3 Easy Knots for Bushcraft, Camping, Survival.

Hey guys, Joe here. Today we're going to go over three knots that I use all the time in the woods. The first knot we're going to tie is called the taut line hitch. This knot is suitable for tying up tarps. This is the knot I use all the time when I'm tying up my tarps. Go around the tree. Give yourself, I don't know, 8 to 10 inches of a tail. And you're going to pinch it where the paracord comes together. So you're having an X and your fingers are pinching it. Then you need to take your running end, your tail, go up, through, inside, and down. And you're going to do it a second time. So two, inside. Right same way you're gonna come the outside come over top down and pull tight So there it's loose and then when you want to tighten it tight tight tight Loose again, if you're scared of it slipping, which you shouldn't be you can tie another stopper on the end Yank on her if you want and then when it's time to to take it off and you're going home It's just super easy. It never really gets caught up too bad. Just pull that one and done I'm just going to tie it again very quick so you guys don't have to rewind if you're trying to learn it So pinch it inside twice one two outside once boom and then again to untie you just One and done this next one's been dubbed the Jolin knot not by me But because I've tied the bowline wrong bowline not wrong my whole life in my mind It doesn't matter because it still works fine And I'll show you what I mean, so I make a loop and I don't twist it or anything and just put it together I take a second part and I make a bite I twist it and I make a bite there so now I have a normal loop and then a twisted loop and then I take my running end or my tail and I go through the loop twice and that's it okay you pull it together dress the knot that's a small one but I'll make it again and show you so that so now I can yank on this hard and it still just comes undone very easy and that is the beauty of a bowline knot and it's strong and all that stuff so I really don't see the difference but I'm sure people will correct me I'm going to attempt to tie it here the same way that I'm looking at it so you don't have to try to reverse it in your head so there's there's my piece of rope right there I am and I just make a normal loop like just just a hoop just hook it over make a hoop there you're not twisting or anything I'm just pinching it together right there then from underneath I'm coming and twisting my wrist so that I'm getting a twisted bite or whatever you want to call it in there then you just take your tail you just go through it twice this second hole or a second loop go through it twice and then if you don't want such a small knot just kind of keep it bigger there you go and again I'm putting a lot of torque on that and when it comes time to undo it it's still really easy I know No, it's not a real knot and knot purists, knot Nazis are going to, yeah. If you're wondering what I use this knot for, to be totally honest with you, mostly it's only for if I don't want to do two taut line hitches, setting up my tarp, I'll make a bowline and then I can take my tail and just kind of run it around the tree like that instead of tying two taut line hitches because in all reality you don't need two taut line hitches on your tarp, the time or on your on your ridgeline sorry for your tarp so that'll just go like through like a loop and I can pull on that and tighten it as much as I want and then it's just slides in and out there's tons of different applications for this so this last knot is a jam knot it's called the Canadian jam what we're gonna do is tie it and then cinch this down it's good for that or attaching wool blankets to bags and stuff like that so this is a very easy knot you're you're just gonna tie a stopper knot or an end knot right there and give yourself an inch or two of tail. Excuse me. And then you're gonna tie a second knot, overhand knot, just right behind it. Okay, so that there's the tail, the closed knot, and then leave that knot open. So you're going to get whatever you're doing, whatever you're trying to compress or attach. This is my tarp. This is a long piece of paracord. It's kind of hard to work with, but anyways, all you do is you put your piece of paracord underneath whatever you're attaching. You have your second loop that's tied loosely. You're gonna run your tail up through it. And you're gonna work it all the way down, however long your piece of your paracord is will depend. And these two knots are gonna come together and squash this piece of paracord in between them. So, and you can really wrench on this, and that's gonna keep it closed. And then after that one's done, you could go around, you could go around and tie another one if you wanted. It all depends. or you could just wrap it and keep it closed. But this knot will do the cinching for you, and then when it comes time to undo it, there's this little tail here, and you just pull it, and it comes undone really easy. The second knot, or sorry, the first knot, the closed knot that you tied, probably won't come undone very easily, if at all. But that doesn't matter, because you're only losing like an inch or two inches of paracord after you cut it off. So again, you have the stopper knot tied in the end, very tight. you're just going to tie a loose knot right below it. And this is the second application I use this knot for a lot, is tying up ridge pulls. And this is a really good, secure way to do it. So you're gonna come around your ridge pole and come up under it and next to the tree. Same thing as before, just slide your running end in the loose knot and you just reef on it as hard as you can and it just constricts like crazy. Kick out the support pole and then when it's time take it down you just pull on the tail and there she goes super easy one more time got it on make my second loop through cinch those knots together and if you want you can do a lash or two around it just for mental well-being and then you got to give her the test pretty good holds up my hundred pounds alright guys like I said those are just some knots that I use while I'm outside in the woods try them out if you have any questions just let me know and I'll be happy to help you out. Thanks!