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figure 114.1

figure 114.2

Form a bight in the line, make a half hitch (see page 91), turn it and place
it over the bight (figure 114.1). Make another half hitch, turn that and
place it over the other end. The knot is now complete (figure 114.2), but
remember to hold it in position until the rope has taken the strain. Any
damaged part of rope you are trying to bypass should be in the central

section of rope, between the two loops. For additional security the bights
can be seized to the standing parts.

Sheep shank (from Tom Fool’s knot): another way of forming a sheep
shank, its only advantage being that the Tom Fool’s knot holds the three
parts together in an enlarged sheep shank.

figure 115.1

figure 115.2

First form a Tom Fool’s knot (see page 173) (figure 115.1), and finish it as