Missed opportunity: "You can tie this extremely complicated knot, or you can carry the Gravity Hook XS. Link below."

Very nice. Although in my country there are no drains without water in them. When I saw the video and the keys fell in, I thought “they’re gone”, but the drain being dry makes retrieving a whole lot easier.

Imagine having all that rope with you and then realizing you could have tied it to your keys so you wouldn't lose them in a storm drain.😢

Excellent tutorial! You have convinced me to add magnets to my camping survival gear...😋

Nice to know. I usually use a neodymium magnet or a small hook, because not all drains will be dry. Magnets will tend to catch the keys much faster and effectively even in drains with flowing water. :)

Clever, now all I need is to be carrying enough rope, have my cellphone with me, and remember the title of this video, so I can watch it, while under pressure, and dealing with embarrassment while I follow the step by step demo using one hand at the curb of a busy street. Oh wait, the rope is in the locked car! Damn!

Whenever I see videos of the mind boggling thing humans have been able to come up with with our time on earth all I can imagine is people in 140 BC being like “yo did you see that new knot Jerry came up with last week? That shit was dope as fuuuuck son!!!”

Great slow explanations and context on why certain knots were chosen

This is awesome... Sadly wouldn't work here in the UK, as our drains are designed to have water in them. Kinda like a small well shape with an overflow pipe 2/3 of the way up.

Not trying to be a buzzkill or anything, but wouldn't this be easier to accomplish with just a hanger or a piece of wire, or perhaps a magnet on a string?

Ah. If I ever lose my child down a storm drain I'll know the perfect way to fish them out. Bravo good sir. ❤

A rare earth magnet on a piece of string or wire rolled up to keep it handy also works and is simpler. This is what goes with us to the pier in case something made of steel goes into the drink.

I enjoy the way you describe what you are doing to the rope, and how it works in the knot! As someone just beginning into tying knots, it's great information that can translate to other knots. First video from you I have seen, but definitely subscribing for more!

I have honestly never been so bored, watching a knot be tied in my entire life

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve dropped my keys into a storm Drain but they always land with the loop thing up at a 90° angle! Oh wait…

Thanks for teaching how to tie this knot. "...all right let's go get our keys from the storm drain" lol awesome

Best knot channel in the world! Super cool!

Dropped my keys in a storm drain once. Attached a rare earth magnet i had with me to a shoe lace. Worked great.

You are some kind of knotistic savant! Bravo sir, I don't know how you do it!

A very rational and cool-headed solution. I'm pretty sure I would stomp around and have a temper tantrum like a child.

That is indeed creative... I'm going to have to try this because it's hard to believe it works as well as shown here... but I will certainly be impressed if it does!

This looks like magic and I still don't understand how it's so solid and strong

I like the idea. I just don't know who all would remember all the steps in the knot tying.

I did this once with a wire coat hanger from a dry cleaner shop.

Metal hangers, not just for hanging clothing. A multitude of viable options with some imagination.

Also see - "Extendo magic magnetic rod thing." Granted, this could solve some issues i've had in the past that magnets couldn't solve. Cheers for sharing!

E X C E L L E N T C L A S S !!! THANK YOU so much for a verrrrrrrry good lesson on a FIX that has plagued me since my keys slipped thru a hole in my pants pocket, slid down the inside of my pants leg about the time I was trotting in the rain from my truck going to drop off a book at the downtown library & I stepped on a storm drain and my keys were GAWN !!! I borrowed two wire coat-hangers from tge library and spliced them together and fished my keys out. Luckily, tge worst of tge storm hadn't gotten there or they would have been washed out of sight into oblivian! THANK YOU !!! I SUBBED.

Never in a million tries would I be able to recall how to do this without having to watch the video again (several times probably.) So, I'll just make one and keep it in the trunk of my car. Oh, ya, wait, I just dropped my keys in a storm drain............!

You know a man's confident in his knots when he yeets his keys down a storm drain.

The loop that sits 90deg to the rope at 2:46 is a great tip all on its own

there are definitely ways to use this besides a storm drain, like what you showed at the end. especially if you're a hiker and drop something between some boulders or something. (all the storm drains where i live are filled with water up to about 2 feet below the grate,)

Awesome info! I will never remember this but still awesome.

