Handy Book of Knots - Learn to Tie More Than 150 Knots for Boating, Climbing, and More!

With over 150 knots and splices, The Handy Book of Knots is guaranteed to amuse for hours on end.

List of contents

INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1 OVERHAND KNOTS, HALF-KNOTS & HALF HITCHES
Chapter 2 FIGURE-OF-EIGHT KNOTS
Chapter 3 BOWLINES & SHEET BENDS
Chapter 4 CROSSING KNOTS
Chapter 5 WRAP-AND-TUCK KNOTS
Chapter 6 MAVERICKS & MUTATIONS
Chapter 7 CRAFTS
GLOSSARY
INDEX
FURTHER INFORMATION
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
 

About the author

GEOFFREY BUDWORTH has had a varied career as a high-ranking London policeman, as a principal officer in local government, and as a full-time lecturer at a large college of further education.  He is now a freelance author of non-fiction works with more than 20 books in the past 20 years to his credit --many about knots -- and is a well-known name within the knotting fraternity. RICHARD HOPKINS has worked in polymer technology research, banking, the security industry and industrial archeology. He has too many hobbies, but knot-tying and lock-and- key collecting are the ones that interest him most.GEOFFREY BUDWORTH has had a varied career as a high-ranking London policeman, as a principal officer in local government, and as a full-time lecturer at a large college of further education.  He is now a freelance author of non-fiction works with more than 20 books in the past 20 years to his credit --many about knots -- and is a well-known name within the knotting fraternity. RICHARD HOPKINS has worked in polymer technology research, banking, the security industry and industrial archeology. He has too many hobbies, but knot-tying and lock-and- key collecting are the ones that interest him most.

Summary

With over 150 knots and splices, The Handy Book of Knots is guaranteed to amuse for hours on end.

Product details

• Authors: Geoffrey Budworth, Geoffrey Hopkins Budworth, Budworth Geoffrey, Richard Hopkins, Hopkins Richard
• Publisher: Book sales inc
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9780785838623
• ISBN: 978-0-7858-3862-3
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Creative design; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; SPORTS & RECREATION / Outdoor Skills, REFERENCE / Personal & Practical Guides, CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Knots, Macrame & Rope Work, Reference works, Outdoor survival skills, Ropework, knots and macramé, Ropework, knots & macrame, Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure