The Ashley Book of Knots is the reference on knots. It has “About 3800 different knots, 7000 drawings” and is very entertaining to browse. It is an old book, from past times when ropes ruled the maritime trades. Now there are some new knots for climbing, caving, and treeclimbing, but all the old favorites are in TABOK.
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i really want to learn how to tie cool knots to help me in my bookbinding projects, with the open-cord books. right now, i’m just tying the ends and they look pretty lame. too bad, since the stitching on the spine is decent.


