It really is a fantastic and extremely versatile knot. One of the few that I still remember how to tie from my Scout days.

This is where I learned to tie this knot. Thank you for the tutorial!

Great knot. This is what we used to tree climb before all the fancy ascenders they use today.

Great video. The "stay consistent" tip was a great takeaway for me when I tend to forget should I be going over/under.

Video is cool , has that old school KOA vibe to it . Back when we were kids the family would do a couple of camps there and sometimes there would be demonstrations of various things , I particularly loved the pancake breakfast and s'mores around the fire ! The good ol days ! Y'all seem a nice bunch , thank you

Thanks best I have seen. You showed clearly you go around twice and then go above the knot and do one more and it worked so easy and made it simple. A knot I knew well over 50 years ago in the Boy Scouts and had forgotten how to tie.

Great instruction, Team. Your demonstration was Superlative. After 3 practice rounds, I am ready to tie this knot.

Great points Jack !!

I appreciate that you start out by saying what the knot is FOR, rather than just giving its name and showing how to tie it.

Excellent, perfect demonstration and clear explanation, thanks so much!

watched it about 3 times and it worked perfect; no genius here. thank you for showing us this!!

Worked like a charm! Thanks 👍

Incredible! I can't believe I've never seen this simple knot before. I can already think back to a bunch of times knowing this knot would have been helpful. Thanks for this easy-to-understand video.

Worked perfectly on the first try. Thanks!

I'm so happy I just leart how to do this knot between 2 chairs. Thanks. God is great so are you

I get excited over knots when they are usable, workable knots.

Thank you! This is very helpful and easy to follow! I can only remember how to tie 1-2 knots at a time and this seems perfect for most all my needs. After doing it a few times I seemed to get the hang of it and barely even had to think about the instructions anymore. I MIGHT even be able to remember if I don't use it for a year. 😅

thanks for explaining the under part as well

I add a half hitch after the last loop. This makes the knot much tighter. This is needed when using thicker, slippery/smooth synthetic ropes. Note: the knot should work as shown here, but you must dress the knot very neatly. If not, any rotation of the object tied to can make the knot slip. Windy weather can also work it loose if not dressed sufficiently. I use this knot on my sun shades which I leave out for weeks at a time. Paracord and tar red line work great as shown with the video's knot. But thicker synesthetic ropes can slip even though they appeared to be secure when you completed them. You can also use 3 loops prior to the doing the last loop on the other side of the knot.

great, short and to the point. I don't understand the negative comments. keep up the good work and thanks

Loved this video....More on knots! Thanks

Probably my favorite knot, it's just fantastic. I use it for many things.

Thank you for your instruction!

Awesome instructions!! Thanks!!

Thank you, this solved my problem perfectly.👍

Best tutorial on the knot ! Ty

Fantastic, information and teaching, much appreciated, thank you.

Throughout my years of camping, hiking, hunting, camping, a decade in the military (combat arms), and decades of farming... The taut-line is perhaps my most used knot after the reef (square) knot.

Learn how to first use the application you're using to learn things. People complaining about speed apparently still don't know you can slow the video down to 25% the original speed if they can't keep up. I had no problem watching this video twice and learning this knot.

Thanks for this video! It’s exactly what I needed to know!

its always nice to learn the ways of tying tie for tying my neck

Thanks man! I’m in cub scouts about to cross over today and I think I need to show them this knot !

Very well explained and shown multiple times.

Thanks so much! Great knot!

Thank you for sharing.. this is really useful :)

Thank you very much, I absoloutely like this knot!

Very very thanks you. Be good and smiling all time..

Cheers Mate!

Most useful knot i know just erected a 4 pole 20x20 tarp for shade used 8 knots and put it up myself.

Perfect video. Thank you

Great job thanks.

Very nicely done! An easy knot to tie (if you know how).

Thanks - very helpful

Very informative, tnx!

Thank you.

Great video!

Your trainng aid is very helpful in helping me understand this knot. Thanks, just subscribed.

You know you're old when you get excited over a simple knot video

This is awesome knot💞

Excellent

Tie the midshipman's hitch for more staying power! When wrapping the second loop, put it in front of the first loop. They'll catch each other like an automatic trucker's hitch.

Bravo, sono carini questi video

Can you share what size plank and eye bolt (accessories) were used. Thanks for the video.

Great video! An improvement could be to instead of just sticking the tail end through the last loop, stick a bite through to make a quick release taut line hitch. You could even put a toggle through the bite to act as a safety lock for the quick release.

