I don’t understand how the 2nd knot on the ridge line, opposite the evenk hitch, provides tension. It’s not an adjustable knot, eg, a taut-line hitch. It looks like a slipped half hitch that Ray locks with a bight. When I try Ray’s 2nd knot, my ridge line slackens when the turn around the 2nd post post shifts as weight is added to the ridge line.

Hi there Ekdog. You could do a lot worse than join one of our Bushcraft courses!

Mears works much too quickly for me. Where can I learn to tie these knots?

They obviously want you to buy the book or go on the course to learn the knot

Thanks Martin, I suspected it may be something like that.. I’ll have to practice it.

And yes, Tim, it’s tough to learn those knots through the video. I learned them from one of Ray’s books and only after carefully looking at the illustrations.