You need to know this Knot! Its a game changer

[@jamesstrickland228]

I like the fact that there was no music to distract me. Now after all these yrs I can tie this not. Thank you sir! Love the video.

[@duckshaker]

I agree with you 100% about there being no distracting (and annoying!) music. So many people who post videos think they have be artistic and wind up ruining them with music.

[@mikecollins9869]

I used this knot alot the last time i went out, i went out from April to july (3 months i spent in the woods😊) i learned that i could actually put up three ridge lines with the same rope using the truckers hitch and this knot ( as long as the trees are quite close) i pretty much tarped my whole camp with one piece of rope!! Thank dan its a great knot!!!

[@drlangattx3dotnet]

I was a sailor for 35 years on ships tugboats and tall sailing ships. Bow-lin

[@alansanborn62]

Navy guy here too boatswain mate, we called it a Bowlin

[@drlangattx3dotnet]

Please do not mistake my comment below as disrespect. THis guy does a fine job for his students and viewers. "Different ships, different long splices."@@alansanborn62

[@pauloregan797]

I third that. It's not a bow-line.

[@EdwinDekker71]

I'm Dutch. It's "paalsteek"

[@southernlandsolo7839]

@@EdwinDekker71 hahaha😅

[@DBRGB]

Practical, very useful information without any fluff of background noise, music, etc. No banter. Just good information that can be useful in an emergency; on a camp trip; or in a survival situation. Thank you.

[@johnbelmore1178]

I'm from Rhode Island and I have heard of the bo..len all my life and I'm 62 and been on the water a lot

[@andrewczuba498]

I'm from the Rhody-CT border, CT side! That's how my Dad taught me the knot and how to say it. We use it on the boats all the time. Best knot, "Bo-Len" , and my Dad's name was Len, so....

[@ZielonySmogg]

Literally I'm living in the woods so funny is when you saying "stay in the woods"

[@yenvan5051]

I'll be there soon.

[@annpeet4334]

The bow-line (🤪) has been my very favorite since Girl Scouts (a few decades ago) but this looks great also.

[@__GALLANT__]

That's funny. Even funnier, Girl Scouts used to be my favorite thing a few decades ago! HEY!!!! ANN!!!!!! wow... long time! 😂😋😂 (j/k)

[@Delenne_Russell]

While there may be regional names, I learned Dan's version as a "mooring hitch", which is slightly different than what I can find for the Siberian hitch in that there is just one twisted loop and one bight in the Siberian version, with the twist being the key. In the mooring version I learned, instead of the first bight that you shove the second through later, when putting Dan's second bight through you place his loop across the standing line so you can see the line through the loop, then go under and back up around the standing line such that his bight doesn’t actually go through the loop. Identical outcome to his video and easier to do from either the left or the right side.

[@haywire4212]

I don't use the bowline for my ridge lines. I use the Siberian Hitch. It was designed? Tied? With the intention of being able to be tied while wearing mittens, so it's very simple to tie, I'd argue simpler than what you just showed. Both come undone just as easily

[@endurowex5790]

I agree with you and what Daniel did, it's just the hard way to do a Siberian hitch !

[@residentgeardo]

Was about to say the same. Why not just use a Siberian hitch aka 'Ewenken knot'. The one showed in this video looks more complicated to me without doing anything better.

[@EdwinDekker71]

True Evenki hitch is much easier

[@timapple6586]

@@endurowex5790 Plus he messed up his knot terminologies big time. Since he's hugely monetized, you'd think he could spare just 5 mins to get his facts straight. Then he expects you to give him 5 mins of your day but won't return the favor - even though he gets paid for it. He literally has just one job to do.

[@fredsmythe4731]

Been tying horses with it for decades, a very useful knot

[@LittleJohn907]

Kalmyk loop

[@fjb4932]

Bank robber's knot, quick get away... ☆

[@bduval9253]

I'm a huge fan and love all of your content, but as a lifelong Northeast Coastal waterman, I can assure you that the correct pronunciation is "BO-len". My dad would chuck me overboard if I called it a "BOUGH-line". . . and I'd respect him for doing it. Heck, he wouldn't let people on his boat if they pronounced gunwale in any way other than "GUN-el."

[@Danang1968]

Your dad sounds like a good man. I'm 80 yrs old and spent 16 years of my life as a seaman in the north Atlantic, I would be embarrassed to let anyone hear me call the Bowline knot anything but BO-LEN and a gunwale anything but GUN-EL.

