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figure 18.4

Buntline fisherman’s bend: secures slippery ropes when a bucket hitch or
fisherman’s bend is not sufficient. The knot is formed by starting with a
bucket hitch (see page 24), to the point after the end has been worked
tight and before a half hitch is made on the standing part. Take the end

down around the standing part, then back across itself towards the initial
round turn, before taking a second turn around the standing part in the
same direction as the first. Then tuck the end up between the turns,
forming a clove hitch (figure 19.1). The knot can then be worked tight. We