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In this variation, the clove hitch
structure has been tied in reverse
(compare to figure 10).
Figure 11a
The clove hitch structure may be Figure 11b
prone to jamming (testing
required to confirm).
Nipping loops
[ ] History/first use data
unknown.
Reversed Water Reversed Water
Bowline
Bowline
[Detail view] [Conventional view]
In this variation, a constrictor
Figure 12a hitch (ABoK #1249) is used Figure 12b
instead of the clove hitch.
[ ] History: The first known
description of the Constrictor
Nipping loop
hitch occurs in Tom Bowling's
1866 work, The Book of Knots
where it was called the “Gunner's
knot”.
Constrictor
hitch
Constrictor Bowline Constrictor Bowline
[Detail view] [Conventional view]
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