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CHAPTER 9: KNOB KNOTS. MULTI-STRAND , •

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THE MANROPE KNOT (Sailors' Work Rhyme)

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Steel (1794) and Lever (1808) both speak of BUTIONS being put •

through beckets and clews, to secure the standing ends of running

rigging. Steel describes the knot that was then customarily used as

a "WALNUT KNOT, crowned," and Lever as a "DOUBLE WALLED , • . "

KNOT, double crowned."

MULTI-STRAND BUTION KNOTS are the last variety of KNOB KNOT

to be discussed. Like the knots of preceding chapters, their purpose

is to prevent unreeving, but unlike SINGLE-STRAND KNOTS, MULTI-

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STRAND KNOTS are never untied. Wherever they are put, the re-

main fixtures. The strands of MULTI-STRAND BUTIONS are most

always canvas-covered before the knots are tied. After they are tied

the canvas covering is generally filled (hardwood filler) and ainted, ...

often in several colors; for although their purpose is essential y prac-

tical, the knots are usually tied where they will also serve dec-

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The knots which form this chapter are, with the exception of the ,,,f.;-.-

STAR, of the built-up variety, being generally a combination of two

elementary knots. The CROWN KNOT is almost invariably one of the

two component knots, and the WALL KNOT, in a majority of cases,

is the other. But the DIAMOND KNOT is also common, and there are

several other knots that are occasionally used in combination with

the CROWN. With these few basic forms, many different combina-

tions are possible. The "lay" of these knots is usually doubled or

tripled, and there is considerable latitude in the ways in which this

may be done.

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