# Books

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## [About the Books category](https://discourse.igkt.net/t/about-the-books-category/9843)

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**Author:** [@pacharanero](https://discourse.igkt.net/u/pacharanero)\
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**Last updated:** [24 September 2025 13:01 UTC](https://discourse.igkt.net/t/about-the-books-category/9843 "2025-09-24T13:01:03Z")

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A place for discussions of Knotting related books, book reviews, searches for out-of-print books, and anything else bookish and knotly.

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## [Peer review needed: How Knots Work - draft](https://discourse.igkt.net/t/peer-review-needed-how-knots-work-draft/10194)

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**Author:** [@dionzand](https://discourse.igkt.net/u/dionzand)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [2 October 2026 23:29 UTC](https://discourse.igkt.net/t/peer-review-needed-how-knots-work-draft/10194 "2026-10-02T23:29:49Z")

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Hi all! I have recently started taking an interest in knot tying. I have a strong science background, and my way of learning has always been: "understanding how and why something works". For me, simply following a step-…

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## [Prusking (1973) by Bob THRUN (RIP 2017)](https://discourse.igkt.net/t/prusking-1973-by-bob-thrun-rip-2017/10193)

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**Author:** [@Dan\_Lehman](https://discourse.igkt.net/u/Dan_Lehman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [24 September 2026 10:52 UTC](https://discourse.igkt.net/t/prusking-1973-by-bob-thrun-rip-2017/10193 "2026-09-24T10:52:28Z")

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Here is a copy of Bob Thrun's Prusiking, a survey of cordage-based methods of ascending/descending rope. --dl\*

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## [Admiralty Manual of Seamanship (1908, reprint 1915)](https://discourse.igkt.net/t/admiralty-manual-of-seamanship-1908-reprint-1915/9890)

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**Author:** [@pacharanero](https://discourse.igkt.net/u/pacharanero)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [27 June 2026 02:00 UTC](https://discourse.igkt.net/t/admiralty-manual-of-seamanship-1908-reprint-1915/9890 "2026-06-27T02:00:33Z")

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Admiralty Manual of Seamanship (1908, reprint 1915) This out-of-copyright book was submitted for upload by IGKT member Richard Hopkins. Admiralty Manual of Seamanship (1908, reprint 1915).pdf (31.0 MB)

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## [What's a Good Introduction to Knots?](https://discourse.igkt.net/t/whats-a-good-introduction-to-knots/9915)

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**Author:** [@Samraku](https://discourse.igkt.net/u/Samraku)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [24 June 2026 15:24 UTC](https://discourse.igkt.net/t/whats-a-good-introduction-to-knots/9915 "2026-06-24T15:24:56Z")

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I’ll probably end up buying AboK at some point if I get more interested, but for now I’m wondering if there is a gentler/more structured introduction which introduces the sorts of things which are assumed knowledge? I’m…

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## [Cordage and Cables - Their Uses At Sea (Stopford, 1925)](https://discourse.igkt.net/t/cordage-and-cables-their-uses-at-sea-stopford-1925/9892)

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**Author:** [@pacharanero](https://discourse.igkt.net/u/pacharanero)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [28 May 2026 02:44 UTC](https://discourse.igkt.net/t/cordage-and-cables-their-uses-at-sea-stopford-1925/9892 "2026-05-28T02:44:29Z")

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Cordage and Cables - Their Uses At Sea (Stopford, 1925) This out-of-copyright book was submitted for upload by IGKT member Richard Hopkins. Cordage and Cables - Their Uses At Sea (Stopford, 1925).pdf (7.7 MB)

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## [Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor (Darcy Lever, 1827)](https://discourse.igkt.net/t/young-sea-officers-sheet-anchor-darcy-lever-1827/9889)

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**Author:** [@pacharanero](https://discourse.igkt.net/u/pacharanero)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [27 May 2026 14:21 UTC](https://discourse.igkt.net/t/young-sea-officers-sheet-anchor-darcy-lever-1827/9889 "2026-05-27T14:21:05Z")

