Page 109 - Maria Constantino "The Knot Handbook"

THIEF KNOT

II> (ALSO KNOWN AS BREAD - BAG KNOT)
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~ t first glance, this knot looks very sin1ilar to a reef k~1ot, but, in fact, it is tied so that the
CJ Ashort ends are on opposite sides. Legend has it that sailors tied up their kit bags
z containing clothes or foodstuffs - hence 'bread-bag knot' - with this knot, but thieves would
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z retie the knot using a granny knot, thereby revealing that a theft had taken place.
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Pass the other end of
2 the cord through ...-'11'."""">C;..
the bight just made,
Make a small angling it towards
I bight in one the short end of
end of the cord. the bight.

Take the working end of
3 the cord around the back of
both parts of the bight.

Tuck the working end back
4 through the bight so that it
emerges and lies alongside its
own standing part.

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