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RUNNING KNOTS
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Running knots are also known as slip knots or nooses.
Their main characteristics are that thelj tighten around
the objects on which they are tied but slacken when the
strain is reduced. This group a/knots is divided into two
kinds: those that are tied by passing a bight through a
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fixed loop at the end of a line and those that are formed
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from a closed bight knotted at the end of a line or along it.
Running knots must be among the oldest knots known to
man, They were used in prehistoric times to make
weapons and snares to trap animals,
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