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Handcuff knot

This multipurpose knot can be used to make a temporary fireman’s rescue chair knot, to hobble

live animals so that they do not stray, or even to sling dead carcasses to enable them to be
carried.

Throw a couple of loops (one overhand, the other underhand) and overlap them (1). Draw the
right-hand one down through the left, and the left-hand one up through the right (2). Pull the

loops in opposite directions to tighten the knot (3); pull one or both of the ends to adjust the size of
the loops.