Making Knot Boards

[SctDad]

Does anyone out there have any suggestions on the types of knots that would be good for a knot board. I am going to be working with the Wolves and Bears on making these boards. Plus it is going to give them something to display. And it will cover some electives.

 

I was thinking about the following knots:

 

Square KNot

 

Overhand

 

Bowline

 

Taught-Line Hitch

 

Then I was thinking about putting a small dowel on the bottom and allowing them to do the following hitches:

 

Clove

 

Larks head

 

Anyone else have any suggestions on knots to do with the boys.

[struax]

SctDad,

 

Sheetbend

 

Bowline on a bight

 

Truckers hitch

 

Cow Hitch

 

Fancy Knots like Braids or Plats

 

That should fill up a good sixe board

 

Scott

[Buffalo Skipper]

Knots required and/or introduced in cub scouts include: Wolf: Square knot, Square Bow knot, Overhand knot and Overhand bend Bear: Sheet bend, Bowline Slip, knot Webelos: Clove hitch, Taut-Line hitch For the Cub level scouts' knot board, these would be most appropriate.

Boy Scout level knots include: Scout: Square knot Tenderfoot: Taut-line hitch,Two half hitches Second Class: none First Class: Bowline Clove hitch, Timber Hitch Pioneering Merit Badge: square knot, bowline, sheepshank, sheet bend, and roundturn with two half hitches.

 

[SctDad]

Skipper

 

Although introduced at an earlier rank, Webelos have a specific requirement for the square knot also.

[DeanRx]

Buffalo beat me to it...

 

I was going to say Sheet Bend b/c it is a required knot for the Bear rank.

 

For cubbies, I would suggest 5 to 6 knots tops...

 

Mine in decending order of importance:

 

Square knot

Bowline

Sheet Bend

Two Half Hitches

Taughtline Hitch

Clove Hitch / Timber Hitch

 

Extra Credit:

 

Fisherman's Knot / Surgeon's Knot

A cool stopper Knot like a "Monkey's Paw"

 

Also important... make sure they know what each knot is used for! Not much good if you know how to tie them, but use the wrong knot for a given situation... Don't want to be lowering a looped slip knot down a cliff for a fallen scouter to put around their torso to be hauled up! You better make sure its a Bowline! Make sure they can tell the difference b/t the Square knot and a "Granny" knot /etc...

 

Best of luck - I'm getting ready to make a knot learning board for our pack campout next month!

 

I tell 'em all they need to learn the knots well or else they won't be able to free themselves after I tie them all to a TREE !

[Gold Winger]

I'm wondering why you put the Fisherman's knot and surgeon's knot on the same line with a slash.

[DeanRx]

B/C outside of actually closing a suture (doubt a cub will be doing that), those two are commonly used to tie off fishing filament. They are often used on the same type of 'string' or 'line'.

 

Dean