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Review title: Nearly Right
Product review: The author gives a great explanation of the rope and cordage materials available, how to choose them for a particular application, and how to care for them. Most importantly, he tells you clearly when different sorts of rope should no longer be used for critical applications. This is wonderful, necessary information. He chooses the knots he presents very well indeed. He gives the practical knots everyone will want to use, and he tells succinctly what the proper use of each one is---as well as the limitations of its use. All this is great. I find that his instructions for tying the knots is sometimes too terse. The pictures are good enough, but just good enough. To get the full five stars, he would have to improve the tying instructions and give greater elaboration on how to test each particular knot before putting it in service. It's a great book. There's no reason it couldn't have been even better.
