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Butterfly bend
A lot of loop knots can be converted into bends. This adaptation of the alpine butterfly loop (see
pages 90–91) seems to have emerged, in 1975, from the brain and hands of American master
rigger Brion Toss, who originally called it the Strait bend (after the Strait of Juan de Fuca in the
Pacific North-west). It is strong and secure, neither slipping nor jamming.
Form two interlocked loops of opposite handedness (that is, where the two entwined parts spiral in
opposite directions), exactly as shown (1). Bring each working end in turn to the front of the knot
and tuck it down through the central space common to both loops (2, 3). Tighten the couple of
interlaced overhand knots that are the result (4, 5).
