with one hand. often we are blinded by smoke, and hugging the floor, because the fire is out of control. we can very quickly secure a firefighter and extricate them.

[@patwaldrip3774]

I will have to teach our volunteer firefighters this one at the next meeting. Great idea, thank you for sharing.

[@MissMyMusicAddiction]

this is one of the knots we learned for RIT/FAST teams. it is one of the go-to ways for getting a downed firefighter out, after the interior teams evacuate.

[@Sandra-dt4ec]

Not only great waffle, and navigation, but magic sleight of hand! Great video and instruction as always. Cheers

[@nikob5899]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@paddor]

Very good explanation! Reminds me of the Ian knot way of tying shoelaces. It’s super fast and involves about the same motion.

[@Dtchmastrkilla7]

For the autofocus issue, in case cameras are not your forte: Turn off continuous focus! You can even put it to manual focus. If you will stay in one place more or less, you are unlikely go out of the focus zone. Nice video dude

[@KayakingVince]

That's really awesome. I'd love to see videos of any other cool knots you know. You're good at teaching them.

[@kenwintin3014]

An ancient tie. First time I saw it, back in 1950s, an uncle told me that it was the knot used when hanging criminals, back in the old days. I found it again, while living in Japan. It is used in Hojojutsu a martial art for tying captured warriors or criminals.

[@chickenlittle2206]

If I am not mistaken it was a way in Japan in which to tie folks which didn't offend someone's honor?

[@kenwintin3014]

@@chickenlittle2206 Yes and no. There were hundreds of methods of tying, varying with each school and in most schools there was a way to tie each level of the caste system. If one was restraining a superior, a special method was used that did not have a "hard" knot (ie; the ends were loose) so as not to offend them. If it was a hardened criminal and of the lower social strata, they would be tied in a manner that was nearly impossible to escape and was very painful.

[@tim1289r]

I'm glad other people asked to see how it was done, because I didn't like to. Thanks for sharing.

[@dougmaloney2871]

Splendid.

[@agranero6]

A lot of naughty people asking...🙂Seriously now I always made success at pubs making evenly spaced knots on a string in seconds...it is really easy (and useful for making rope stairs).

[@vforveracity7487]

Everyone that clicked on this video is now on a watchlist

[@chainreaction8977]

Nah, just moved up on the list...

[@freespeech4023]

Very good , I will be using that idea, thank you

[@gordonjackson2655]

Very nice. I used to include close up magic, in my years as a touring musician. You could consider taking a branch of magic up, as one never knows what's round the corner.

[@wynottgivemore9274]

I'll have to admit ,I've been tieing this know ever since I heard to the my own laces. Never mind with all the hocus pocus...So I take the string like I'm about to the my laces, but I use my index fingers in both hands and make two loops, then I cross them like I was going to the my shoes then pull the loops through and viola rope hand cuffs. But thanks ,if not for your video.,and the comment section I wouldn't have figured it that easy. Even though I did do it both ways you showed, but both those are what to much work.😀lol God bless.

[@stpetie7686]

Thanks! I was wondering about that. It's a pretty cool knot. I've pretty much got the first two ways covered, but the throwing it up way may take a while.

[@jayztoob]

Nice! Ties as fast as a bowline.

[@ComproSim]

I did both methods, the first conventional one is different and more efficient, the second one is easy but not as efficient as the first one.

[@friend757]

Very cool!

[@MorbinNecrim86]

Magic!! Cheers for doing this video, you are a legend.

[@kevinangus4848]

It's the Instantaneous knot with both hands. I never tried it with rope. And the handcuffs out of a silk tie won't leave rope burns. 😎

[@brunoterlingen2203]

I have been "knoting" a long time but I cannot get the hang of this: there goes my night, trying.

[@sobeit1927]

Great thanks

[@shykitten55]

Thanks. For me, you have THREE moves.... Up, Down and Up again. Up - you make the loop, Down - you do the "reach through" bit Up - you pull your hands apart.

