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BENDS
of reindeer marrowbone. One end of sinew rope is rove through a
hole across the knucklebone. The other end has a loop which is thrust
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into the end of the bone and buttoned to a carved stud inside the base
of the coupling. The drawing was taken from the Smithsonian Mu-
seum Report of 1900.
1540. There are many different ways of lacing a belt drive. The
way given here is characteristic and simple. The left illustration
represents the grain side of the leather, which comes in contact with
the drive wheel. With the skived side uppermost, lace up through I,
down through 2, etc. The two ends are left out at I and 16 respec- 153S
tively and are cut off "long."
1541. A direct way of joining two wire ends. The ends are led
past each other and each end is twisted in two layers (with both
ground and riding turns) around the standing part of the other end.
Three or four ground turns are led away from the center, then the 15"31
riding turns are led back toward the center. The two ends should
be twisted in opposite ways so that they cannot "corkscrew" and
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come apart.
1542. The skater's chain grip illustrates how t\vo hands should be
bent together in rescuing someone who has fallen through the ice.
Fingernails should first be close-pared.
1543. The POLICE-LINE KNOT is recommended for holding back a
crowd or for use when kissing the Blarney Stone.
The following table gives the results obtained in the security tests that
were described on page 16. The knots are listed in the order of their
security, the most insecure being mentioned first. The left column gives
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the average number of jerks necessary to make a knot of each kind spill.
1.0 WHATNOT (# 1407)
2.6 SINGLE CARRICK BEND A (# 1445)
3. GRANNY KNOT (# 1442 )
4.5 SINGLE CARRICK BEND B (# 1443 ) Is-qo 1540
4.6 SINGLE CARRICK BEND C (# 1444)
12.2 THIEF KNOT (# 1207)
14.6 LEFT-HAND SHEET BEND (# 1432)
19. REEF KNOT (# 1441)
19.6 CARRICK BE:-;D, both ends on same side of knot (# 1428)
22.3 SHEET BEND (# 1431 ) , 4t
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22.8 OVERHAND BEND in left-twistcd yarn (#155 )
25.8 WHATNOT, jammed (# 1406)
30.9 HARNESS BEND, single (# 1474)
33.1 OVERHAND BEND, left-handed in left-twist yarn (# [557)
36.2 DOUBLE SHEET BEND (# 1434) .
42.9 ENGLISHMAN'S or WATERMAN'S K;-';OT (#14[4) 1\" , .'
70.8 CARRICK BEND, with diagonal pull (# [439)
100. RING KNOT (#1412) Slight slip but did not spill.
100. BARREL KNOT (#1413) No slip. 15'42. '5"43
100. (213/34) (#1452) No slip.
Some readers may be surpri5ed to find the SHEET BEND with so low a
rating, but these tests were made in exceptionally slippery material. The
SHEET BEND is the most practical of bends and quite secure enough for
ordinary purposes. The SINGLE CARRICK BENDS (#1443, #1444, #[445)
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are among the least secure of all bends, and depend almost entirely on
their seizings for whatever security they possess.
1544. A swivel may be added to a rope by utilizing two small 15
boards nailed together at right angles. Three holes are to be bored
and a TVI. .. TTHEW WALKER KNOT with a collar and a leather washer is
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needed. The swivel is improved if three rim holes are bored. A
BOWLINE is made through two of the holes and the end is \cd to the
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third hole and knotted.
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