-*- mode: org -*- * Whipping - common whipping [37-38, #7] - heat sealing [39, #8] * Stopper - figure of eight knot [40-41 / #9] (a) simple (b) plus a half turn (stopper knot) (c) plus a whole turn (Stevedore knot) - overhand knot [40-41 / #9] (a) single (b) double, triple [42-43 / #10] - overhand loop [42-43 / #10] (overhand knot in the bight) * Bind - constrictor knot [35-36 / #6] (a) clove hitch + tuck the working end under (b) round turn + pass a bight over the end (c) like the '&' sign (d) form a bight and twist [not in the book] - reef knot, reef bow [48-49 / #12] - strangle knot [68-69 / #23] (a) simple (b) with draw-loop (c) holding two objects together (transom knot) [66,68 / #22] - surgeon's knot [75-76 / #30] * Bend - sheet bend [52-53 / #14] (a) simple (b) double (c) with draw-loop (d) one-way [113 / #76] (e) with seizing turns (racking bend) [114-116 / #78] - fisherman's knot [54-55 / #15] (a) simple (b) double - full Carrick bend (with opposing ends) [72,74-75 / #29] - Hunter's bend [127-129 / #85] - poor man's pride [131 / #87] * Hitch - clove hitch [55-57 / #16] (a) simple (b) tied with two loops (c) tied with a turn and a loop (d) with draw-loop (e) one plus turn (rolling hitch) [77-78 / #33] (f) tuck the end under the other turn (ground line hitch) [79-80 / #35] (g) one plus turn & tuck the end under the other turn (net line knot) [80 / #36] - round turn and two half hitches [57-59 / #17] (a) simple (b) first half hitch goes through both turns (fisherman's bend) - timber hitch [59-60 / #18] (a) simple (b) with a half-hitch (Killick hitch) - highwayman's hitch [82 / #38] - vibration-proof hitch [135-136 / #92] - waggoner's hitch [66-67 / #21] - the sheepshank loop can be substituted with slip knot, figure-of-eight loop, alpine butterfly - use two half-hitches (around only one or both lines) to secure the tightened line * Loop - bowline [50-51 / #12] (a) simple (b) used as a bend or a noose (c) double (d) tied from the other side (e) in the bight [108-110 / #71] (f) use an overhand knot instead of a loop (Ontario/Algonquin bowline) [110,112-113 / #74-75] - crabber's eye knot [62-63 / #19] (adjustable until tightened) - hangman's knot [70 / #25] (adjustable) - tarbuck knot [102-103,105 / #66] (adjustable) - alpine butterfly knot [105-106 / #67] (in the bight) - figure of eight loop [107-109 / #70] (a) in the bight using double lines (b) in the bight using a single line (3/4 figure of eight loop) [137-138 / #94] - Hunter's bend [127-129 / #85] * Shortening - sheepshank [66-67 / #21] (a) simple (b) tied by three loops (c) tied by loops in the bight (d) tied with a handcuff knot (fireman's chair knot) [109-111 / #72] - bend X [132 / #88] (loop shortening using working ends) * Tying objects - jug sling [70-72 / #26] - barrel sling (with marline hitches) [83-84 / #40] - parcel tying [117-121 / #81] * Other - cat's paw [68-69 / #24] - heaving line knot [114-115 / #77] (heavy end for throwing the rope)