Knots & Splices

• Ashley, Clifford W.: Ashley Book of Knots. 1944. 620 pp, 8 pl. Faber and Faber, London & Boston, 1981/1944 (Reprint). 4to, xii, 620 pp, ill. Hardcover, 8 3/4×11 1/4, 610 pages, ISBN 0-385-04025-4.
  A definitive book on knots, about 3900 different kinds from simple hitches to marlingspike seamanship. Every practical knot. What it looks like. Who uses it. Where it comes from and how to tie it. With 7000 drawings representing over 3800 knots. How they appeared, something of their history, what they are good for. Some 7000 drawings to help give explicit directions on how to tie the knots described simply step by step with a large index.
• Belash, C.A.: Braiding and Knotting for Amateurs.
  Charles T. Brandford Co, Boston, 1948. 126 pp, ill.
• Berkeman, Sune: Knopar och sjömansarbeten. Förlags AB Västra Sverige, Göteborg, 1969 (1st). Förlags AB Västra Sverige, Göteborg, 1972 (3rd). 112 pp, ill., 8 plates.
• Berkeman, Sune: Några blad ur knoparnas historia. Unda Maris 1969-1970, Göteborg, 1971. pp 109-114.
• Berkeman, Sune: Till käringknopens psykologi. Longitude 5, Stockholm, 1970. pp 38-39, ill.
• Berther, Marc P.G.: The Art of Knots: A Sailor's Handbook. 1977. 187 pp, ill., 135x196 mm.
• Biddle, Tyrrel: How to Make Knots, Bends and Slices, as Used at Sea. London, (c1910). 55 ill. A basic possession of all ordinary seamen at the end of the 19th century.
• Bigon, Mario and Regazzoni, Guido: Morrow Guide to Knots. Paperback, 5×7½, 256 pages, ISBN 0-688-01226-4.
  A how-to guide with a wide selection of knots, hitches, and loops-- including explanations of their many applications in land and water sports as well as around the house. All applications are presented in clear, step-by-step colour photographs, taken from your perspective. The Morrow Guide to Knots is an indispensable guide for all sports enthusiasts.
• Blandford, Percy W.: Knots & Splices. ?. 79 pp,98x171 mm.
• Blandford, Percy W.: Practical Knots and Ropework.
  Tab Books, Blue Ridge Summit, PA, 1980. 406 pp, ill.
• Blandford, D.W.: Rope splicing. Brown, Son & Ferguson, Glasgow, 1953. 12mo, 78 pp, ill.
• Bobrik, Eduard: Vom Tauwerk und seiner Zubereitung zur Taakelache. Egon Heinemann, Norderstedt, 1975 (facs.). pp 2621-2641, 2 plates. A chapter from Handbuch der Praktischen Seefahrtskunde, 1848.
• Brandt-Møller, F. & Lund, Kaj: Knytteboken.
• Brown, Terry & Hunter, Rob: The Spur Book of Knots. Spurbooks Ltd, Bucks, nd (1970s). 18x12 cm, 63 pp, ill.
• Burgess, J. Tom: Knots, Ties and Splices. London, 1905. 185 ill. A handbook for seafarers ... and all who use cordage.
• Comet, N.R.: Fullständig framställning av sjömansknopen. Alla knopar, splissar och andra sjömansarbeten som förekomma ombord å ett segelfartyg. C.E. Fritzes Bokförlags AB, Stockholm, 1923 (2nd). 16mo, 72 pp, ill.
• Day, Cyrus L.: The Art of Knotting and Splicing. New York, 1947.
  4th ed. ISBN 0-87021-062-9
  Step-by-step photographs and clear instruction demonstrate hundreds of knots. Illustrated techniques and uses for knots, with technical terms shown on 86 plates, with bibliography and index.
• Day, Cyrus L.: Knots and Splices. Adlard Coles,St. Albans, ?. 64 pp, ill., 138x108 mm. Paperback, 4½×71/4, 64 pages, ISBN 0-8286-0094-5
  More than 80 hitches, bends, nooses, splices, seizings, whippings, even knots. Includes wire rope work.
• Day, Cyrus Lawrence: Sailor's Knots. Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1937. 8vo, xvi, 163 pp, ill. New York, 1940.
  A series of photographs in sequence demonstraiting splicing and the tying of knots in actual use today, giving origins, backgrounds, comparative strengths and uses, with a 4 page biography.
• Gibson, Charles E.: Handbook of Knots & Splices.
  Barnes & Noble, New York, 1961. 152 pp, ill.
• Gibson, Walter B.: The Complete Guide to Knots and How to Tie Them.
