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Review: Depends on what you are looking for. Ashley's book is the most complete compendium of knots I have ever seen and gets a 5 rating here. It can be however, a little hard to follow learning to tie some of the knots. The descriptions can be minimal and language and old pen/pencil drawings are small and 100 years dated. I still have not related the description and drawings of Tom's fool knot to being able to duplicate it. I bought the book to have fun with my daughter that we both learn some neat new knots, and it is "knot" working out well in this regard. As far as a reference for improving the way I employ rope in everything else I do, it is unbeatable as far as giving one all the possible choices and ideas under the sun; most useful knots are fairly simple if you know they exist and their purpose. I feel that I now own the "Holy Bible" of knots and that alone was worth the purchase.
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