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6. Dress and tighten the knot to complete the sheet
bend. The finished knot should look like the one shown
in figure 23e.

Figure 23e.
Note: If you don’t follow these steps correctly, you’ll end
up with the working end of both ropes on the opposite
sides of the knot. This will result in an incorrectly tied sheet
bend which is more likely to slip than one that is tied cor-
rectly. When properly tied, the working ends will both be
oriented towards the top of the knot.

Possible Uses:
If the rope you need to use isn’t long enough, you can use
this knot to fasten two or more lengths of rope together.
This is especially handy if you ever have to resort to scaveng-
ing for rope and you don’t have the luxury of each piece of
rope being the same type and diameter.

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