Page 97 - Maria Constantino "The Knot Handbook"

HANGMAN'S NOO~SE

fl) (ALSO KNOWN AS JACK KETCH'S KNOT)
a.
0
... o knot handbook would be complete without this knot! Its name reveals its macabre use,
0
N and its alternative name comes from the executioner Jack Ketch, who died in 1686. The
nun1ber of turns can vary between seven (for the Seven Seas, perhaps) and 'unlucky' thirteen -
although an odd number is always used.

IMPORTANT
As its name implies, this can
be a very dangerous knot.
DO NOT
place it around the neck, even
as a ga1ne.

In the end of a length of cord or rope, make a
I flattened-out 'S' or 'Z' shape.

With the working end, wrap Make sure that the third part of
2 the twin legs of the loop. 3 the cord is trapped in the groove
between the other two parts.