[@bduval9253]

​@@Danang1968 Thanks for the backup. And don't even get us started on how to say "forecastle".

[@evanf1443]

That’s the pronunciation I’m familiar with but I was under the impression the word came from the bow of a ship, so I’m curious as to where the pronunciation discrepancy came from.

[@NobleSavage44]

Looks like a highwayman’s knot or sometimes called a robbers knot. I maybe wrong as I’m not up on my knots.😊

[@twinoemse]

​@@NobleSavage44 That would have 2 lines around the tree and wouldn't be able to slide in on the tree. (It would spill if tied that far from the anchor point)

[@bradfrancis9473]

Same on west coast. Now-Len. From listening to various KZbinrs is seems water folk say it one way. Land folk another.

[@ReneBPena]

Dan, when I was in the Navy back in 1970 every Deck Ape, Rope Choker, Anchor Clanker I knew called It a Bowlin😄

[@gentlewarrior5615]

Hey Dan ... Thanks so much. Can't tell you how helpful you breaking down the knot tie jargon by simply defining the "bite" by calling it " a simple fold" in the line. Amazing how distract that sort of jargon term is when a person is trying to pay attention to how to make a new know. GREAT, practical new knot too.

[@edhansen3395]

Simply Beautiful!! Thanks Dan

[@davehumpleby3440]

FYI, an Evenk hitch is quicker and easier.

[@scipio7837]

love that knot. Started using it as soon as I learned it. Add a trucker's hitch and boom

[@marcomaiano]

I was going to say this, the evenk/siberian knot has the same purpose and is much easier

[@DtWolfwood]

I'll stick with my Siberian hitch. Cool knot tho.

[@TerryCam]

I just have been tying/trying this knot on the leg of my desk for the last half-hour...lol...I like the knot a lot for the reasons Dan mentioned in the video, and I decided to call it (for me) the "Four-Bite Knot." Here is how I remember it: Cut-end under-bite, Live-end through-bite & dress, Cut-end through-bite & dress, Live-end cinch-up. I love all Dan's videos.

[@timapple6586]

If you want to learn knots, then start by disabusing yourself of moronic terminologies like 'cut-end'. Both ends of a line are cut... unless you're SpiderMan. If someone is really that stupid, they really shouldn't be left alone with a rope. I enjoyed Dan's videos way back in the day... but now he's deliberately just stirring up silly shit while clamouring to stay relevant. Figuratively speaking, he's at his 'bitter end' (look it up). Edit: Btw, for the sake of clarity, it's a 'bight'. Only a neglected dog puts a bite on a rope.

[@TerryCam]

Some of us are trying to learn things from Dan the best we can. If we already know everything, we would not be here. thanks for the "bight" help. Dan is "in the game., and on the field" while some just stand around and judge others....that was fun...lol @@timapple6586

[@SMart7751]

@@timapple6586- Having a bad day there Tim??

[@Richard-ud1xk]

@@timapple6586 If you don't like....don't watch!

[@YetAnotherJohnDoe1776]

Is this the Highwayman’s hitch? I’ve heard it’s good when you need to release your horse from the hitching post after relieving a bank of its burdensome cash. Ah, the good old days when banks actually had cash, and if an ailment befell you, a doctor would prescribe something that wouldn’t cure you but sure would make you care a lot less. 😂 Thanks for another great video, Dan! 👍

[@Jedi_Jed]

I looked up highwayman’s hitch because of your question. It’s a cool knot so thank you! The knot on this video only has one wrap around the post as opposed to two wraps with the highwayman’s hitch. Would take a lot more rope to tie a highwayman’s hitch around a tree because of the two wraps. Very similar though.

[@SMart7751]

It’s not a Hoghwayman’s hitch. I’d love to know what it is though!

[@notyourpapa]

It's called a mooring hitch. Pretty easy to remember, loop working end, feed bight then bight again.

[@FreezingToad]

The classic quick release hitch. I've been using that for years to make my anchor points for all kinds of thing. Great vid as always!

[@andrewlane5536]

Great video as always, thank you.

[@Quest723The]

Pretty good feeling when I open up a mystery knot video and realize I've already been using it.

