need a knot

[Clipperbit]

Going back to my childhood and wilderness techniques ...

For joining two ends of rope, especially if different sizes and/or materials, no knot is more efficient than the "SHEET BEND".

Doesn't slip ... easy to tie ... doesn't take much rope ... quickly untied.

Great knot, especially if ropes are wet or frozen.

That's my two cents worth.

[finallyME]

looked more like he was tying a truckers hitch to me.

finallyME, could you post a link showing the knot you are talking about?

After some real research, the knot I am talking about, and tjwilhelm brought up, is called the figure eight on bend. It will hold much better than a sheet bend. Here is a link. You will have to scroll down.
http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Climbing_knots

[Batch]

Yep, I use that and the figure 8 follow through all the time.

[finallyME]

I forgot to mention, the guy in the video isn't even tying a truckers hitch. It is what I call a pseudo truckers hitch. It is the type of knot that someone ties when they don't know how to tie a truckers hitch. I should know, I tie it all the time because I can't remember how to tie a truckers hitch.

[tjwilhelm]

After some real research, the knot I am talking about, and tjwilhelm brought up, is called the figure eight on bend. It will hold much better than a sheet bend. Here is a link. You will have to scroll down.
http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Climbing_knots

Actually, the one I mentioned was the Figure-8 on a BIGHT. It gets a tad confusing, because when you bend the end of the rope over, that's called a BIGHT. A BEND is a knot that ties two rope-ends together.

The knot that Batch mentioned -- the Figure-8 follow through -- is the same thing (when completed) as the Figure-8 on a bight...it's just tied differently so the resulting loop can be used to capture a closed anchor. Either way you tie it, it's the most commonly used knot is ropes-access and rescue work.

Most folks don't realize that a knot actually weakens the rope...it becomes the weak link, so to speak. The Figure-8 on a bight (or follow-through), when propely tied and dressed, only weakens the rope by 15% to 20%. This is really quite good!

Hey, Batch! Are you a firefighter, or rescue worker?

[Batch]

Hey, Batch! Are you a firefighter, or rescue worker?

No, I have had to work in high angle environments in construction and rope access work. I also took up gym wall climbing for a while.