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BENDS

Heaving line bend
KNOT SCORE
If you haven’t got time to tie a racking bend (opposite), this quick and Strength
easy knot will probably do the job. Unlike the racking bend, however, the Security
heaving line bend should only be regarded as a temporary measure. One Diffi culty Tying
Diffi culty Untying
exception to this rule is on a Japanese three-stringed shamisen, where it is
Usefulness
used to attach the strings to silk eyes at the base of the instrument.

1 The heaving line bend is used 2 Put a bight in the end of the thick 3 Pass the working end of the thin
to join two lines of very different line, and place the working end of line around the standing part of the
diameters, eg heaving line and the thin line over it. thick line, and tuck it over itself.
mooring line – or shamisen string
and silk eye.

4 Tuck the working end under the
initial turn. Tighten the knot by
pulling both parts of the thick line
and the standing part of the thin
line in opposite directions.

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