Knot Tying Honor Helps

Splicing Three-Strand Ropes
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          Short Splice

          Back Splice

          Eye Splice

Honor Requirements

1. Define the following terms:
a. Bight
b. Running end
c. Standing part
d. Underhand loop
e. Overhand loop
f. Turn
g. Bend
h. Hitch
i. Splice
j. Whipping
2. Know how to care for rope.
3. Describe the difference between laid rope and braided rope and list three uses of each.
4. Identify the following types of rope:
a. Manila
b. Sisal
c. Nylon
d. Polypropylene
5. What are some advantages and disadvantages of synthetic rope?
6. Do the following to rope:
a. Splice
b. Eye splice
c. Back splice
d. Finish the end of a rope with a double crown, whipping, or a Matthew Walker's knot.
7. Make a six-foot piece of three-strand twisted rope from native materials or twine.
8. From memory tie at least 20 of the following knots and know their common uses and limitations. Demonstrate how they are used.
a. Anchor bend
b. Bowline
c. Bowline on a bight
d. Butterfly loop knot or Alpine butterfly knot
e. Carrick bend
f. Cat's paw
g. Clove hitch
h. Constrictor knot
i. Crown knot
j. Double bow
j. Double sheetbend
l. Figure eight
m. Fisherman's bend
n. Fisherman's loop
o. Halter hitch
p. Hunter's bend
q. Lariat or Bowstring knot
r. Lark's head
s. Man harness knot
t. Miller's knot
u. Packer's knot
v. Pipe hitch
w. Prusik knot
x. Sheepshank
y. Sheet bend
z. Slip knot
aa. Slipped half hitch
bb. Slipped sheet bend
cc. Square knot
dd. Stevedore's knot
ee. Strangle knot
ff. Surgeon's knot
gg. Taut-line hitch
hh. Timber hitch
ii. Two half hitches
9. Make a knot board showing 25 or more knots.