Unlock the Secrets of Knot Tying with The Field Guide to Knots: Learn to Identify, Tie and Untie Over 80 Essential Knots

DBR: i bought this for my firefighting course and while we only use half a dozen knots, there are many others which are clearly laid out for other purposes. easy to read and great photos to help you along to tie them

United States on Nov 22, 2023

Steel: I got he spiral bound book. The images are too small

United States on Jun 16, 2023

Rüdiger Schoen: sehr interessant

Germany on Mar 16, 2023

Temp2: The small black and white photographs do not make this book easy to follow at all. It would be better to source a full colour book with bigger pictures such as, The Handy Book of Knots by Geoffrey Budworth.

United Kingdom on Feb 17, 2023

Arnie Smith: Works great, must be able to read and have a rope

Canada on Feb 22, 2022

V.: O livro é bem estruturado e confeccionado em material de alta qualidade. O fato de ter espiral é uma grande vantagem para uso 'em campo', pois não fica fechando sozinho nem precisa estragar a brochura pra usar como acontece em alguns livros. A organização do conteúdo também é boa, com os nós divididos em categorias que facilitam localizar o que você procura.

Porém esta edição tem um problema que pra mim é fundamental: as imagens! São muito pequenas!
Algumas fotos também foram tiradas em um ângulo desfavorável ao entendimento de quem quer reproduzir os nós. Além das imagens também a letra que legenda as fotos é muito pequena.

As instruções são claras, simples e fáceis de entender, mas o fato das fotos e da letra serem pequenas realmente me decepcionou.

Seria perfeito juntar o espiral e a organização deste livro com as imagens e conteúdo do "KNOTS, The Complete Visual Guide" da DK. Tenho esse último também, e acaba sendo ele o que uso mais, mesmo com a brochura que faz o livro se fechar.

Brazil on Jul 01, 2021

swat4hire: I gave the book of for for the amount of information in it but am a little disappointed when it said it was a hardcover and found that yes it's a hard cover but it's bound with really cheap binding on the inside as if it was a loose leaf binder spiral notebook sort of thing but it's got a plastic binding that's cheap instead of the metal binding
When I opened it it felt really cheaply made
So I give it a 4 for all the cool information it's in there about knots and the 1G need to know in order to survive and thrive but I don't think the book will make it so hopefully I'll memorize it pretty quick

United States on Feb 02, 2020

James Lythgoe: The intention with this book is to have it with you when you need to tie a knot. And for this purpose the book is well laid out for you to search for the know that you need. Who needs to learn 80 knots, not me, but having this book with me when I am in the woods will allow me to learn the knot I need on the spot. And that is the intent of the author in writing this book. So, I recommend it on that basis. It is well illustrated too so it isn't difficult to see how the knots are being tied.

Canada on Sep 08, 2019

Willee Amsden: For an outdoors person this is a handy guide to knots, something we use almost every day of our lives, but usually give little thought to. I gave it as a wedding gift. Why a wedding gift?

It has a page about the wedding knot, or lover's knot as it is sometimes called. The advice I gave to the young couple was that tying the knot is a personal experience and just as their are many kinds of knots that serve the needs of ther person who is using the knot; their marriage may or may not be orthodox and finding the right kind of relationship to suit their needs is the key to staying married.

No matter what kind of knot you may need, it's in this book with good instructions.

United States on Aug 29, 2019

Hgnomentat: This could be a great book, though it's still worth buying and reading. There is a lot of info about knots and it starts out with a lot of terminology or nomenclature which is quite helpful. However, it seems like the editor must have quit or been dismissed after doing half the work. There are all kinds of weird little mistakes that crop up, after such a good start, and also sentences that are really hard to follow. Also, the illustrations could really use a lot of work. I guess photos save time (is that why they use them?) but they are quite small and sometimes it's hard to see important details. A series of line drawings would be a lot clearer. The book really suffers from the reader having to puzzle, while looking at the photos, about sequences and steps, as sometimes what's shown in the picture isn't what's being talked about.

A second edition, fully edited, would be a great idea. In the process, frankly, in my opinion, there are a lot of knots in there that could be eliminated, as their "con"s are listed as "insecure" or "unstable" or prone to failure, when there are other knots no more difficult to tie that don't have those problems. Or, there are ones that are...

United States on Dec 20, 2016