Knots - Hitches - Cow Hitch

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Buntline Hitch Clinch Knot Clove Hitch Constrictor Hitch Cow Hitch Figure of 8 Hitch Fisherman's Bend Killick Hitch Klemheist Knot
Marlinspike Hitch Pedigree Cow Hitch Pile Hitch Prusik Knot Rolling Hitch Round Turn and 2 Half Hitches Sheepshank Timber Hitch Waggoner's Hitch

How to tie a Cow Hitch

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Double a length of rope to form a bight. Pass this bight up through the ring or around the pole (from back to front). Make sure the bight is nice and wide and sits either side of the long ends that you are not using (standing parts)

 

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Pull the standing parts up through the bight.

 

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Pull tight.

How to tie a Pedigree Cow Hitch

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If only one end of the rope is going to take some strain you can use a Pedigree Cow Hitch.

Repeat as above. Now take the end of the rope and pass it between the bight and the ring.

 

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Pass it all the way through and then pull on the standing part to secure the knot.

Cow Hitch
Buntline Hitch Clinch Knot Clove Hitch Constrictor Hitch Cow Hitch Figure of 8 Hitch Fisherman's Bend Killick Hitch Klemheist Knot
Marlinspike Hitch Pedigree Cow Hitch Pile Hitch Prusik Knot Rolling Hitch Round Turn and 2 Half Hitches Sheepshank Timber Hitch Waggoner's Hitch