Uploaded September 2021 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago
The Highwayman's Hitch is also known as the Highwayman's Cutaway or the Bank Robber's Hitch.
The Highwayman's Hitch is easy to tie and fairly secure. However, some people have said that a clever horse knows how to untie this hitch. When the Bank Robber's Knot needs to be untied, just one tug on the working end and the knot falls free from the spar or ring.
This hitch can also be used when mooring, it can be tied in the bight and the working end can be lead to the stern of the boat, thereby creating a remote release for this hitch.
According to Art of Knotting and Splicing, by Day; United States Naval Institute "Hal McKail says that Dick Turpin is supposed to have invented this hitch"
Some people say that the Painter Hitch is the Highwayman's Hitch, and vice versa, however, there is a slight difference between the two hitches.
The Highwayman's Hitch is very easy to tie, you just need to remember; a bight, then another bight passed through the bight, then a third bight passed through the last bight.
*Remote Release Lift Hitch* have you seen or tried this one yet? youtube.com/watch?v=4q-WPaCQAZs&list=PL7nysDkNnZHc0Tba3EGCagrhA44Mu-MjO&index=4
Johnny Debt
##LetsGetKnotting Channel Handle: @KnottingKnots
The Highwayman's Hitch is also known as the Highwayman's Cutaway or the Bank Robber's Hitch.
The Highwayman's Hitch is easy to tie and fairly secure. However, some people have said that a clever horse knows how to untie this hitch. When the Bank Robber's Knot needs to be untied, just one tug on the working end and the knot falls free from the spar or ring.
This hitch can also be used when mooring, it can be tied in the bight and the working end can be lead to the stern of the boat, thereby creating a remote release for this hitch.
According to Art of Knotting and Splicing, by Day; United States Naval Institute "Hal McKail says that Dick Turpin is supposed to have invented this hitch"
Some people say that the Painter Hitch is the Highwayman's Hitch, and vice versa, however, there is a slight difference between the two hitches.
The Highwayman's Hitch is very easy to tie, you just need to remember; a bight, then another bight passed through the bight, then a third bight passed through the last bight.
*Remote Release Lift Hitch* have you seen or tried this one yet? youtube.com/watch?v=4q-WPaCQAZs&list=PL7nysDkNnZHc0Tba3EGCagrhA44Mu-MjO&index=4
Johnny Debt
##LetsGetKnotting Channel Handle: @KnottingKnots