Nice demo and I'm not embarrassed to learn from u

Out of nowhere I came acrossed this clip, exactly I was looking for Thanks.

this is exactly the knot I was looking for, thank you so much, very well explained!!!

one of the very few nots that can be tied and untied under load. for a better version, see 'midshipmans hitch' which crosses the second pass over the first before proceeding 'outside' to the last.

I have never seen that knot, thank you for the clear teaching!

We call it aviator knot and it is used to stabilize small airplane to ground anchor at the flight school I work for. It has some give (slack) so once jerked on (effect of wind on plane) it reduce stress on plane structure. Very handy I use it to set up camping tarp and save them under strong wind.

I used this same knot with 3 under 1 over for tree climbing. with a snap on one end, with an extra tail (the tail is the working end) the static end (the snap) snapped into my climbing saddle. We would have the climbing rope attached to the saddle, climb to where you needed to go, go around the trunk of the tree above a good limb or two with the snap, snap into your D rings and use the working end as the taut line (the tail is about 2 1/2 feet long) wrap it around the rope that goes down to the ground. Give it about 8 inches of line between the snap and the knot, with the remaining tail as a safety buffer. The knot holds you in place until you pull on it, whereas it will slip until you let go of the knot. It makes for a quick and safe way to rappel down a tree or whatever. We used 150 and 200 foot lengths of climbing rope, so you could descend just less than 1/2 the length of the rope. Get to the ground and untie the hitch, and pull the other end of the rope down out of the tree.

Favorite knot

A superbly demonstrated taughtline hitch. Did anyone spot the slight difference when the lady demonstrated it? Still works though! (I think the lady went under, not over the standing end when she crossed over for the last part of the knot). Either way, it’s a great little instructional video, thank you.😊

I've tried a version where the final hitch is done ABOVE the spiral, and that seems to work as well, with less rotation . But I wonder, is it less secure?

Thanks man:)

I like knots...I have quite a few knots on my head.

Thanks a lot!!!

Thanks sooo much you da best.

trying to do this from the opposite view of yours is just nuts lol

This is also known the rolling hitch. Originally used when anchor cables where rope so thick it could not go round the capstan or windlass. A kength of finer rope was roller hitched to the cable and used to winch in the anchor. A useful knot for adjusting a rope used as a belt

Learned this in the Boy Scouts many years ago.

Thanks tough guy

Is there a rule of thumb on how far to place your tent stakes next to your tent 3ft ,4ft to set out your guy lines just curios ?

Great video! Also, so many dirty jokes can be said, but I am a gentleman so I'll keep them to myself.

Na starość zachciało mi się znać wiązania węzłów ale może się przyda może w niebie zrobię patant żeglarski to będzie jak znalazł. Dobry i przydatny.

What can you do to stop it slipping?

I'm just wandering if there are applications where the taut line hitch is better than the trucker's hitch or vice versa.

A trucker’s hitch is faster and still very secure. It’s also much easier and faster to untie just by pulling the tag end.

I'm Knot a Knot pun fan:)

I did KNOT like this video

Super handy knot! Thank you!

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Every tree or mountain climber will recognize that knot as a form of a prusik knot.

Can this knot be used with any kind of rope or smooth nylon string

nice

Its almost like a close ended presik knot or like a presik knot where the end is attached to tail end

Thanks for posting, this is a very informative post.

I am hopelessly obsessed with knots. I think there's something wrong with me. I just want to sit around and tie cool knots all day.

Very nice, clear video! The jump cut at 3:15 isn't doing anyone any favors though. The woman's loops got out of order and magically fixed themselves in the jump cut. Showing people to reorder the loops is probably not a bad idea. Maybe put it in at the end as a "bloopers" section?

This will stay tight if there's no wind and the tent remains completely still; however, if there's wind, and the tent is jerking on that knot, that knot will loose it tautness. You have to add another loop to that last loop to get better performance.

Could this be used as a fishing know where you want a loop through the eye of the hook?

There are three knots all known as the taut-line hitch. This is the one currently taught by Boy Scouts under the name "rolling hitch." My preference is the Midshipman's Hitch which holds a bit better. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taut-line_hitch

thats what confused ***k out of me over vs under one people teach it over others under... others keep standing end on the left others on the right... on top of that I was confusing it with the Guy-Line knot which serves the same purpose and is somewhat similar but different... man

Great

Went to a Boy Scout channel learned it in five seconds wow!

We call that a rolling hitch in the UK

I'd appreciate it if you would place the camera over your shoulder so I can mimic the movements instead of trying to learn and reverse my view at the same time

And ...? ... how is it undone?

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Add one more half hitch and it's what firefighters call a chimney hitch