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recommend an alternative finish when you are using a slippery rope
(figure 19.2), whereby after tying the standard basic hitch (figure 19.1) you
tuck back the working end into the lay of the standing part.
Buntline hitch: originally used to secure the buntline ropes on old square
riggers, but today it is most often used to knot a neck tie. Take the tie
around your neck, bringing the working end, in this instance the longer
(and wider) end, over the standing part before making a turn around it.
Now bring the end up through the bight around your neck, and then tuck
it down under the last turn made around the standing part.
figure 19.1
