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The nail knot, also known as the tube knot or gryp knot, is used in fly-fishing to attach the leader to the main fishing line. The nail knot got its name because a nail or similar object such as a narrow straw is inserted as a guide when tying the knot. To tie the nail knot by hand is very difficult; therefore some anglers use a nail knot-tying ...
Karash double loop is a common name for a knot forming two loops. This knot has been a known variant of the Bowline on a bight per the International Guild of Knot Tyers, referred to as bowline twist or twisted collar bowline on a bight. The knot is also referred to as nœud de fusion in French references and sometimes called Fusion knot in English.
Hitching tie – simple knot used to tie off drawstring bags that allows quick access; Honda knot a.k.a. lariat loop – loop knot commonly used in a lasso; Hoxton knot – a method of arranging a scarf about the neck; Hunter's bend a.k.a. rigger's bend – joins two lines
The Spanish bowline [1] is a double loop knot that can be used to lift a person. For a conscious person, each loop is placed around a leg and the person holds onto the standing part of the rope. This knot can serve as a makeshift Bosun's chair. For an unconscious person one loop is placed around the arm pits and the second loop is placed around ...
The knot is referred to in the Russian book as the Cossack knot, and its slipped version is known as the Kalmyk loop. Tying an Eskimo Bowline Eskimo bowline based on the method described by Geoffrey Budworth in The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Knots. [3] The tightened knot on the right takes on a trefoil crown shape.
Friction knots are held in place by the friction between the windings of line. Knotted-ends knots are held in place by the two ends of the line being knotted together. Stopping may be either a temporary whipping or seizing, the commonest variety consisting of a few round turns finished off with a reef knot .
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The double bowline is one of the typical tie-in knots used in climbing, along with the figure eight follow through [3] [4] and the Yosemite bowline. [5] The advantage of the double bowline over the figure 8 is that it is easier to untie after being weighted in a fall, [3] [4] and so is used by sport climbers who take multiple lead falls and then have trouble untying their figure eights.