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Slip & nip loop
KNOT SCORE
There’s a certain deliberate logic to this knot which is fascinating to knot- Strength
tyers: the two turns act like a pair of jaws, which ‘bite’ the end more tightly Security
the more weight is applied to the loop. And there’s an echo of the bowline Diffi culty Tying
Diffi culty Untying
(page 112) in the way the knot can be broken by pulling the two loops
Usefulness
apart. For the rest of us, it’s just a jolly useful, all-round noose.

1 Put an underhand loop in the end 2 Take a turn around the loop 3 Pass the working end around the
of the line. with the working end, in the loop again, as if taking another turn,
same direction. but this time tuck the end over the
standing part as you go under the knot.

4 The working end should emerge 5 Tighten the knot. This picture
between the two turns on the shows the other side of the knot
standing part. after tightening, clearly showing the
end trapped between the two ‘jaws’,
or turns.

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