  Lifetime Books, Hollywood, FL, 19??. 131 pp, ill.
• Glass, Walter: The Key to Knots and Splices. 1959. 94 pp, 35 ill.
• Grainger, Stuart E.: Creative Ropecraft.
  W.W. Norton, New York, 1975. 128 pp, ill.
• Graumont, Raoul: Handbook of Knots. New York, 1945. 47 pl. Souvenir Press, London, 1973. xiv, 194 pp, ill. With 407 illustrations in 47 categories. Over 400 knots, hitches, bends, splices, weaves and all types of rope work described.
• Graumont, Raoul & Hensel, John: Encyclopedia of Knots and Fancy Rope Work. 1939 (1st), 1942 (2nd), 1943-46 (3rd). Cornell Maritime Press, Cambridge (Maryland), 1952-1972 (4th). 690 pp, ill.
• Graumont, Raoul & Wendstrom, Elmer: Fisherman's Knots and Nets. Cornell Maritime Press,Cambridge (Maryland), ?.
• Graumont, Raoul & Hensel, J.: Square Knot, Tatting, Fringe and Needle Work. New York, 1943. A word-picture combination of 212 indexed procedures from back-stitching to weaving shown on 64 plates.
• Graumont, Raoul & Wendstrom, Elmer: Square Knot Handicraft Guide. Cornell Maritime Press, Cambridge (Maryland).
• Graumont, Raoul & Hensel, John: Splicing Wire and Fiber Rope. Cornell Maritime Press, Cambridge (Maryland). 128 pp, 324 ill. 259 kinds of splices. Tables of wire and rope sizes, characteristics and strengths. A section on rigging tackle and resulting power.
• Hartzell, Warren & LaBarge, Lura: Net-Making & Knotting. 1974. 56 pp, 102 ill., 184x184 mm.
• Hasluck, Paul N.: Knotting and Splicing. London, 1904. 208 ill. & diagr.
• Hasluck, Paul N.: Knotting and Splicing Ropes and Cordage. David McKay Co., Philadelphia, nd. 160 pp, ill.
• Henningsen, Henning: Matrosarbejde. Handels- og Søfartsmuseet på Kronborg. Årbog 1965, Helsingør, 1965. pp 179-182, ill.
• Hensel, John: The Book of Ornamental Knots.
  Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1973. 176 pp, ill.
• Hin, Floris: This Is Knotting and Splicing Hardcover. ISBN 0-914-81435-4
  The most basic of shipboard skills, now demonstrated in three-colour illustrations.
• Irving, J. & Burgess, J.: Knots, Ties and Splices. New York, 1938. 223 pp, ill. For sailors, yachtsmen and all who handle ropes.
• Jarman, Colin & Beavis, Bill: Modern Rope Seamanship. 1976. 118 pp, 325 ill., 172x245 mm. Adlard Coles, St Albans,?. 144 pp, ill., 246x171 mm.
• Jarman, Colin: Essential Knot Book International Marine, Camden. 5½x8½, 96 pages, . ISBN 0-87742-191-9.
  This handy reference book concentrates on the most important knots and splices needed aboard a boat. The emphasis is on modern synthetic fiber ropes and their most practical uses. You will find step-by-step instructions for each knot, bend, hitch, whipping, and splice clearly illustrated by Bill Beavis and, just as important, photos and text that show just when and where to use each knot.
• Jensen, Kurt: Tovvaerksarbejder. Spejderforlaget, Copenhagen, 1976. 95 pp, ill.
• Johansson, Yngve: Knopar.
• Jutsum, James Netherclift: Knots, bends, splices, shown in colours. With tables of strengths of ropes, etc., and wire rigging. J. Brown, & Son, Glasgow, 1906 (3rd). 12mo, vii, 69 pp, ill.
• Jutsum, James Netherclift: Knots, Bends, Splices, with tables of strengths of ropes, etc., and wire rigging &etc. Fourth edition, revised and enlarged. James Brown, & Son, Glasgow, 1907 (4th). 12mo, viii, 70 pp, ill.
• Jutsum, James Netherclift: Knots, Bends, Splices. 1914. 12mo, ?? pp, ill. :ebl The author is Paul Rapsey Hodge.
• Justum, Capt.: Brown's Knots and Splices. Brown, Son & Ferguson, Glasgow, 1975/1912 (facsimile). 8vo, (6), 92 pp, 142 ill.
• Kunhardt, C.P.: Ropes, their knots and splices, a manual of instruction for sailormen and canoeists in marlinspike seamanship, knots, bends, riggings, ropes and cordage.