[@martinhafner2201]

So this closing loop (noose) is the mooring hitch. I'm not sure it is rated for high load. That first loop tends to capsize, jamming the slip. Then there's a mess to fix when you try to break down. The halter hitch is probably more stable and quite traditional with horses and tying up small boats. I would just use a 2 half hitches. If there was going to be a lot of shaking load, then I might use the buntline, which is a sort of backwards 2 half hitches. I would usually slip the finish on a buntline for break down since it can jam against the tree. The buntline was traditionally used to keep the square sails from inverting from a stray gust of wind. A line was tied to the center of the square sail and went forward to the bowsprit (or near it) where you tied the buntline, keeping the square sail puffed forward. But ridge lines shouldn't be so loose that they actually go slack and cause real alternating load, so the 2 half hitches should be fine. Once again, you can slip the last tuck by using a bight to make it a quick release. And in case you didn't guess, it's bo-lin and has been for a few hundred years.

[@Wolfram762]

Great tip Dan!

[@dillonpatriquin5809]

Why are we KNOT friends 😂. Didnt intend on the PUN at first but caught it last minute. I moved from up north to the city for work but i go up every weekend and have been craving to get out to my shelter i didnt finish yet and get practicing survival skills. I love being in the bush. Been to long and short lived when i am. I saved some of your videos into my survival playlist. Thank you for you time and very helpful videos. Iv learned a thing or to from you. Your kids will be proud of you and will make you proud aswell. More people, more dads and moms, kids everyone Included needs to be more like yourself and get in tune with nature

[@strongbear9304]

Are we friends? “Frayed Knot”!

[@Gunn4u]

Used this Knot frequently in Alaska while commercial fishing. Great for that come and go quickly from a pier or dock while offloading fish or taking on fresh ice. Also used to stabilize the bow of you vessel wile tying off at a dock to get bouys out for a more permanent stay. Good job Dan

[@TundraTrash]

I call it a dock knot because for the last half-century I've used it to tie watercraft to eyes on docks. That's where I first learned it.

[@WhiteTiger333]

I've seen the knot you demonstrated used to tie the lead on a horse to stall rails. The videos I watch - the person ties so fast, I don't really see what she does, but I see her jerk the rope end and out the knot comes. Now I know what she's been doing all along.

[@rocketman3474]

Just tried it out and it’s a great knot. Now to practice a few more times. Thanks again for another great tool for my toolbox.

[@suzibikerbabe8073]

Love this knot! I have cordage on my desk so when I'm bored or on the phone, I'm practicing knots. This one needs no praticing and it's at the top of my 'most useful' list.

[@liamst3879]

Excellent succinct presentation!

[@katotornado4312]

How did I knot know this

[@DriftlessWarrior]

Good one!

[@jumpinjohnnyruss]

"Iss not true. I did not hit her... I did knot. Oh hai Mark."

[@JPMerolla001]

I became a master of quick release knots when dating a woman who liked to be tied up.. but she had kids. So we sometimes needed that quick release. Haha.

[@motrock93b]

Very useful, thank you. I use something functionally similar, and easy to tie/remember. Slippery two half hitches. It’s just two half hitches finished with a loop end. I’ve used it for quick removal of my ridge line, and it’s never failed me.

[@BennWhistler]

Good one !👌

[@davemi3213]

Bowline is the best knot forever!

[@samthai818]

Awesome simple extremely useful knot! Thanks Coalcracker!!!

[@rod462]

When I was in Wyoming we called this the "Outlaw" knot. Folklore was, outlaws used this knot to tie their horses to the hitching post in case some one recognized them they could make a fast getaway.

[@donaldroberts7055]

Awesome. Thank you. Bowlin

[@shadowphoenix8962]

Look at all the trouble you started......good video Dan.

[@ElohssArehtonAtsuj]

So i am practicing this knot and yes it is so easy i already can literally do it with my eye closed and i keep doing it cause it blows my mind at how easy it is to release 🤯 Thank You👍👍👍

[@terryqueen3233]

What a very cool knot in which I will be implementing it the next time I use my hammock. The rest of this comment may be a little long but it's true. I know of at least one time that the bowline knot did not come loose very easy in fact it took a sledgehammer and a Marlin Spike to get it loose. I'll try to make this a little short. We were pulling another Snapper boat in from 50 MI out off the coast of South Carolina. When I tied the knot I tie a bowline hoping that it would come loose fairly easily but that was not the case, as I had said earlier it took a sledgehammer and a Marlin Spike to get it loose. That's the only case that I've ever had that it was hard to get the bowline loose.

[@aantosca]

Thanks for yet another great piece of content!

[@Wile_E._Wolf]

Similar to a knot I learned as "The Highwaymans Hitch", although the hitch doesn't tension the loop

[@AndronicusKomnenos]

Thought this was an episode of Knots Landing.