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Young Sea Officer’s Sheet Anchor (Darcy Lever, 1827) This out-of-copyright book was submitted for upload by IGKT member Richard Hopkins. Young Sea Officer’s Sheet Anchor (Darcy Lever, 1827).pdf (21.8 MB)

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## [Ropes, Knots and Hitches (MacGregor, 1921)](https://discourse.igkt.net/t/ropes-knots-and-hitches-macgregor-1921/9888)

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**Author:** [@pacharanero](https://discourse.igkt.net/u/pacharanero)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [27 October 2025 15:58 UTC](https://discourse.igkt.net/t/ropes-knots-and-hitches-macgregor-1921/9888 "2025-10-27T15:58:26Z")

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This out-of-copyright book was submitted for upload by IGKT member Richard Hopkins. Ropes, Knots and Hitches (MacGregor, 1921).pdf (406.8 KB)

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## [Knots Ties, and Splices (Tom Burgess, 1884)](https://discourse.igkt.net/t/knots-ties-and-splices-tom-burgess-1884/9887)

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**Author:** [@pacharanero](https://discourse.igkt.net/u/pacharanero)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [27 October 2025 15:45 UTC](https://discourse.igkt.net/t/knots-ties-and-splices-tom-burgess-1884/9887 "2025-10-27T15:45:09Z")

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This out-of-copyright book was submitted for upload by IGKT member Richard Hopkins. Knots Ties, and Splices (Tom Burgess, 1884).pdf (2.3 MB)

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## [Knots by A.F Aldridge (1918)](https://discourse.igkt.net/t/knots-by-a-f-aldridge-1918/9886)

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**Author:** [@pacharanero](https://discourse.igkt.net/u/pacharanero)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [27 October 2025 15:30 UTC](https://discourse.igkt.net/t/knots-by-a-f-aldridge-1918/9886 "2025-10-27T15:30:36Z")

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Knots by A.F Aldridge (1918) This out-of-copyright book was submitted for upload by IGKT member Richard Hopkins. Knots (A.F Aldridge, 1918).pdf (10.8 MB)

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## [The Encyclopedia of Knots and Fancy Rope Work - Graumont & Hensel](https://discourse.igkt.net/t/the-encyclopedia-of-knots-and-fancy-rope-work-graumont-hensel/9847)

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**Author:** [@Dan\_Lehman](https://discourse.igkt.net/u/Dan_Lehman)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [25 September 2025 17:23 UTC](https://discourse.igkt.net/t/the-encyclopedia-of-knots-and-fancy-rope-work-graumont-hensel/9847 "2025-09-25T17:23:20Z")

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Btw, I’ve recently been trying to access that other massive tome of (utter nonsense) knots by Graumont & Hensel (EKFRW), and IntArchive said that it wasn’t (any longer) able to be Borrow’d!? --it used to be! For tha…

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## [The Ashley Book Of Knots (Clifford Ashley, 1944)](https://discourse.igkt.net/t/the-ashley-book-of-knots-clifford-ashley-1944/9845)

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**Author:** [@pacharanero](https://discourse.igkt.net/u/pacharanero)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [25 September 2025 17:09 UTC](https://discourse.igkt.net/t/the-ashley-book-of-knots-clifford-ashley-1944/9845 "2025-09-25T17:09:24Z")

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What better book to start off the new Books category with than the 1944 classic work on knots and knotwork by Clifford Ashley, which has become the indispensable work of reference for all knotters, so much so that we fre…

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## [Library Thing Challenge](https://discourse.igkt.net/t/library-thing-challenge/9844)

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**Author:** [@KnotMe](https://discourse.igkt.net/u/KnotMe)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [24 September 2025 19:59 UTC](https://discourse.igkt.net/t/library-thing-challenge/9844 "2025-09-24T19:59:11Z")

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A few years ago in a organizational fit/morbid mood, I decided to contact the university’s Asian library to see if they might want my Chinese knotting book collection (assuming my kids don’t) when I’m not using it anymor…