  Forest & Stream, 1893. -8vo, 48 pp, ill.
• Lund, Kaj: Fakta om knop och splits. Praktisk handbok för yrkesmän och båtintresserade. Tidens förlag, uo, 1975. 8vo, 196 pp, ill.
• Lund, Kaj: Knob og splejs. Borgens forlag, Copenhagen, 1977 (2nd). 196 pp, ill. Tidens förlag, uo, 1975. 8vo, 196 pp, ill.
• Lund, Kaj: Knyt farvekombinationer med fladknob. Borgens forlag, Copenhagen, 1974.
• Lund, Kaj: Knyt punge. Borgens forlag, Copenhagen, 1974.
• Lund, Kaj: Knytning med farvekombinationer. Jul paa Havet 1974. s.49-52, ill.
• Lund, Kaj: Sømandsknuder. Vikingen 1975:3. pp 6-7, ill.
• Lund, Kaj: Sømandsknuder. Vikingen 1975:4. pp 12-14, ill.
• Lund, Kaj: Sømandsknuder: bademåtte. Vikingen 1975:1. pp 11-13, ill.
• Lund, Kaj: Knyttemodeller og knytteideer.
• Lund, Kaj: Måtter og rosetter.
• Lund, Kaj: Tovvaerskunst.
• Merry, Barbara: Splicing Handbook. Paperback, 112 pages, 53/8×8½. ISBN 0-87742-952-9.
  The Splicing Handbook is a concise and well-illustrated introductory course in splicing, supplemented by a more general discussion of rope. Today's sailor must practice marlinspike seamanship on a wide spectrum of ropes, including multi-strand and paralay-core varieties, each developed for specific functions on a boat. The Splicing Handbook gives clear instructions for mastering a variety of useful splices. This useful book contains everything you need to practice a traditional nautical art, updated for modern rope materials.
• Mooi, Hetty: 350 knopar i bild. Makramé, flätning, sjömansarbete. Wezäta, Göteborg, 1975. 139 pp, ill.
• Netherclift, Jutsum J.: Brown's Knots and Splices. Glasgow, 1938. 141 ill A compact study on workings connected with cordage.
• Nielsen, Karl W.: Om tyrkerknop slått ihanda. Norsk Sjøfartsmuseum 1978, Oslo, 1979. pp 105-154, ill. Summary: On Turk's Heads made in the hand.
• Popple,Leonard: Advanced Ropemaking. 1959. 55 pp, 36 ill. How to make fenders, towing pendants and chest handles.
• Rydholm, Yngve: Knob, stik, tackling og splejs. Copenhagen, 1976. 126 pp, ill. Gyldendal, Copenhagen, 1977 (2nd).125 pp, ill.
• Rydholm, Yngve: Knop & splits och annat sjömansarbete för båtfolk. Bonniers, Stockholm, 1974. 128 pp, ill.
• Shaw, George R.: Knots - Useful and Ornamental. Boston, 1924. 245x171 mm, 200 pp, 658 ill.
• Skirving, R. Scott: Wire Splicing. Glasgow, 1943. 49 pp, ill., pl. 1974. 172x122 mm, 56 pp, ill.
• Smith, Hervey Garrett: The Arts of the Sailor.
  Barnes & Noble, New York, 1953. 231 pp, ill.
• Smith, Hervey Garrett: The Marlinspike Sailor.
  International Marine, Camden, 1971. 270x208 mm, 144 pages, 150 ill. ISBN 0-87742-412-8.
  This classic first published in 1956 covers knots and splices, with the intention to teach decorative rope and canvas work.
• Snyder,Paul & Snyder, Arthur: Knots and Lines Illustrated. 1970. 104 pp, ill., 245x172 mm.
• Spencer, Chas. L.: Knots, Splices and Fancy Work. Glasgow, 1934. 4to, xiv, 138 pp, ill. Brown, Son & Ferguson, Glasgow, 1978 (repr of 5th ed. 1956). xx, 211 pp, ill. Revised by P.W. Blandford.
• Ström, Nils & Eneström, Anders: Knopar, sjömanstradition som hobby. ICA-förlaget, Västerår, 1961 (1st). 8vo, 131 pp, ill. ICA, Västerås, 1976. ICA, Västerås, 1979 (6th). 131 pp, ill.
  The authors were teachers at seamen's school Viking in Gothenburg.
• Ström, Nils & Erneström, Anders: Big Knot Macrame. 1971. 48 pp, 114 ill.
