Discuss AY Honor Knot Tying Answer Key

Proposed changes to Knot Tying. Some knots are more useful than others, so I am proposing that requirement 8 be divided into two. The first part consists of ten essential knots, none of which are optional. The second is a list of knots from which to choose ten others. I have added the Siberian hitch and the Trucker's hitch to the second list, as these are incredibly useful knots to know (I use them all the time). I added the overhand to the essential list, as it is fundamental.

8. Know the following essential knots.

1. Alpine butterfly
2. Bowline
3. Clove hitch
4. Figure eight
5. Overhand knot
6. Sheet bend
7. Slip knot
8. Square knot/reef knot
9. Tautline hitch
10. Two half-hitches

9. Know ten additional knots from the list below

1. Anchor bend
2. Bowline on a bight
3. Carrick bend
4. Cat's paw
5. Constrictor knot
6. Crown knot
7. Double bow
8. Double sheet bend
9. Fisherman's bend
10. Fisherman's loop
11. Halter hitch
12. Hunter's bend
13. Lariat or Bowstring knot
14. Lark's head
15. Man harness knot
16. Marlinspike hitch
17. Miller's knot
18. Packer's knot
19. Pipe hitch
20. Prusik knot
21. Sheepshank
22. Siberian hitch
23. Slipped half hitch
24. Slipped sheet bend
25. Stevedore's knot
26. Strangle knot
27. Surgeon's knot
28. Timber hitch
29. Trucker's hitch