[@ericjudd9603]

Thanks man!

[@calvinjohnson7806]

Thanks a great knot. Love all your videos

[@thomasmusso1147]

👍👍👍 .. nice 😊. Another knot to keep my hands busy when I'm on or waiting for Public Transport. My Mobile Phone? It's off, on vibrate or silent and in my pocket or bag. I'm a Boomer .. Although apparently, your pronunciation of 'that knot', judging from some comments, is going to have some Sea Dogs apoplectic and those in Davy Jones's Locker, tuning in their Sea Chests 😁. Thanks for sharing .. take care ..

[@chrisbagwell6521]

As an Irishman, and a 7th generation fisherman. It's a BOUGH-LINE. He's pronounced it correctly.

[@badger31738]

Love your videos. I always look forward to watching

[@TimothyShaw]

I moved from the bowline to double dragon loop for fixed loop knot and a slipped buntline knot for my ridgelines.

[@KCSmith1]

Thank you! I might need to know this.

[@randy-9842]

This is one I did NOT know but NEED. *Thanks Dan.* By the way, I always tie my Bowline knots twice. The first one always makes the first loop upside down, then it falls apart and I have to retie it. Same as this one. For some weird reason, practice does not help me get that first loop right. Ugh.

[@jimhovencamp4487]

I enjoy all of your content and am a "knot Nut" ; always sitting in front of the computer tying some knot or other. I hardly ever question anything I see, because I know you put a lot of effort and time into your videos and I know we all appreciate that. I don't dislike this knot, and see it's usefulness and it's easy to tie, but I wonder if the Siberian isn't just as easy and for me a bit quicker. Just a thought, not a criticism.

[@jimjasinski4861]

Good Job, you've moved to the side yard. Gotta leave the house sometime 😊

[@Stacity]

Thank you I have subscribed

[@charleselertii6187]

Wow. I like this knot.

[@muddymississippientertainm7285]

Love the knot videos

[@OutdoorLearners]

Love this! Thanks

[@dassmaster4281]

super cool

[@Sage-Preston]

Nice demonstration thank you!

[@LoveFishing51]

Great video! Thank you! What is this not called?

[@quinntheeskimooutdoors6234]

😮that’s nice Dan. Thanks 😊

[@collinlampkins]

I believe the knot you made the video about is called a mooring knot, at least that's what I've heard it called.

[@xhames61x]

I think it's the same as what I call (was taught) a horse thief knot, but I wouldn't bet your life on it.

[@stevenscott2136]

That's the Highwayman's Hitch. Keeps your horse firmly hitched, but breaks open fast when you come running out of a bank, saloon, or the bedroom of another man's wife. 😁

[@marknthetrails7627]

Very nice, thanks 👍✌🖖🍷

[@Jedi_Jed]

Do you have a name for this knot? It’s very similar to a Canadian Jam Knot tied with a figure eight quick release. The difference I’ve found is that this is harder to tighten but won’t back up without pulling the release as opposed to being able to reach beneath the knot and loosen. Thank you for this gem!

[@yenvan5051]

Hey Dan, I'm in Sydney, Australia and today I was talking to a few Canvas Tarp manufacturers in New South Wales, and they insisted that eyelets were stronger than reinforced loops on the perimeter of tarps. I said bushcrafters say the opposite, that loops are the strongest option for tarp builds. Strange. Do you think either are ok?

[@freddyoutdoors]

I like that defo one to remember

[@Christopher-xd5in]

Boatswain knot. But still good info Dan

[@gardeningwiththeharpers9068]

High waymans knot! 😮

[@DriftlessWarrior]

So funny--I learned the bowline knot from you when I got into bushcraft a couple of years ago, so I've always pronounced it with a long "I" sound. Everyone here in northeast Iowa (and friends/family in east central Iowa) says it the other way, "bowling" without the "G." I always explain that I learned most of my bushcraft basics from a KZbin guy in PA, and I still pronounce it like that. It makes for a fun conversation starter, and also gives me an opportunity to tell people about your channel. I'm off to practice this new knot after I share this video with some friends! Thanks!

[@mikejettusa]

Thank you. If a boatswain ( pronounced bo sun) taught you how to do it, you probably just pronounced it how they did.

[@WEREWOLFUSMC]

Thanks Dan, just saved this vid!! Good stuff brother!😎👍

[@RangerReject]

I think the Siberian hitch is even better for ridge lines.

