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When a Knot’s Not a Knot

Because ropework developed as folk craft within different trades in different
places, and at different times, there’s much inconsistency in terminology,

extending to the very names of knots themselves. (We couldn’t really expect

a Scottish shepherd, a Massachusetts whaler, and an Oklahoma wheat
farmer to agree on terms, could we?) And some knots can be used in more

than one way. Hence, a Blood Knot is really a bend, the Fisherman’s Bend is

actually a hitch, and a Square Knot is tied as a bend as often as it’s used as a
binding knot. So don’t be surprised to find a knot name in what appears to

be the wrong part of the book.

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