The Ashley Book of Knots
by Clifford W. Ashley
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Book Reviews of The Ashley Book of Knots
Book Review: THE One Source for Knots
Summary: 5 Stars
I do decorative knotting and collect knotting books. This should have been one of my first purchases. This book has amazing historical and useage information as well as excellent drawings. The 620 pages are almost totally covered with how-to drawings and explanations of the knots. All the knots are numbered. When a new knot is introduced that is similar to a previous one, it references that number. Some of the names of knots are not what I've seen in other books, but I don't see that as a problem. If I could only buy one knot book, this would be it.Book Review: Try the square knot first
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a fantastic book of knots. I would caution though that it is not an unstructional book with step by step details on how to tie the knots. If you have a basic understanding of knots you can figure out how to tie most of the knots in the book and with some practice and research you could get to where you could manage to tie anything I'm sure. This is a book that I thought I would add to my library but it seems I take it everywhere with me as I am fascinated with the different knots that I can continue to learn and teach to others.Book Review: Ashley Book of Knots
Summary: 5 Stars
If I were to have to chose a book to be the Bible of knot tying this one is it. It covers many of the aspects of Marlinspike Seamanship and just about anything knot tying you might ever be interested in. There may be books with easier to follow directions for different knots, but this one is relatively concise and once you puzzle out how his nomenclature works you are well on your way to tying just about any knot in the book.
This book is expensive but is well worth the price. It is a main stay of my personal reference library.
Book Review: encyclopedic -- you will knot find this stuff elsewhere...
Summary: 5 Stars
The Ashley Book of Knots is an encyclopedic tome on knots -- It's huge, it's very well organised, it's very useful and a lot of fun. My favourites are the Chinese button knots. I've never seen a more complete compilation of these beautiful knots. I've asked many Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese and Koreans, and they haven't seen as many differet knots either. Second favourites are Turk's Head knots. Again -- an excruciatingly complete compilation, very beautiful pictures and very clear diagrams. Get the book and have fun!
Book Review: Ashley's Book of Knots
Summary: 5 Stars
This is definitely one of the most amazing, interesting, and educational books that I have viewed. I purchased it for my son and grandson for Christmas (2009), but I have found myself looking through it to admire the handiwork of the author. Never did I imagine that there could be so many different types of knots and applications. Even though the book has been in print for many years, I only learned about it recently from a program on television. Still very applicable today as when it was published.