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Diamond knot
KNOT SCORE
Nothing flash about this knot, which has been around since at least 1769. Strength

It’s based on that old sailor’s favourite, the carrick bend (page 88), Security
although only the most ardent knot-tyer would recognise it in this form. Diffi culty Tying
Diffi culty Untying
Use it as a component in making a knife lanyard, or simply as an alternative
Usefulness
stop in the end of a line.

1 Seize the line a distance 12 times 2 Turn down the ends, and stop 3 Select one of the strands, and pass
its diameter from the end, and tease them just below the seizing. it over the strand immediately to its
the strands apart. If using traditional right, and under the next one.
rope (as shown), the strands will
need to be stopped with twine.
KNOT KNOW-HOW

Knots such as the diamond and
(famously) the footrope knot (page 206)
were tied in footropes hung below the
yards, to prevent sailors’ feet slipping. To
do this, the line was unlaid from one end
to the middle. Stopper knots were then
tied at suitable intervals and the rope
relaid. The process was then repeated
from the other end of the line.

5 Remove the stop, and tighten the
knot, working it up hard against
the seizing.

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