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Tayside Slipknot (Fig. 44)

FIGURE 44. A-H. Tayside slipknot.

FIGURE 44. (Continued)
The Tayside knot was initially used as a fishing knot in Scotland.

 The post limb should be one half the length of the loop limb.
 Make an overhand throw around the post (Fig. 44A ).
 Pass the tail of the loop over and around the post distal (further from the joint) than the initial
throw. Make sure to leave a “hole” between the two loops (Fig. 44B ).
 Wrap the loop around the post again distal to the previous throw (Fig. 44C ).
 For the third time, wrap the loop around the post distal to the previous throw (Fig. 44D ).
 Pass the tail of the loop behind and through the “hole” created in step 3. This will create a large
loop (Fig. 44E ).
 Than pass the tail over and through the large loop created in step 6 (Fig. 44F ).
 Tension the knot by gently pulling on both the loop and the post strands simultaneously.
 Advance the knot by pulling on the post limb while pushing the knot with the knot pusher on the
post strand (Fig. 44G ).
 Switch the knot pusher to the loop strand and cinch the knot down by past pointing while pulling
tension on the post strand (Fig. 44H ).

The Tayside knot was shown to be inferior to the Melzer knot but superior to the Roeder knot, Blood knot,
and Cross Square knot (33 ).