I wish we had those sorta drains here, but no... every drain here is the type that's like, 10 feet deep and has water at the bottom. And yes, I've once dropped my keys down one of those and I'm still amazed I managed to fish them out using a bunch of wire hangers that I straightened out and taped together. I do believe I spent like an hour scraping around tho, since... you know, water at the bottom, so I couldn't see where the keys had landed or if they'd gotten washed away already.

My wife told me this stuff never happens so i dont need to learn it. Thank goodness she was here to stop me b4 it was too late!

Bravo Maestro! Thank you for sharing. Keep up the great work.

Fishing magnet works great too.

Just finished watching the gravity hook knot. I only watched the first 5 seconds and I literally Pog-faced =0 Brilliant improvement, my friend!

Very good skill and a lovely presentation Combined with good English.

i think you can maybe improve that system with a small magnet and a steel washer? anyway this is genius!!

I've never dropped my keys not just in the drain but anywhere, and i don't think i ever will, but these knots are awesome

You should reseason that Lodge lid before it starts to pit, I only saw it briefly as you lifted it but the rest of the dutch oven looks okay.

I remember in 8th grade, another student and I were tossing the garden keys back and forth and threw them down a drain. We went straight to the closest classroom and borrowed two metal hangers. Can’t believe we got them out before lunch 😂

This guy is the knot wizard.

Happened to me last year just grabbed a fishing pole and tied a crank bait lure to the line then cranked it snug agains the rod tip. Fished my keys out instantly.

This might be quite useful if our street drains were not full of water and completely opaque. A magnet and string and a piece of tig wire are needed !

Carry a small powerfull magnet. Dropped keys down a 20' deep air vent shaft at a loading dock after work once. Truck was older w wing vents so easily broke in, got magnet tied to chalk line and was on the road in minutes. It was dusk so glad I had a florescent orange key fob!

A whole bike from the storm drain?!?! Nice catch.

Fascinating skill. I just keep a small powerful doughnut magnetic on a string handy for these frequent scenarios.

Thats a great McGuyver trick. More impressive than the icesicke hitch.

That looks like something that requires infinite patience and a very strong flashlight... if you happen to have that rope on you, great. Otherwise, just get hook or magnet on a string and save yourself a huge amount of wiggle frustration.

My key ring has a 17 lbs. pull 1/2” neodymium magnet mounted within a 1 3/8” pedestal that works great. Your knot would be complicated from my lack of use . A paper clip may be formed in different variations for any sort of hook if needed . Amazon magnets .

That's pretty snappy, good tool w/ alot of applications 👍

I don't have any rope, so I just borrow nearby children and lower them in by their ankles and shout "If you don't find those keys I'll drop you in there!" Works every time, even when there's water.

Very handy. In 2024 and beyond, when I drop something, somewhere, I will remember the video called….um….something about a “use this knot”

Neat, although I feel like tying a metal hook to a piece of string would accomplish the same thing :)

Once with a trucker hitch, i tightened it so hard it ripped my 550 paracord

I'll just stick with a magnet.

A neighbour's child dropped the keys there. The lady simply asked the mechanic nearby for help. He lifted the cover, got into the hole (literally!) and retrieved the keys for the woman! Quick fix ;D

Usually if I have to do any complicated knot like this video, I just put my wired ear buds in my pocket for a few seconds and voila…I can retrieve keys and climb a mountain.

I keep a handful of different sized paper clips in my car, at home, at work, and two small ones in my wallet. Probably the most handy thing you can have.

Might not work so well with a soft and really floppy cord (have to be able to push out on it a bit), but it's an interesting and potentially useful idea none the less.

This will be good ammo for the “just use a straaapppppp lollll!” crowd.

