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Bends Double Fisherman’s Knot
This is the preferred knot to use for joining nylon
A bend is a knot that joins two ropes or lengths
of cord together. These knots are used to tie your cord into a loop to make a cordelette. It is also a
cordelette into a loop, and also to tie two ropes very secure knot to tie two ropes together for a
together for rappelling. double-rope rappel, but can be difficult to untie.
Figure Eight Bend Triple Fisherman’s Knot
A variation of the figure eight follow-through, this For 5mm- and 6mm-diameter high-tech cord
knot can be used to tie two ropes together. It has (i.e., Spectra, Dyneema, Technora), a triple fisher-
superior strength and is easy to untie after it has man’s knot tests slightly stronger than the double
been weighted. It is simply a retraced figure eight. fisherman’s.
On 9mm- to 11mm-diameter rope, tie it with the
tails a minimum of 5 inches long.
The figure eight bend.
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