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LOOPS

Ichabod knot
KNOT SCORE
Another sliding noose, this one designed for that very purpose. Legend has Strength
it that it was used as a hangman’s noose at Newcastle jail in Delaware, USA, Security
and was also used by local farmers to tether cows. It can be used as a Diffi culty Tying
Diffi culty Untying
hitch, to a rail or spar. Or you can pass the standing part through the loop
Usefulness
and turn it into a ‘running ichabod’, like the running bowline (opposite).

1 Put a bight in the end of the line, 2 Take a turn around both legs of 3 Take another turn around both
and pass the working end over the the bight. legs of the bight.
standing part.

4 Tighten the turns so that the 5 Tuck the working end through the 6 Tighten the knot. It should slide
first turn makes a loop at the top of loop, so that it emerges next to the up and down the standing part with

the knot. standing part. some resistance, depending on how
you wish to use it.

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