Love the shirt. I have my Father's flag. He served WWII until Vietnam.

I like the idea of making my own soft shackles. I used to be an emergency response technician and have used ropes, hitches, and tons of knots.

This is great. That stopper knot reminds me of tying the Fiador knot.

i made a set...thanks to your teachens..lol i moded mine.... instead of a sincher loop i just double loop over the knot making it work with 2 loops instead of a single loop pull at the base...thanks again ..peace out...

I have a few of the badlands shackles, and aside from them being super stiff when brand new, theyre great. I recommend breaking them in ahead of time instead of waiting till you're in 3' of swamp trying to slip that knot through with one hand😂

Ceramic knives work better on dyneema/spectra. Rather than push with a fid, you can pull with a bent wire. Seizing wire about 2.5 feet long, folded in half. The ends wrapped around a handle. Insert the sharp bend at your exit point and push through your entry point. Feed the very end of your rope between the wires and pull through.

Thank you fro that Soft Shackle tutorial, When I was a kid this man who lived down on the corner, he was into off road racing. He would let me hang out and learn about wrenching and preparing a rig to race. He was getting a Toyota Land Cruiser with a Chevy V8 in it for the first Baja 1000. He was the president of NORRA that created the Baja races. His name is Ed Pearlman, I long for those days, just hanging out and learning. Take care and stay safe.

i havent been to climbing store yet, but I did convince my crafty wife to use her leather sewing machine to make me some nice machine sewn leather tubes, complete with laser etched Logos. Really nice touch and they should be durable as well.

Reminds me of my scouting days of knots. Amazing what you can make with rope😊

Awesome video!! Looking forward to making one myself with your tutorial! Thanks for the great step by step instruction!

Dude! OMG thank you!!! How often do you watch a knot fastening video and hear all kinds of misinformation much less the wrong terminology utilized throughout? Just yikes already man! Love the tutorial video and how easy to follow it was as well, mad props.

Quality video! Only thing you're missing is some blue gloves... You know, to go w your blue rope, blue shirt,.... Blue.... Dammit, the wife warned me this wasn't funny. Nonetheless, I appreciate the shared knowledge.

Great vid for off-road DIYers

Going to save this and make for myself if I can find the adequate rope. Thanks muchly.

NICE. Really Nice !!!

Top video mate thanks

Thanks Bear. Great video.

Great video. How do you add the 1 inch hollow webbing? I'm guessing that you added it to the cord after you made the loop and before starting the button knot-

I stole my wife's large knitting kneedle's and cut them to make a fid tool. Works great.

very good info thank you

Well done! Thanks for the tutorial.

Best video I’ve ever seen!

UPDATE! We just got back from the BAJA 1000 2023. We had two trucks this year and hit a lot of silt and mud. We used these soft shackles many many times. They worked great! Even when caked in mud and dirt. I need to make more. Dirt isn’t good for rope. I’m going to wash them in the laundry.

Yes Eagle Scout Days.

I’ve been practicing with paracord making mini soft shackle bracelets. Be interesting to test the bracelets strength

traction boards work great

interesting. it kind of looks like a diamond knot or a kings crown but sort of tied upside down. can someone tell me the actual name of this knot for the button?

Great video, thanks, one of the best how tos out there, I will use it to make a few of my own for fun. However stating soft shackles are about as strong as 3/4 steel shackles is a little misleading. How do you define strong? Cheers

Make things easier for guys who are new at doing this it would be much beneficial to draw a couple of lines up one leg of the rope that way when tightening the knot you'll know exactly which one you're following.

I’d be curious how you buried the ends under the wear nylon cover? Please?

Where could I get the abrasion protectors?

Where did you get the tubing ?

You should be going through the knotted end and over top the knott it will never come lose or slip!

Would a monket fist work for this?

Hi, where do you source your abrasion resistant tubing?

Rubin's cube of knots ...

by the time you buy all the tools to make one, you can just buy one for same price. But way to go for DIY

The entire world depends on you, all you have to do is make this knot...

Do you take orders

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What is the knot called. Its knot a monkey fist is it?

You are trying to teach us and that is great but you repeating over and over the same steps and it gets confusing

should not have FF

I created this knot while hanging off a bridge by one hand so I could rescue a baby floating down the rapids with a lasso.

Over all good job. it is nice to see Ryan( #HowKnot2 ) getting credit as the reliable sorce he has become;for all his years of work/ efforts load testing to see what key notes/differences are between reality/variances and lab test environment. out hear in the real world its 2 strands = double strong minus hafe for connecting them . 1 strand =½strong ,lose 50% for the knot. Having used Ryan's work to build my own, and his testing tells me that the oversize brummel loop is a failure and should not be put into service. It's a redo only, knot to be trusted , my fingers are important to my way of life( 9¾ club).