Doomsday Defense

Handbook · 1917

Knots, Splices and Rope Work

by A. Hyatt Verrill

Note. Rope-strength tables are for natural-fiber rope of the period. Never use them to rate modern synthetic rope for climbing, rescue or lifting loads over people.

Verrill wrote for “travellers, campers, yachtsmen, Boy Scouts and all others having to use or handle ropes”, and the 150-odd line drawings show each knot being tied and finished. Knots have not changed in a century, so this remains a sound reference.

Start with our note on the few knots worth learning first, then use Verrill for everything else.

Author
A. Hyatt Verrill
Published
1917
Topics
Knots & Cordage
Rights
Public domain: published in the United States before 1930.
Transcription
Project Gutenberg eBook #13510

Contents

8 sections
  1. Introduction
  2. Chapter I — Cordage
  3. Chapter II — Simple Knots and Bends
  4. Chapter III — Ties and Hitches
  5. Chapter IV — Nooses, Loops and Mooring Knots
  6. Chapter V — Shortenings, Grommets, and Selvagees
  7. Chapter VI — Lashings, Seizings, Splices, Etc
  8. Chapter VII — Fancy Knots and Rope Work

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