How to tie a proper Bowline knot

This is fkin awesome!

Wow

Nice.

You make it look so easy. Thank You

I'm 64 I've been tired the last night since I was just a kid for pulling the trucks out of the mud

I learn the first way today,
The rest i already knew about them

This is pure art man..

What material is that rope made of?

Great videos!

This guy really knows what he’s doing! This is the simplest and fastest traditional method of tying the bowline.

There is something powerfully attractive about a man who excellent skills. I could watch this guy for hours.

An excellent demo. Well done. I leaned two new ways!

Thank you, O Yoda of The Bent Line! You are a wonderful instructor.

My dad taught me the “Cowboy” method for tying horses and livestock. Note that the cowboy method places the short end on the OUTSIDE of the loop. This is more comfortable for horses or livestock. Great video.

The only criticism I have of this video is the proper method is followed by the improper method, that is not belpful when trying to learn the proper method.

I would pay to follow a course on tying knots, with lots of practise, and actually remembering how do do them. That's a bookmark.

The last example was way too fast and too difficult to follow. Slow down!

Excellent video thank you 🙏. You showed the replay, went at an easy pace, spoke clearly and used a good thickness rope.

What about a bowline on the bite, or a running bowline, also a double bowline, plus a few others. The sheet bend is a bit like a carrick bend but the sheet bend is a netmakers knot.

Awesome education! Thanks so much!!

Thanks for great instructions!!!!

Liked AND subscribed!! My cousin was married a life-long merchant marine in Maine. (Bob) Bob taught us to tie a ""seamans simple bowline".... it only takes about 1½ to 2 seconds. [Perfect for emergencies]
It has been 23years since that family reunion on the Susquehanna River.
I tested myself last year and discovered that I have forgotten the technique/ procedure. It starts w/looping several feet of rope around my back,then throw the short end spinning around the long (attached to the ship) end......that's all I can recall.
I do regret working so diligently to destroy my short term memory! {Crap! It worked}

Wow!👍

I've got 5% of this knowledge - long way still to go for me

Bowlin in a bite

My father was a highlineman until his dying day. And he taught my younger brother this knot and had us remember it, until we were comfortable, tying it behind our little 11 and 12 year old backs. Awesome video.

Neat. Thanks

Bowline knot is not used by climbers. It can slip and strangle you. For it to be stable it must be laid around a wide post, not in a hook so that the two sides in the loop are close and parallel.

The problem with a ‘cowboy’ bowline is that the loose end can easily catch aboard a boat. Less chance if the tail end is inside the loop.

I love how you use natural tree branches. I wonder if having a stem and a straight branch would work for the length of the keel.

Practicing knots makes them second nature that you don't forget. I've tied thousands of bowlines so I won't forget. Many other knots I rarely tie and I forget how to tie them. I used to have a book that showed knots perfectly easy to see and do. It's long since been filed in a good place where I cannot find it.

Knots are super cool to learn and use. I use a clove very often. just take a bite on the line and twist each end in opposite directions. That's a clove knot but usable only if you can slip the knot over the end of your material.

Another way is to flip a half hitch, render it, and flip the end over the live line and up through the rendered opening. It's the quickest way to tie. bowline. I also tie a running bowline. just tie your bowline over your line and you have the loop to throw over your piling. Sometimes the bowline can hang up doing this.

Awesome.
Great video.

You are very quick and make it look easy. I am not so. A little slower please at times! Thanks

Boating techniques don't come easy to me, but my husband has retired and bought an old yacht. Im needing to learn quick from scratch, not easy at my age. But this tutorial is so helpful thamkyou.

I love that pre-prepared loop method you finished with! I did not know that one--and it would be dead handy.

Another way is to tie it by running the line around your waist with enough on the bitter end in your right hand to go around the standing end to have enough to form the pass around the standing line . With the rope in the right hand have your thumb come under the standing line and turn your thumb up and to your right making a loop in the standing end then do the rabbit around the standing end back down the hole than pull the line taught. This is called by some a rescue knot. The bowline you make this way is always gong to be large enough for someone to slip over their head and solder while treading water. Also if you ware overboard and someone throws you a line you can tie it without letting go of the other end. Thanks for sharing the king of knots.

Excellent tuition. Thank you.

Louis, I love your knowledge and craftmanship. Thanks for this tutorial on the bowline. Good on ya mate ✌

If you don't think a "bow-line" won't tighten that is a mistake

This is probably one of the best knot tying videos on YT!!
Well done!

I was taught that knot years ago and others at a disaster services course.
Winching out a truck one time and the tail chain broke on the cable. So I tied a bowline with cable and pulled out the truck. Untied the bowline and went n my merry way. Who ever invented that knot is a genius! Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the bowline. Nice job 👍

Wonderful informative and instructional video, delivered by a man you just know you can trust to give you good advice. I could watch this wonderful man all day and never tire of it. One of the very best knot-tying videos I’ve ever seen. Thank you Louis. Best regards from the Giant’s Causeway Coast of Northern Ireland. 😀👍☘️

You are THE MAN

Legend!

Eventually i have learnt this knot the easy way. But not ss quick as the man in the video..

There is one a harder way which is more difficult...

Could be a lot slower but thanks anyway