A real angle in what would be the top 10 greatest hits ...
Hmmm, put in
this way, think of how such lists are compiled otherwise: by a(n objective)
counting!I started then aborted putting up a post here with my assessments of what various user-groups actually
use. Arborists, e.g., have I think greater dependence upon friction hitches of the sort that grip & release.
Rockclimbers are more likely to use a device for ascending a rope, and possibly re-use the device in
a gear-hauling mechanism; cavers, also!? Commercial fishermen for the most part don't use friction
hitches; where they theoretically might, in joining snoods to longlines, they can get away with some
regular hitch, whose positioning is secured along the line by tucking the end (sometimes SPart)
through the lay. (And although I even have photos of the Rolling Hitch being used on high-riser
buoys, those knots are (further) secured to the relatively thin pole-object with a fine line lashing
(and that might be bound w/electrical tape, to boot).)
So, "Top <x> Most Useful" look over to "Top <x> Most USED"!?
The Bowline will make appearances in climbing & boating; the Overhand eyeknot will be in ComFishK.
and sometimes in climbing, and boating. The Clove H. is much in ComFishK and in rockclimbing,
and boating (but with notable variation in detail; more likely a ring hitch in rockclimbing and a
pile hitch in boating; ComFishK will secure the tail).