Ashley Book of Knots

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Summary: The ultimate!
Review: This is Ashley's life work. It's incredible, I've never seen such a collection of knots. Usefull, of not, every knot you can possibly think of is in this book. The only minor is that reading the explanations is sometimes hard. It needs some getting used to before you understand the more difficult ones. Anyway, it's a great book to show of.

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Summary: Buy this book BEFORE you buy any other knotting book.
Review: This is THE authoritative work on knots. There is simply no better book available. Every kind of knot for every purpose is detailed along with every variation (good or bad) that you are likely to find. Includes a lot of details and stories about many of the knots and additional information on why tieing it one way might be preferrable to another. Decorative knots, occupational knots, it doesn't matter, it's here in this book. How to tie them, when to use them, when to use another knot. This book is from an expert for those who want to be an expert on the quickly disappearing art of knot tying.

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Summary: No better book on knots
Review: This is THE authoritative work on knots. There is simply no better book available. Every kind of knot for every purpose is detailed along with every variation (good or bad) that you are likely to find. Includes a lot of details and stories about many of the knots and additional information on why tieing it one way might be preferrable to another. Decorative knots, occupational knots, it doesn't matter, it's here in this book. How to tie them, when to use them, when to use another knot. This book is from an expert for those who want to be an expert on the quickly disappearing art of knot tying.

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Summary: I love this book. One of my childhoof favorites.
Review: When I was young and starting out in sailing we got this book to learn more aboutn how to tie all of the knots. This book had every knot we needed and more! I have fond memories of making monkey-fists and rigging knots.