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BENDS

         Figure-eight bend


         If the overhand bend (opposite) isn’t as secure as you’d like it to be, you   KNOT SCORE
         might think adding another turn would improve matters. But you’d be   Strength
         wrong. The reason the fi gure-eight is so useful as a stopper knot is that,   Security
         unlike a simple overhand knot, it can almost always be untied. Use the   Diffi culty Tying
                                                                            Diffi culty Untying
         fi gure-eight bend if you want a quick, easy way of tying two lines together
                                                                            Usefulness
         which defi nitely won’t jam.






















         1 Tie a fi gure-eight (page 150)   2 Take a turn around the other line’s  3 Carry on around, following the
         in one of the lines, and insert the   standing part and tuck the working   lead of the fi rst fi gure-eight. The
         working end of the other line    end under itself.               working end should come out next
         through the end loop.                                            to the other line’s standing part.
                                                                          Tighten the knot.
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