Page 193 - Maria Constantino "The Knot Handbook"

SEIZING BEND

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c trong and easily untied, this knot was devised by Harry Asher in 1986 as a more secure
z S alternative to the heaving-line bend.
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In the larger of the two
I ropes to be joined, make a
bight.

Tuck the end of the smaller
2 line up through the bight
of the larger, leaving a long
working part of rope.

With the working end of
3 the lighter line, make a turn
around the end of the bight.

Now bring the working
4 end of the lighter line to
one side of the bight and begin
to wrap, making sure that the
first wrapping turn traps the
preceding standing part.