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2. Overhand knot - Wikipedia

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   The overhand knot is one of the most fundamental knots, and it forms the basis of many others, including the simple noose, overhand loop, angler's loop, reef knot, fisherman's knot, half hitch, and water knot. The overhand knot is a stopper, especially when used alone, and hence it is very secure, to the point of jamming badly. It should be ...

3. List of knots - Wikipedia

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   This list of knots includes many alternative names for common knots and lashings. Knot names have evolved over time, and there are many conflicting or confusing naming issues. The overhand knot, for example, is also known as the thumb knot. The figure-eight knot is also known as the Savoy knot or the Flemish knot.

4. Overhand knot with draw-loop - Wikipedia

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   The Overhand Noose [3] is sometimes used as a Slip Knot to form the loops of a Trucker's Hitch, or as a Stopper. Double Noose is used in arboriculture to fix a rope to a carabiner . Today this knot is mistakenly named like Barrel Hitch .

5. Hunter's bend - Wikipedia

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   It consists of interlocking overhand knots, and can jam under moderate strain. It is similar to the Zeppelin bend. When assessed against other bends in stress tests using paracord, it was found to be "not as strong as the blood knot, similar to the reverse figure of eight and stronger than the fisherman's bend, sheet bend or reef knot". [1]

6. Offset overhand bend - Wikipedia

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   The offset overhand bend (OOB, ABoK No. 1410) is a knot used to join two ropes together end-to-end.It is formed by holding two rope ends next to each other and tying an overhand knot in them as if they were a single line.

7. Harness bend - Wikipedia

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   The double harness bend is an unfinished Fisherman's knot (or even a Double fisherman's knot): the end needs to go through its own half hitch (twice) to form a (double) overhand knot. 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.