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  2. Overhand knot - Wikipedia

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    47. The half knot is a binding knot, being the first movement of the reef or square knot. It is tied with two ends around an object and is used when reefing, furling, and tying up parcels, shoestrings, and the like. 48. The half hitch is tied with one end of a rope which is passed around an object and secured to its own standing part with a ...

  3. Half hitch - Wikipedia

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    The half hitch is a simple hitch knot, where the working end of a line is brought over and under the standing part. Insecure on its own, it is a valuable component of a wide variety of useful and reliable hitches , bends , and knots .

  4. Angler's loop - Wikipedia

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    Angler's loop may be locked additionally with half hitches; Locked simple loop A half hitch around the loops root locks it. Angler's loop may be fashioned with several loops (then locking may be necessary) with several loops and locked first the loops in desired size, last loop is for the knot and may be smaller. half hitches around the loops ...

  5. List of knots - Wikipedia

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    Slipped half hitch – temporary attachment of rope to object; Slippery eight loop – adjustable loop knot; Slippery hitch – used to attach a line to a rod or bar; Snell knot – a hitch knot used to attach an eyed fishing hook to fishing line; Snuggle hitch – a modification of the clove hitch

  6. Harness bend - Wikipedia

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    The double harness bend is an unfinished Blood knot: The half hitches need to take one or several turns around both ropes before going through the eye in the middle. The double harness bend with parallel ends is an unfinished Reever knot : The ends need to go through the opposite half hitch, to be lined up with its own rope body.

  7. Hitch (knot) - Wikipedia

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    A kind of hitch, which is a knot used for attaching rope to a pole or other structure. Pipe hitch: A hitch-type knot used to secure smooth cylindrical objects. Prusik knot: A friction hitch or knot used to put a loop of cord around a rope, applied in climbing, canyoneering, mountaineering, caving, rope rescue, and by arborists. Reverse half hitches

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  9. Shoelace knot - Wikipedia

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    Close-up of a shoelace knot. The shoelace knot, or bow knot, is commonly used for tying shoelaces and bow ties.. The shoelace knot is a doubly slipped reef knot formed by joining the ends of whatever is being tied with a half hitch, folding each of the exposed ends into a loop and joining the loops with a second half hitch.