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THE ASHLEY BOOK OF KNOTS

1694. The STRAP HITCH or BALE SLING HITCH is the most secure

of all hitches, since it has no ends to untie. Moreover it cannot jam,

being one of the easiest of hitches to loosen. It is used in rigging

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straps, in cargo slings and in elastic bands.

1695. The DOUBLE STRAP HITCH is tied in hand by drawing a bight

from the standing part through the DOUBLE Loop already formed.

U sedjnlongshorefishing gear.

1696. A KNOTTED STRAP HITCH which cannot untie. Add a HALF

HITCH close outside the bight. It is found on lobster, eel and crab

pots.

1697. The KELLIG HITCH, also called SLINGSTONE HITCH, is found

on lobster- and crab-pot gear, where it is secured to the stones by

I 6'J 1 which the pots are anchored.

1698. STRAP AND BECKET HITCH is one of the commonest methods

of fastening slings, halyards and other gear, both standing and run-

ning. In standing rigging most hitches are seized. .

1699. A RUNNING EYE is a neat hitch of the same basic sort as the

last by which tyes, studding-sail halyards, stays, and other gear are

made fast to different spars. The EYE SPLICE, which is generally

served over, is held in place while the whole length of the line is rove

through it. But if a Loop KNOT should be used for a similar purpose

(temporary) it may be tied in the standing end directly around the

17 00 standing part so that no reeving is required.

1700. A LONG RUNNING EYE serves a similar purpose and is easier

to adjust. The great length of the eye allows a whole coil of line

to be passed through it at one time, dispensing with the tedious

reeving required for the previous knot. It is used on yards in bending

and furling sail, and is tied to the lead on a sounding line.

1701. A PENDANT HITCH consists of a hooked round turn and is

"hitched" to a yard. Here the verb hitch is nautically correct as a

hook is always "hitched," although a rope may not be. A quarter

170' 1,03 tackle is made fast in this manner and is used for getting aboard

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provIsions.

1702. A STUDDING-SAIL HALYARD STRAP consists of a short selvagee

made about the standing end of a studding-sail halyard. A button-

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and-eye fastening is made which is quickly and easily put in or

cast off.

1703. A permanent strap is a convenient arrangement for hooking

a block to a yard .

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1704. A LEATHER STRAP HITCH, used for various purposes ashore.

The end is rove through the slit as.~ 1699.

1106 1705. Another STRAP HITCH. This must be slipped over the end

of the object to which it is fastened. Take a strap, soften the leather

in warm water, and cut two parallel slits dividing the strap into three

equal parts. Double the strap back across the two slits and twist or

slue each of the three bights that are formed one half a turn. Reeve

the cylinder through them and pound smooth.

1706. Continuing from ~I705, remove the cylinder, take the free

end of the strap and stick it through the three loops from ri ht to

left, keeping the hide or grain side to the front. Draw up firm y and

carefully until it fits the cylinder snugly in the form pictured and

then pound the knot smooth. This is given by Lester Griswold in

Handicraft, which is a very informative book that is very well

illustrated.

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