Practical Knots and Ropework : A complete guide to ropework, knots, and netmaking, for boating, fishing, camping, mountain climbing, etc. ... including the specialized techniques required for both natural fiber and synthetic ropes

This thoroughly modern guide avoids historical applications in favor of styles in use today, many of them tailored to new synthetic ropemaking materials. It untangles the secrets behind basic, joining, constricting, fisherman's, and climber's knots, as well as tying loops, rings, and hitches. More than 290 diagrams appear throughout the text.