[@jeanbon6807]

You can even secure the knot with a stick in that loop.

[@whathappenedwas7083]

Wow that’s awesome

[@pierrehenri2297]

Off to try it! 👍🏻

[@bearwisler]

Good knot

[@joepublic573]

FAB Dan :)

[@glennfyfe1357]

Magic

[@TheWizardOfTheFens]

Oooooh my naval ancestors would drown you for calling it a Bow LINE. It’s a Bow LIN…. Regards from England

[@Didyeah-opex]

Thanks for this knot.

[@BonesyTucson]

Good, useful knot. Thank you!

[@johnwyman5939]

Nice job on video and showing off how to make the knot and good tool for the toolbox. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🪓🔪👍👍

[@Peter-od7op]

Love this

[@pez350]

Similar to the bank robbers hitch 👍

[@Rickyrock13]

Just use a marlin spike hitch at your main anchor point

[@ronmenges6825]

I've always done this when tying down stuff on my ladder rack. Pull the tag line through and it can't accidentally get pulled loose.

[@nateroo]

I like the knot, good demo. May I just offer a couple clarifications... the "cut end" is the 'Tag' end. A bowline is pronounced "bolin" just because that's the quick way of saying it, same as fishermen call a "big one" a' biggun' and the gunwale of a boat is commonly pronounced 'gunnel'. It's just good ol' American language variations. In the Army Rangers, we called a bowline a "bolin", specifically taught at the mountain phase of Ranger School and at Battalion. I respect your knowledge and skills, but calling it "bolin" is not wrong. I also respect that you prefer to pronounce it as spelled. When I get around a bunch of bass fishermen, I say "it's a BIG ONE", I hate the term "biggun", so I get your feelin' on pronunciation. Probably hurts your ears when you hear "bolin", yeah? lol Great knot, thanx for the demo!!

[@cayetanocanales7662]

Thanks

[@tm5aw357]

Nice

[@mrhalfstep]

I could be wrong, but I think it is a nautical knot often used to tie the front end of a boat or ship to a pier post or cleat. Since that area of a boat is called the bow (as in, "I will bow down to no man!!" or "Bow wow wow yippy yo yippy ya") rather than "Let me use this ribbon to tie a bow in your hair so it doesn't interfere with the flight of your arrow when you shoot it from your bow", I think the correct way to pronounce it is like the boat area followed by "line". That's what I call it anyway. Since I learned the knot that you're teaching, last winter, I've been using it to tie my Jon Boat to small trees along the bank at the lake I fish and camp at. It won't loosen itself when the boat tugs and then slackens the rope over and over in the wind, you can tie it to any trunk or branch without having access to the end of the branch and it releases with a tug if you're in a hurry to evade the wildlife officer that's trying to catch you fishing without a license, just like bank robbers did in the Old West!

[@JefeDow]

This is why I love the comment section... Good stuff here, not to mention another few quality minutes watching Dan remind us to "stay in the woods" - thanks to you both!

[@gutterfalcon2912]

I was in the NAVY , a Boatswains Mate pronounced Boat sun mate , the ones who work with lines / ropes / Hausers etc. it's Pronounced Bow lin , Bow like a Bow on a package .

[@mrhalfstep]

I will gladly defer to your expertise on the matter. Now that you've mentioned it, "gunwale" isn't pronounced as I expected it to be, either. Maybe sailing terms received their own set of phonics because they were formed by the one group of people that had the easy, early, and regular access to people that spoke different languages, sailors. It all got blended into something that doesn't really follow any one language.@@gutterfalcon2912

[@martinhafner2201]

It's been bo-lin for a few hundred years. New interpretations on something that old have no authority.

[@aspenskier100]

THANKS!

[@nothingtosee314]

Not bad, but I'll stick to using a toggled bowline for that purpose. Less to tie, and the same quick release. Personal preference.

[@wethrandirithildor7095]

Interesting knot, nice presentation, BUT, what is it's NAME?

[@jaykingsun7093]

If you like this, check out the Honda knot!

[@stevenboyd593]

Good to see you keeping up with the times and click-baiting, you CAN teach an old dog new tricks or the ropes as the case may be.

[@robertcarignan2983]

I know that as a mooring hitch for boats.

[@gud2go50]

I’m not a knot nerd, but it looks like the Siberian hitch to me! Call it what you want but I have seen the knot tied with one hand if you have mittens on. I think?😊