This seems to be helpful, so long that you can see it! One time someone dropped their car keys into the storm drain full of water. There was no way we could see anything in there. I didn't know this trick, although I'm not sure if it would have worked under water. I had to get creative. So, I found a largish rock with a flat face and wrapped a rope around it. I happened to have a bunch of mini neodymium magnets on hand, so I hot glued a bunch of them onto the flat side. That was the longest part because I had to wait for the glue to harden before I could move on to the next magnet, if not, the neighboring magnets would pull it off. This thing looked like a disco ball, at least on one side! LOL. Anyway, I went back to the storm drain with a safety officer, so that they could block off some traffic, since it was on a busy road. I asked him where he thought it might've dropped in, but since it was dropped it in the night before, no one knew. So, I guessed a spot that would've made sense and lowered the "magne-rock" into the drain. I started pulling it up and the officer started jumping up and down saying he thought I got it. I was like, "no way, this is just the first try." And no lie, I pulled up his keychain with his keys! I wasn't even sure if it was going to work because keys are not attracted to magnets, I was just hoping his keychain was! The guy whose keys it was, was overjoyed! It's a great memory. 🙂

I found that getting a cloth hanger was much easier than buying a good enough paracord. But hey maybe this work better if you drop them somewhere deeper

My keys are fitted with a superstrong magnet. Every time I drop my keys towards a storm drain it sticks to the metal before it has chsnce to fall in. Since the magnet is really powerful it magnetises the keys too and so far I've never lost them. However there are drawbacks to having a powerful magnet attached to your keys. They stick together and are a bugger to use. Since then I've bought a tether which works much better 😂

Yeah i could think of ten less complicated ways to get the keys back...But its a cool knot... just not sure where we would actually use it practically

Bravo! Well done! Thanks.

Just lift the grate off like a normal person? Lol

Instructions unclear. Using a storm drain as keys

i can barely tie my shoes but i was scrolling by and saw you drop those keys and the sheer confidence made me have to watch

By the time I figure this out, I can start a new career so lucrative, I can buy a new house with new keys.

Cool knots. I would just tie a strong magnet on the end of a string for keys though.

That perpendicular loop certainly takes a bit of coercing

Love the video :) What’s the name of the loop you tied at 2:40? Edit: Nvm, it’s just a wonderful way to tie an alpine butterfly loop

A genius. I will just call you professor.Well done. I'm in awe with your expertise.

For such cases i have 2 neodymium magnets and thin cordage in my bag.

Verry cool! But you need a big key ring and it standing up.

Your “magic” moment at 0:58 is actually what mathematicians call supercoiling. Molecular biologists know about it too because DNA undergoes the same kind of reaction when it’s being replicated and so forth.

Clearly, this exercise is gaining an understanding and familiarity with cord/knots, very good, 👍🏻

You could have just used the handle from that Rusty Paint Bucket to make a hook, but I'm sure this is good for something

Comments are absolutely ridiculous…….. “ can’t you just use a metal hook “ ….. “a magnet on some string would be better “ …. “I just use a fishing pole with a crankbait “……. “wouldn’t work cuz our drains have OPAQUE water in them “……. 😝😝 WTF people? Just take the video as *possible* useful information and add it to your keys retrieval repertoire! 🙂🙂

Great bondage tutorial, thanks!

You Sir are a magician 🪄🪢

I remember the days when we just lifted the storm drain grate.. how times have changed lol

damn that is a nice looking storm drain

This is genius

a tensioned loop is goddamn magic

This is crazy, so useful and handy. Thx.

fortunately I always carry ropes in different lenghts, colors and sizes with me, especially when walking along streets with storm drains ;-)

That's a very clever use of knots in a rope. Interesting too. But in the real world? I am never going to carry lengths of rope, and the expert knowledge and memory for tying such a complicated thing, on the off chance that I drop my keys where I can reach them with rope.

Love this 👌 could we get the single line ‘gravity hook knot’ link?

Brilliant. But not something I'm confident I'd recall were such a situation to arise. One would need to be a knot fan with loads of knots etc. memorised and instinctive.

Now I know next time that happens!!! Lol never underestimate power of rope and knots!

The odds of me carrying a shop vac in my back pocket are just as high as those cords.

I love this. Folks saying use a magnet are missing the point. As JFK said, "We do these things knot because they are easy, but because they are hard." what's the deal with the big blue paper clip on your keychain? Does it have a practical use or just looks cool (I'd guess the former having watched a lot of your videos)!

Let's hope I have youtube coverage when I need this knot....

this guy knows so much about rope, theres so many words and terms and shit wthhh

How about getting a crow bar and lifting the cover? Tying knots takes too long.

Cool video, but I dropped my paracord down the storm drain and I only have my keys. Is there a way to reverse this?

Really nice… and them… you grab a string and a tie a magnet to it! ;) 😅😂