[@DmitryOlyenyov]

The technique is very similar to the Ian knot for shoelaces.

[@ogi22]

Actually it looks almost exactly like Matt Parker @standupmaths showed the mathematical way of tying shoelaces. Nice!

[@barnyardbrio7597]

I love it!

[@GiC7]

Thanks

[@johnsullivan6560]

Well done! It is a knot that really only useful for handcuffs. Never use slip knots for rescue as it will injure the person being lifted. Use a bowline or a Spanish bowline, which will give you two non slipping loops. Not good for hobbles, either, but dandy for tying people up or making a bow the. Big fan. Have you ever used a peep compass?

[@mowgli2071]

Interestingly, you can use this for things other than restraining people. Especially if you're in the woods.

[@dlighted8861]

Sir that is freaking cool. Are they actually secure handcuffs?

[@dan001427]

You should definitely add some knot tutorials into your videos.

[@HiTechDiver]

Got it down; thanx!

[@mrSpatcat]

Oh yes. Out in the woods with the rope handcuff. Totally not sus.

[@dannysmith9217]

Super Cool 😎

[@SorryBones]

Thanks, they keep escaping my basement

[@My-Nickel]

Thank you

[@ruger2275]

My wife loves em 😂

[@RuckReaper]

Should have explained quick final step of tighten and tie off loose ends using 2 branches or something. But I’m sure I’ll figure it out.

[@glyngibbs9489]

Captivating!

[@maskydoo7871]

Pretty cool!

[@mlord1815]

Why I always carry a length of para, duct tape and zip ties in my hand luggage whenever I fly, I'm that passenger who's ready when it all kicks off 😂

[@Seamus3051]

😄😄😄 Cheers.

[@LockBits-ts6eo]

Great, now, is there a way to restrain a whole party of in-laws during an uninvited visit?

[@aj-tp2yh]

butterfly?

[@alanrogers8535]

What do you do with the 2 long ends to stop the loops sliding appart again ???

[@dronejedi654]

Brilliant 🤣

[@denim_ak]

Send this to your girl with no explanation lol

[@mihailvormittag6211]

👍

[@user-xs1yx9tc9m]

I'm in the UK/England. Since 1953, the public cannot carry any thing that is designed to cause injury or is 'intended' to be used to cause injury.

[@TheMapReadingCompany]

In my sack, like most ML's, I carry a rope, leatherman multi tool, etc. each which "could" cause injury, but that not what they are intended for. I would feel comfortable explaining to any police why it was necessary for me to carry them and the other stuff.

[@wynottgivemore9274]

@@TheMapReadingCompany they'd call it going equipped...confinskate and give you a summons to appear...just dump. I know that living in Canada that type of stuff isn't far away. But I watch some show in the UK, the one where they mostly handle traffic on the crazy freeways. Well they found a couple of guys camping under a bridge, the one guy had a large hunting knife, he was actually using it for kindling and stuff like that. The police confinskated it . If you have a baseball bat in your car , and are not coming or going to a game ...that's a no no... not allowed to have any form of self defense at all. It's a joke, cause of course bad guys don't care about breaking the law ,so they all have their tools of the trade... I'm starting to understand why so many carry umbrellas or walking sticks. Which I happen to require one for I have a bad knee the goes out when I am just walking. And why so many detective shows from the UK the guy usually has a walking stick.

[@directcoolingservice7225]

We don’t do handcuffs. We just called the corner.

[@terrillippincott1441]

That is called a six-pack knot. Electrical lineman would bet a six-pack that they would show you how to do it three times , but you wouldn't be able to do it, thus owing them a six-pack of beer. Personally I have won at least five times. Yes I lost the first time. keep one hand up and one down.

[@Don.Challenger]

Hmm, usually up is north. Okay, now, let's see you chase a bull around a paddock and handcuff him and then point north.

[@jimmywolfe7616]

When you first make the 2 loops and place one behind the other that is called a half hitch and will not slip.

[@junebrooks665]

wowwwww thank you