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As the name suggests, this knot is often used by lumbermen and arborists for attaching ropes or chains to tree trunks, branches, and logs. [3] [5] For stability when towing or lowering long items, the addition of a half-hitch in front of the timber hitch creates a timber hitch and a half hitch, [6] or known as a killick hitch [2] when at sea. [7]
Bowen knot (heraldic knot) – not a true knot (an unknot), a continuous loop of rope laid out as an upright square shape with loops at each of the four corners; Bowline – forms a fixed loop at the end of a rope; Boling knot (archaic term for the Bowline) – forms a fixed loop at the end of a rope; Bowline bend
The knot balances the load between the two halves of the hitch, and is used in wharfs and docks. If one half fails, the other should hold [how?] until the load can be safely and swiftly lowered to the ground [citation needed]. When the sling is long the knot can be pre-formed in anywhere in it, then slid over the end of a hook or post.
These knots are generally shown as being based on one of three underlying hitches: two variants of the rolling hitch (ABOK #1734 and #1735) and the Magnus hitch (#1736). These three closely related hitches have a long and muddled naming history that leads to ambiguity in the naming of their adjustable loop forms as well. The use of the Ashley ...
This knot is particularly useful where the length of the running end needs to be adjustable, since feeding in rope from either direction will loosen the knot to be tightened at a new position. With certain types of cord, the clove hitch can slip when loaded. [2] In modern climbing rope, the clove hitch will slip to a point, and then stop ...
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Splices are preferred to knotted rope, since while a knot typically reduces the strength by 20–40%, [2] a splice is capable of attaining a rope's full strength. [3] However, splicing usually results in a thickening of the line and, if subsequently removed, leaves a distortion of the rope.