The Ashley Book of Knots

Re:The Ashley Book of Knots by iskela on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @03:50PM (#37680275)

How can a knot be outdated? Seems odd in a thread about 80 year old book.

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Re:The Ashley Book of Knots by mighmi on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @04:40PM (#37680987)

Clearly we have higher performing knots which leverage modern material benefits for less slippage, total movements/tying time and complexity etc.!

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Re:The Ashley Book of Knots by dates on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @11:29PM (#37684862)

The application and material of ropes has changed over time, specifically ABOK was published just before the advent of Nylon ropes.

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