Doomsday Defense Topic
Shelter, Fire & Bushcraft
Knots & Cordage
The essential knots, lashings and splices, and how to make cordage from plant fibers when you run out of rope.
Field notes
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Six Knots Worth Learning First
Square knot, sheet bend, clove hitch, two half-hitches, timber hitch and bowline cover most survival jobs: joining, tying off, hauling and fixed loops.
In the library
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Knots, Splices and Rope Work
A. Hyatt Verrill's illustrated guide to every useful knot, bend, hitch, lashing and splice, with the strength of rope (second revised edition).