Get a cheap knife that you don't care about and put the heat to it with a blow torch. It will cut like a regular hot knife, with little effort. You simply didn't have enough heat on your knife, when you attempted that final cutting.

If you use anything but a button knot, you're giving away kNs.

made my first shackle. Came out very good. I had to watch the knot part a dozen times to get it correct. In the end came out great. Thank you.

Started using soft shackles from dynema

Best method for tying a diamond not yet! I have watched at least 10 videos and this is the fastest easiest method. Also, completely agree that this is the best form of a soft shackle. While I have never had the "old method" fail, the loop get's quite large with repeated use for attaching spinnaker sheets. Switched to the new/improved method and they feel much more secure.

Leatherman Raptor scissors work gread on Amsteel.

This is very good and clear. I am using the diamond know for 3/8 rope for the recovery kit on my car.

Your video gratefully received in UK. By far the clearest demo of a soft shackle; believe me I've tried to follow several others! I have made several soft shackles of varying lengths for securing and hanging coils of spare lines and warps in the cockpit for easy access. These shackles are non load bearing and so non dyneema is fine. I use "electricians scissors" to cut dyneema. Not perfect but adequate,

Thanks. Your explanation of the diamond knot is much easier to remember than others I’ve watched! Thanks!

Vice grips trick is brilliant!!

Thank you. Excellent teaching, careful, logical and easy to understand explanations.

Thank you for the great explanation! Really wonderful! Finally I got it.

The best tutorial i see.

Awesome video! Thanks for making it!

Amazing to learn with that much details. 👍🏻

Thanks. The best i ever seen.

Great tutorial! thanks!

excellent information conveyed well bud

Very very good explanation! Thank you indeed!

Nice! I am going to make some soft shackles now! I have worked in rope rescue for years and have always used hard shackles, but this seems better.