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Line drawings from the 1911 scouting handbook: knots, shelters, measuring tricks, stars, tracks and trail signs. Each one lists the page it comes from and why it's free to use.
We traced each drawing from Project Gutenberg's scan into a clean vector, so it prints sharp in black and white. Nothing was redrawn or added. The plans in Classic Field Skills use them. This site has no link to any scouting organization.
Whipping a rope's end Boy Scouts Handbook, first edition (1911), p. 49 · Project Gutenberg · original scan Tags: knots 
The parts of a rope: standing part, bight, end Boy Scouts Handbook, first edition (1911), p. 49 · Project Gutenberg · original scan Tags: knotsUsed on: Join two ropes with a sheet bend 
Overhand knot Boy Scouts Handbook, first edition (1911), p. 49 · Project Gutenberg · original scan Tags: knotsUsed on: Tie a square knot and a bowline 
Figure-of-eight knot Boy Scouts Handbook, first edition (1911), p. 49 · Project Gutenberg · original scan Tags: knotsUsed on: Join two ropes with a sheet bend 
Square or reef knot Boy Scouts Handbook, first edition (1911), p. 50 · Project Gutenberg · original scan Tags: knots, first-aidUsed on: Tie a square knot and a bowline 
Granny knot (the wrong way) Boy Scouts Handbook, first edition (1911), p. 50 · Project Gutenberg · original scan Tags: knots 
Sheet bend or weaver's knot Boy Scouts Handbook, first edition (1911), p. 50 · Project Gutenberg · original scan Tags: knotsUsed on: Join two ropes with a sheet bend 
Bowline Boy Scouts Handbook, first edition (1911), p. 50 · Project Gutenberg · original scan Tags: knotsUsed on: Tie a square knot and a bowline 
Running knot Boy Scouts Handbook, first edition (1911), p. 50 · Project Gutenberg · original scan Tags: knots 
Sheepshank Boy Scouts Handbook, first edition (1911), p. 50 · Project Gutenberg · original scan Tags: knots 
Clove hitch Boy Scouts Handbook, first edition (1911), p. 51 · Project Gutenberg · original scan Tags: knots, campUsed on: Tie a clove hitch and two half hitches 
Fisherman's bend Boy Scouts Handbook, first edition (1911), p. 51 · Project Gutenberg · original scan Tags: knots 
Timber hitch Boy Scouts Handbook, first edition (1911), p. 51 · Project Gutenberg · original scan Tags: knots, camp 
Two half hitches Boy Scouts Handbook, first edition (1911), p. 51 · Project Gutenberg · original scan Tags: knots, campUsed on: Tie a clove hitch and two half hitches 
Blackwall hitch Boy Scouts Handbook, first edition (1911), p. 51 · Project Gutenberg · original scan Tags: knots 
Becket hitch Boy Scouts Handbook, first edition (1911), p. 51 · Project Gutenberg · original scan Tags: knots 
Fisherman's knot Boy Scouts Handbook, first edition (1911), p. 52 · Project Gutenberg · original scan Tags: knots, fishing 
Carrick bend Boy Scouts Handbook, first edition (1911), p. 52 · Project Gutenberg · original scan Tags: knots 
Sundial, or hunter's clock Boy Scouts Handbook, first edition (1911), p. 58 · Project Gutenberg · original scan Tags: time, navigation 
Making a right angle with a 6-8-10 triangle Boy Scouts Handbook, first edition (1911), p. 64 · Project Gutenberg · original scan Tags: measuring 
Measuring the width of a river from one bank Boy Scouts Handbook, first edition (1911), p. 65 · Project Gutenberg · original scan Tags: measuring 
Measuring the height of a tree Boy Scouts Handbook, first edition (1911), p. 65 · Project Gutenberg · original scan Tags: measuring 
Measuring the distance between two far-off points Boy Scouts Handbook, first edition (1911), p. 66 · Project Gutenberg · original scan Tags: measuring 
Rubbing-sticks for fire-making Boy Scouts Handbook, first edition (1911), p. 72 · Project Gutenberg · original scan Tags: fire, woodcraft 
Orion and Taurus, with the Pleiades Boy Scouts Handbook, first edition (1911), p. 84 · Project Gutenberg · original scan Tags: stars, navigation 
Frame of a lean-to Boy Scouts Handbook, first edition (1911), p. 146 · Project Gutenberg · original scan Tags: shelter, campUsed on: Build a backyard lean-to 
Method of thatching a lean-to Boy Scouts Handbook, first edition (1911), p. 147 · Project Gutenberg · original scan Tags: shelter, campUsed on: Build a backyard lean-to 
Tent from a square of canvas Boy Scouts Handbook, first edition (1911), p. 165 · Project Gutenberg · original scan Tags: shelter, camp 
Baker, or lean-to, tent Boy Scouts Handbook, first edition (1911), p. 166 · Project Gutenberg · original scan Tags: shelter, camp 
Conical tent, or wigwam Boy Scouts Handbook, first edition (1911), p. 167 · Project Gutenberg · original scan Tags: shelter, camp 
Dog, cat and human tracks Boy Scouts Handbook, first edition (1911), p. 193 · Project Gutenberg · original scan Tags: tracking, natureUsed on: Read tracks in mud, sand or snow 
Trail signs: water and camp Boy Scouts Handbook, first edition (1911), p. 209 · Project Gutenberg · original scan Tags: signaling, tracking 
Trail signs: road and messages Boy Scouts Handbook, first edition (1911), p. 210 · Project Gutenberg · original scan Tags: signaling, tracking 
The game of Quicksight Boy Scouts Handbook, first edition (1911), p. 298 · Project Gutenberg · original scan Tags: games, observation 
Farsight, or Spot the Rabbit Boy Scouts Handbook, first edition (1911), p. 299 · Project Gutenberg · original scan Tags: games, observation
Why they're public domain: Published in the United States in 1911. US works published before 1931 are in the public domain as of 2026, and Project Gutenberg lists this book as public domain in the USA.