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(Original text : ''19. Sailors have been the greatest experimenters with rope, but since they have no monopoly on the art, the author describes knots used in over ninety other occupations. This includes symbols adjacent to some illustrations to indicate the characteristics or shortcomings of particular knots.

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A student of Howard Pyle's, he is represented in the permanent collections of museums and libraries all along the East Coast. The Ashley Book of Knots takes us back to a time when knots saved lives and put dinner on the table. The Ashley Book of Knots is an encyclopedia of knots written and illustrated by the American sailor and artist Clifford W.The forty-one chapters include knots classed under such general types as "Hooks, Beckets, and Toggles, ""The Noose, " and "Tricks and Puzzles. His ruling passions were marine painting and knot-tying, on which he was one of the world's leading authorities. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Ashley has devoted eleven years to writing this book, and it is based on forty years of looking for, trying out, and thinking up new knots.

Ashley Book of Knots: Every Practical Knot--What It Looks

if you can appreciate a magnificent effort by one person to know, record and share everything there is to know about one thing, you'll appreciate this volume. In 1922, Ashley was granted Patent US1433868A for [7] "A novel method whereby sennits of any desired cross-sectional shape may be plaited without the necessity for a core. Despite changes and inventiveness in the last sixty years, few knots have appeared that were not described by Ashley.Traces the history of knot tying and offers illustrated instructions for nearly four thousand different knots. Unfortunately, however, this is the 1993 version and contains corrected material that are still protected under the copyright laws. Knot tying is probably in no danger of disappearing, but certainly fewer people are learning to tie them. Ashley also wrote The Yankee Whaler (1926) and The Whaleships of New Bedford (1929), studies of sperm whaling in New England in the late 18th century and early 19th century.

The Ashley Book of Knots by Clifford W. Ashley | Goodreads

Ashley was known for his paintings of whaling subjects and three books, "The Yankee Whaler," "Whaleships of New Bedford" and "The Ashley . Established in 1998, BoatSafe is your independent guide into the world of boating, fishing, and watersports. They had two daughters and, in addition, he also adopted his wife’s daughter from a previous marriage. Devoting eleven years to writing his masterpiece, he describes each step simply and clearly and penned some 7,000 illustrativedrawings alongside the text.Like the best cookbooks or collections of movie reviews, its a great dip-in read: Sit down at the breakfast table, flip the book open to any page, and youll find an appetizing morsel to gnaw on. Published in 1944, so there's a lot of interesting history in it as well as lots of fascinating information on useful and decorative knots.