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for a knot to slip a little
bit before it really tight-
ens down after tension
is applied. For this rea-
son, you might want to
consider keeping your
working ends a little
long instead of trim-
ming them close to the
knot. Figure 11 shows
a square knot that has
Figure 11.
the working ends cut off
too close to the knot.
In summary, know your rope, tie neat and tidy knots, and
consider whether you’ll ever want to be able to untie the
knot you’re tying, and if so, choose a knot that has charac-
teristics that make it easy to untie.

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