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Re:The Ashley Book of Knots by Ishmaeli on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @04:58PM (#37681214)
I think this might be my favorite kind of nonfiction book. Truly the Bible of knots.

For years I have looked for a list of "Bibles" of their respective subjects, but have never found anything quite right.

Chapman's Piloting & Seamanship is another example that comes to mind.

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Re:The Ashley Book of Knots by cmpalmer52 on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @08:05PM (#37683358)
It reminds me of the 501 Mechanical Movements type books, which are endlessly fascinating to me.
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Re:The Ashley Book of Knots by Metus on Thursday September 28, 2023 @04:17AM (#37686791)
Maybe you can start that list, on GitHub or something like that, so people can contribute.
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