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and fishing line. Although this knot creates a very secure

bend in cord, twine, and monofilaments, it almost always
tightens irretrievably in small lines. Water knots in webbing
may have a tendency to creep apart and should be used in

climbing with at least 3 inches of tail on both ends and/or
with the tails fixed with adhesive tape.

Webbing is known as tape to some, and this knot is called
by those same people the tape knot. Hutton’s Dictionary,

published in 1815, referred to this knot as the ring knot, and
it may also be known as the ring bend. Older publications

call it the gut knot, an indication that it has been around a
long time, certainly long before synthetic lines.