Uses:
Fishing, climbing, shoelaces, making other knots.
Efficiency: 50%
Instructions:
There are a number of ways to tie the Overhand knot:
Thumb method - 1) Create a loop. 2)
Push the working end
through the loop with your thumb. 3) Pull the knot
tight.
Overhand method - 1) Create a bight,
by twisting the hand over at the wrist and pinch the working
end with your fingers. 2) Pull the working end
through the eye. 3) Pull the knot tight.
Notes:Extreme jamming and should not be
used since many other knots can perform the same function and are
non-jamming. This is the knot into which any line, twine, rope,
garden hose or electrical cord will spontaneously evolve. Native
Americans are said to have called the overhand knot "the knot
that ties itself" from having found it formed by nature in
plant tendrils and by "spontaneous composition" in tangled
rope. The overhand knot is very secure, to the point of over
jamming. It should be used only if the knot is intended to be
permanent.
Instructions:
There are a number of ways to tie the Overhand knot: