The Ultimate Book of Everyday Knots: (over 15,000 copies sold) Paperback – Illustrated, April 15, 2012

5 Stars – Exactly What I NeededI’ve picked up a lot of knot books over the years, but The Ultimate Book of Everyday Knots by Geoffrey Budworth is the most useful one I’ve found. The illustrations are clear, step-by-step, and easy to follow without overcomplicating things. Whether you’re tying down gear, rigging something on the boat, or just want to master the basics, this book has you covered. It doesn’t waste space on fluff—just practical knots that work. I keep it close, and it’s already helped me out more than once. Highly recommend if you’re serious about learning knots the right way.

This book is gorgeous and beautifully illustrated. Very easy to read and follow. The book is larger than I expected. I didn't really read the specs when I bought it. Wasn't a factor just note worthy that it's not a dinky thin book. Each page is smooth and thick. Feels very durable. Filled with useful common and not so common knots. I am very happy with the purchase of this book.

The media could not be loaded. A good pass time book while learning information on ropes and its history, types of ropes, about 80 different types of knots. Each knots showing description and purpose of the knot as well as images to follow the forming of the knot. As I mentioned its great book to pass time and its also fun making and practicing making knots. Some are easier the others but practice makes perfect. I think practicing making the different knots is a good way to keep you mind sharp as well as you hand and finger coordination.

I had previously sampled this book when I checked out of the public library in the kindle format. It was hard to read but looked very promising. So I brought it. This hard copy is good sized and can be laid flat to see the illustration of the knots I am learning. Good clear and easy to understand instructions.

Perfect knot book includes every know I learned in Boy Scouts plus many other useful knots. Every knot has interesting background info, usage tips, step-by-step visual instructions, and full color photo of finished knot. Great for kids or adults.

Great for leaning knots. Teaching my granddaughter how to tie.

Not as exhaustive as Ashley, but it covers all the essentials and then some. Lots of nice color pictures on how to tie things.

Whenever someone describes themselves as "the world's leading authority" on anything (as the author does), it should give you pause. As you might expect from the self-proclaimed World's Leading Authority on Knots, the tone of the writing is more academic and know-it-all than it is practical, and some of the knots I use most often (e.g., trucker's hitch, clinch knot) are not even described in here.That said, I did learn several new knots and once you get used to the way the author describes and draws the knots, it's pretty easy to follow along. All in all, this book is a good way to spend a few hours and learn a few new knots. But if you are looking for a book to tie better knots to use in every day life (climbing, fishing, lashing loads), this is probably not it.