• Svensson, Sam: Handbook of Seaman's Ropework. Adlard Coles, St. Albans, ?. 256 pp, ill., 222x141 mm.
• Svensson, Sam: Tovvaerk om bord: knob, stik, splejsninger, baendsler, pynteknob og andre sømandsarbejder. Høst & Son, Copenhagen, 1977. 93 pp, ill.
• Taylor, Roger C.: Knowing the Ropes. Selecting, Rigging, and Handling Lines Aboard Intervational Marine Pub, Camden, MA. 2nd Edition. 20×13 cm, 224 pp, 175 ill., ISBN 0-87742-391.
  Not just a knot book, but a course in rope seamanship With the help of Kathy Bray's drawings, Roger Taylor describes every aspect of ropework aboard: how to choose it, use it, care for it, coil it, whip it, marry it, haul on it, and reef and lash with it. Learn all about lazy jacks, downhauls, vangs, preventers, and tackles. Control sails, tow a dinghy, hand the anchor, move cargo, and dock.
• Toghill, Jeff : Knots and Splices. 18×11,5 cm, 63 pp, ill., ISBN 0-924486-06-6
  With step-by step instructions and photographs, this practical guide illustrates the how-to of tying a variety of secure non-jamming knots. Knots demonstrated include stopper knots, hitches, bends, loops, splices, decorative knots, whipping and seizing.
• "Tom Bowling": The Book of Knots, Being a Complete Treatise on the Art of Cordage, Showing the manner of Making Every Kont, Tie and Splice. By "Tom Bowling". Illustrated by 472 Diagrams. Robert Hardwicke, London, 1866 (1st). -8vo, 18 cm, vii, 21 pp, 3 plates. The author is Paul Rapsey Hodge.
• "Tom Bowling": The book of knots, being a complete treatise on the art of cordage. Illustrated by 172 diagrams showing the manner of making every knot and splice. By Tom Bowling. Robert Hardwicke, London, 1870. 17,5 cm, viii, 20 pp, 3 fold. plates.
• "Tom Bowling": The Book of Knots, Being a Complete Treatise on the Art of Cordage. Illustrated by 172 diagrams showing the manner of making every knot, and splice. Hardwicke & Bouge, London, 1876. 19 cm, 14x9.5 cm, viii, 21 pp, 3 fold. plates. Conway Maritime Press, London, 1969 (facs).
• "Tom Bowling": The book of knots, being a complete treatise on the art of cordage. Illustrated by 172 diagrams showing the manner of making every knot and splice. By Tom Bowling. D. Bogue, London, 1887 (5th). 18 cm, vi, 21 pp, plates.
• "Tom Bowling": The Book of Knots. Being a complete Treatise on the Art of Cordage. Illustrated by 172 diagrams showing the manner of making every knot, tie and splice. By "Tom Bowling". W.H. Allen & Co., London, 1890 (6th). 8vo, 13.5x9.5 cm, (2), viii, 21 pp, 3 fold. plates, 47 pp adv.
• "Tom Bowling": The book of knots. A complete treatise on the art of cordage, describing the manner of making every knot, tie and splice, by "Tom Bowling". Illustrated with one hundred and seventy-two diagrams. John Grant, Edinburgh, 1899. 18 cm, fp, (2), vii, 21 pp, 3 fold. plates.
  John Weale, Virtue & Co., London, 1899. 21 pp, 172 diagr., 3 fold. plates.
• "Tom Bowling": The book of knots; a complete treatise on the art of cordage, describing the manner of making every knot, tie and splice, by "Tom Bowling". Illustrated with one hundred and seventy-two diagrams. John Grant, Edinburgh, 1904. 18 cm, fp, vii, 21 pp, 2 fold. plates.
• Toss, Brion: Knots.
  1990. 192 pp, ill. Chapman's Nautical Guides.
• Toss, Brion: The Rigger's Apprentice.
• Verrill, A. Hyatt: Knots, Splices and Rope Work. New York, 1912. A useful handbook, showing how each knot, tie or splice is formed with 150 diagrams.
• Öhrvall, Hjalmar: De viktigaste knutarna. En handledning för sjöfolk, fiskare, scouter och praktiskt folk i allmänhet. Verdandis småskrifter 185, Stockholm, 1912. 8vo, 32 pp, ill.
• Öhrvall, Hjalmar: Om knutar. Rediviva, Stockholm, 1978/1908 (facsimile). 8vo, (6), 116 pp, ill.
• Öhrvall, Hjalmar: Om knutar. Albert Bonniers förlag, Stockholm, 1916 (2nd). 8vo, (6), 262 pp, ill.

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