The alpine butterfly can be used to isolate damaged sections of rope as well. Let’s say you got a bit of frayed rope. Make that the loop of your alpine butterfly, and you’ve removed the frayed portion of the rope. While this knot is incredibly strong and secure, it can be untied...
once it is tightened down but it is considered to be less secure than the mighty Constrictor. It can also be used as a seizing on the ends of rope to prevent fraying. Because it does tighten down on itself so well, it can be hard to untie and often must be cut off with a knife....
Alexander the Great's solution-slicing through the knot with his sword-was effective, if not subtle. This ancient problem known, in honor of the story, as the Gordian problem-how hard is it to untie a knot?-now has a modern solution. No matter how complex a knot may be, it is ...
How to tie an Overhand Loop Knot. THE OVERHAND LOOP KNOT provides a quick and easy method of forming a fixed loop at the end of a line or anywhere in a rope by forming a bight at the desired location. The knot jams tight and is difficult to untie after it has been pulled tight. ...
Since it may take a little practice to learn to tighten this knot correctly - and since it can be difficult to untie - it might be a good idea to practice on some cord, or an old rope, before you tie it on one of your good ropes. ...
This simple knot makes an adjustable loop anywhere on a rope. Easy to tie and untie, you can use this fairly strong knot to secure tent stakes. Take the end of the rope and make a loop, also known as a bight. Then tie an overhand knot with the loop.Watch this videofor step-by-st...
Nautical knots are mostly encountered on sail boats and military vessels. They are a collection of knots that are designed to hold under constant tension as well as to be easily adjustable without having to untie the entire knot in order to do so. ...
Step 5: Tie a Square Knot at Your Hip Square Knot- A type of double knot that is made symmetrically, is easy to untie, and holds securely. Take the rope in your right hand and place it over the left as if tying a shoe. Then take the rope in your left hand (which was previously...
Using a “Crow Bead” to replace the knot above you’re foot, this may be as minimalist as it gets. Just one lace around your foot, but secure enough for almost anything. Randy’s Marathon Lacing (Thong / Toe Knot / Lace Up) Randy Kreill is one of the Xero Shoes ultra-runners (...
To construct initial shapes for the different topologies, we begin with the 'ideal' form for each knot, equivalent to the shape of the shortest knot tied in a rope of thickness r0 (Fig. 1b–d; ref. 20). These canonical shapes are known to capture key aspects of the knot type as ...