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  2. Bowline - Wikipedia

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    Instructions. [1] The bowline ( / ˈboʊlɪn / or / ˈboʊlaɪn /) [ 2] is an ancient and simple knot used to form a fixed loop at the end of a rope. It has the virtues of being both easy to tie and untie; most notably, it is easy to untie after being subjected to a load. The bowline is sometimes referred to as king of the knots because of its ...

  3. Bowline on a bight - Wikipedia

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    Bowline on a bight. Forming a loop in the middle of a length of rope. The bowline on a bight is a knot which makes a pair of fixed-size loops in the middle of a rope. Its advantage is that it is reasonably easy to untie after being exposed to load. It is one of the two tie-in knots that are being taught by the German Alpine Club (DAV ...

  4. Yosemite bowline - Wikipedia

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    A Yosemite bowline is made from a bowline with the free end wrapped around one leg of the loop and tucked back through the knot, a final round turn and reeve commonly known as a "Yosemite finish." The knot's security is enhanced by preventing the bowline capsizing to form a highly dangerous slip knot. Additional safety is achieved by tying with ...

  5. Hangman's knot - Wikipedia

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    Hanging. ABoK. #1119, #366. The hangman's knot[1]or hangman's noose[2](also known as a collarduring the Elizabethan era) is a knotmost often associated with its use in hanging a person. Function. [edit] This knot was typically used as a method of capital punishment. The pull on the knot at end of the gallows often resulted in a cervical fracture.

  6. Karash double loop - Wikipedia

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    climbing, rope rescue. 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 ...

  7. Sheet bend - Wikipedia

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    Weaver at Queen Street Mill demonstrating a weaver's knot Steps in tying a weaver's knot. The sheet bend may be tied by various methods: the basic "rabbit through the hole" method of forming a half hitch in the bight of the larger rope, by a more expedient method shown in Ashley as ABoK #1431 (similar to the method used by an experienced sailor or mountaineer to tie a bowline) or by a trick ...

  8. Bottle sling - Wikipedia

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    Swedish physiologist and knot researcher Hjalmar Öhrvall listed eight in his 1916 book Om Knutar ("About Knots"). One method for tying the bottle sling is similar to the loop-and-weave method used to tie the jury mast knot and the trumpet knot. The knot is begun by making a bight in a piece of rope and folding the bight back on itself to make ...

  9. Lapp knot - Wikipedia

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    Steps to tie a (slipped) Lapp bend. Bends and loops directly related to the sheet bend and bowline. A way to tie the knot is shown in the image to the left. The orientation of the green bight is important: Its working end should end up on the same side as the red lines slip bight, or as the red working end when tying the non-slip version (A & C).

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