DES PAWSON - AN EXPERT lN KNOT TYING

[sawyer]

• DES PAWSON IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S LEADING AUTHORITIES ON KNOTS AND SAILORS ROPEWORK A RESEARCHER AND HISTORIAN ON THE SUBJECT HE IS THE AUTHOR OF MANY BOOKS AND PAPERS
  
• DES IS AVAILABLE FOR TALKS AND DEMONSTRATIONS
  
• "ROPE AND KNOTS ARE MY LIFE"
  
• "ROPE INSPIRES ME"
  • PASSIONATE ABOUT KNOTS
    
  • CO-FOUNDER OF THE INTERNATIONAL GUILD OF KNOT TYERS
    • DISSAPEARING CRAFTS
      
    • RED HAT AND BEARD

• THE MUSEUM
  • • • OPENED IN 1996

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[Sayword]

Damn Spambots.

[geekbonchic]

I assume this means you would not smash.

[Farris]

i was on a 6 month research team/internship studying knot theory last year in uni. perhaps i could provide some insight into some of the different types of knots that are shown and how to untie them mathematically.

[salaryman]

That man molested me when I was a cub scout circa 1992.

[Charlie Delta]

i was on a 6 month research team/internship studying knot theory last year in uni. perhaps i could provide some insight into some of the different types of knots that are shown and how to untie them mathematically.

Wait,

are you for real?

If so, by all means please do!

Pleasepleaseplease provide some insight...

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[sawyer]

DES PAWSON WILL RELACE YOUR LlFE

[salaryman]

Wait,

are you for real?

If so, by all means please do!

Pleasepleaseplease provide some insight...

[thread is about to go up a level or two...]

+1 to this. Teach us the best knot that no one knows.

When I was little gramps taught me how to do a monkey fist, but that's all I got.

[Farris]

If so, by all means please do!

Pleasepleaseplease provide some insight...

Ill try my best, i have never had anyone show interest enough to explain lol.

"Hey, are you coming out tonight?"

"Na man, i have to untie this knot before next Friday. sry but i just cant make it."

"......................."

imagine drawing a shape on a unit circle with a pen. because of it being on a unit circle, we can make it into a function f(P, t), where P is a set of points in relation to t (time). since the shape can pass over and under itself, it becomes 3-d and when u add t to the equation, you MUST begin to think of it as 4-d. Finding the inverse of the function is ultimately how u "untie" it.

when they introduced the concept of knot theory to us, they gave us a simple 2-d drawing of a loose knot and told us to draw a line so that it never crosses itself and passes every region(a region being any enclosed space [within the knot] made by the knot) at least once. then follow that line and give a - (negative) sign every time it passes under the knot, and every time it passed over it, assign a + (positive) to that point. We were also told to get very familiar with that specific pattern. then they gave us an actual shoelace that was tied in exactly the same way as on the paper. when u traced the actual line with ur hand, the final product was 2 or three bands around ur wrist, which is the ultimate final product.

[Farris]

+1 to this. Teach us the best knot that no one knows

an invariant prime knot to the highest exponent possible would be my suggestion. basically any knot that can actually be tied can be untied, but when applying the math part of it, we look at a loose construction of the knot, not an actual tightly tied knot. so i guess i couldnt tell you which knots would be hardest/easiest to untie

[salaryman]

Yeah, I don't need a mathmatical theory.

I just want it tight enough so that she can't escape the bed.

[sawyer]

^

i'd use a clove hitch or a constrictor, a highwayman's hitch if he/she wants to be able to escape

[Charlie Delta]

This thread + Yo Yo thread = NEXT FUCKIN' LEVEL!!!