Page 53 - Peter Owen - Knots

• THIEF KNOT

According to legend, sailors on whaling ships
used this knot to tie their clothes bags. Thieves
would retie them with reef knots, thus
revealing that the bags had been burgled. The
thief knot is very similar to the reef knot, but
the short ends are on opposite sides.

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The Reeflowt lying side--by- (
sidewith the Thief Knot
shows clearly how easy it is to
confuse the two krwts.

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