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The uni knot is widely used for attaching hooks, rings and swivels to the end of the line [7] and it is also used for joining two fishing lines together. [8] The bend form of the uni knot (for joining two lines) is not a noose; rather it is akin to a multiple fisherman's knot with the two opposing knotted parts arranged in the manner of uni knots.
Although the description is not entirely without ambiguity, the constrictor knot is thought to have appeared under the name "gunner's knot" in the 1866 work The Book of Knots, [8] [9] written under the pseudonym Tom Bowling. [a] The knot is described in relation to the clove hitch, which he illustrated and called the "builder's knot". He wrote ...
As mentioned earlier, this knot can replace the figure-eight knot when tying into a climbing harness by tying a regular bowline knot and then re-threading it, such as is done with a figure eight knot. However, it is critical to use a strong backup knot with plenty of tail beyond the knot, as the knot may untie during long climbs. The advantage ...
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The cowboy bowline [2] or left-hand bowline, [1] is a variation of the bowline loop knot. The cowboy bowline has the working end go around the standing part on the side closer to the loop and results with the working end outside the loop. In contrast, a regular bowline has the working end finishing inside the loop.
Heaving line knot; Heaving line bend – used to attach playing strings to the thick silk eyes of the anchorage knot; Highpoint hitch – used to attach a rope to an object; Highwayman's hitch – insecure, quick-release, draw loop hitch for trivial use; Hitching tie – simple knot used to tie off drawstring bags that allows quick access
A three-strand scoubidou, with the first part done in a square knot and the second done in a spiral A four-strand scoubidou, with three laces A six-strand scoubidou A ten-strand scoubidou. The square stitch uses four strands (resulting from the two ends of each of two scoubidous).