Page 188 - Geoffrey Budworth, Jason Dalton "The Little Book of Incredibly Useful Knots"

Strangle knot

One of a number of binding knots, originally used by millers and in granaries to tie up the necks

of flour and grain sacks, this is perhaps the neatest and most secure of the bunch. Its earliest
publication seems to have been in the 1916 Swedish knot book Om Knutar (“On Knots”) by
Hjalmar Öhrvall; but up-to-date applications include anything where a quick and temporary

seizing is required, from whipping a cut rope’s end to attaching a pencil to a clipboard.

Tie an overhand knot and tuck the working end a second time (1). Pull steadily on both ends,
allowing them to twist in opposite directions, so that the loop wraps and spirals around the
entwined knot parts (2). Pull both ends to tighten the knot, and jam it around whatever is to be
bound (3).