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Boy Scout Troop 631
(Portville, New York)
 
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Pioneering


“My ideal camp is where everyone is cheery and busy, where the patrols are kept intact under all circumstances, and where every patrol leader and scout takes a genuine pride in his camp and his gadgets.” –Lord Baden-Powell.

Follow this link to learn more about Scout Pioneering http://scoutpioneering.com/category/scout-pioneering/

Pioneering for the Patrol - Hand book by John Thurman, publishedin 1958, feel free to download it.  http://www.thedump.scoutscan.com/pioneer4patrol.pdf

I Will Knot!

This is a site aboutknots: how to tie them,how to appreciate their beauty. Even the seriouslyknot-challenged among us can learn to tie many useful and popularknots by following along with the short,step-by-step instructional video clipson this site. 

Before you begin, here are a couple quick knot-tying tips to keep in mind:

Get yourself somenice, thick rope -- don't learn with string! String is extremely hard tocontrol, and your knots will be so small that you won't be able to see what isgoing on. About 4 feet of 1/4 to 1/2-inch thick nylon rope will do nicely forlearning purposes. Any good hardware store will have this, and it is veryinexpensive.

Once you've masteredhow to tie a knot from the clips, trying tying it around different sort ofobjects, at different angles. You don't really know a knot until you can tie itupside-down and inside-out!

Okee-dokee, now it'stime to choose a knot to learn from the list below. So fix yourself anice hot beverage, grab your rope, and repeat confidently to yourself: IWILL KNOT!!  

Stopper Knots

overhand knot

overhand knot

figure 8

figure 8   

 double-overhand knot

 double-overhand knot

Hitches    

 

half-hitch

  half-hitch

two half-hitches

two half-hitches 

taut line

 taut line

cow hitch

cow hitch


Loops      
 

slip knot

 slip knot 

bowline

  bowline  

butterfly knot

 butterfly knot


Bends   
 


sheet  bend

fishermans knot

fishermans knot