Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A finished slip knot. The slip knot is not only useful in a wide variety of outdoor scenarios, but also incredibly simple to tie.

A reader from West Alabama this week sent me an email saying he couldn’t quite grasp the slip cork knot I mentioned in last week’s column. It occurred to me he might not be the only one, so I figured ...

I show you how to tie the slip knot. There is a proper technique to tying the slip knot to prevent it from falling apart. If you tie this knot incorrectly, it can slip apart and the loop will fail.

Knots are one of those “boring” skills that save the day over and over. Hanging a quarter, tying down a load, rigging a tarp in wind, making a drag, building a quick handline, fixing a busted ...

Nicola Pugno, at the University of Trento in Italy, has succeeded in making by far the toughest material in the world -- by taking a conventional piece of fiber... and tying it in a slip knot. This ...