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A loops, 60–73 carrick bend, 54–55
Albright knot, 152–53 miscellaneous, 88–96 Chinese butterfly knot, 181
alpine butterfly, 120–22 stoppers, 52–53 Chinese button knot, 184–85
anchor (fisherman’s) bend, 74–75 bowknots, decorative Chinese flat knot, 194–95
angler’s (perfection) loop, 156–57 Japanese bowknot, 165 climbing knots
animal hair, 13 sheepshank bowknot, 168–69 bends, 105–13
arbor knot, 127 simple bowknot, 166–67 hitches, 96–104
Asher’s bottle sling, 92–93 true lover’s knot, 170–71 loops, 114–26
Ashley’s stopper knot, 53 bowline clove hitch
index B classification of, 9 history of, 8
illustration of, 197, 202, 203
instructions, 62–63
materials and, 17
Bachmann hitch, 96–97
instructions, 36
back splice, 90–91 security of, 13 security of, 13
backup knots, 14 bowline on a bight, 64–65 strength of, 12
bends, boat braid knot, 176–77 clove hitch on a ring, 38
carrick bend, 54–55 braided ropes, 15 clove hitch on a stake, 37
vice versa, 56–57 breaking strength, 12 coconut shell fibers, 13
zeppelin bend, 58–59 bull hitch, 42–43 common whipping, 94–95
bends, camping bungees, 16 constrictor knot
double sheet bend, 27 buntline hitch, 76–77 instructions, 85
sheet bend, 26 button knots, decorative International Guild of Knot
square (reef) knot, 25 Chinese button knot, 184–85 Tyers and, 9
bends, climbing eight-part button knot, 186–87 knot ends and, 15
double fisherman’s knot, 108–9 cordage, 13–16
figure 8 bend, 112–13 C cords, 13–16
fisherman’s knot, 106–7 Cairnton knot, 137 cotton, 13
Hunter’s (rigger’s) bend, 105 camel hitch, 81 cow hitch (pedigree), 40–41
water knot, 110–11 camping knots cow hitch (simple), 39
Blake hitch, 198 bends, 25–27 Crawford knot, 136
blood knot, 150–51 loops, 28–33 crown knot, 178–79
boat knots moving hitches, 46–51
bends, 54–59 stationary hitches, 34–45
hitches, 74–87 stoppers, 18–24

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