Page 56 - Jim Whippy - Reeds Knot Handbook

Inuit is a term for an Eskimo from North America and
Greenland and for that reason this knot is often mistakenly
referred to as the Eskimo bowline. Its other name is the Boas
bowline, after an American anthropologist by the name of
Frank Boas, who recorded this knot being used by the Inuits of
Baffin Island in 1907. Another reference to this early knot
was by the Arctic explorer Sir John Ross, who brought an Inuit BowlInes and Bends
sled back to England. On the sled the rawhide lashings were
tied with this knot.
The Inuit knot has a fixed loop that makes it more secure
than the common bowline, especially in synthetic lines. This
knot is best used in situations where a loop is required at the
end of a rope and in which the loop is going to be stretched
wide.

3
Keeping the working
B
end (A) inside the
loop, tighten the knot
by gently pulling the
standing end and the
A outer edge of loop B to
gradually remove the
slack.
4
The knot will tighten and
leave you with a stable
and secure loop.

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