Page 167 - The Ashley Book of Knots

THE ASHLEY BOOK OF KNOTS

855. Make a double crown with the lead followed above. Next,

tie a wall below the double crown, and finally lead the ends above

the double crown and tuck them down at the center. The top of

this knot is pronouncedly triangular. Like ~854, this is decorative

but not very practical.

856. Another interpretation is given here of Steel's TACK KNOT

(Vol. I, p. 180, Seamanship and Rigging, 1794). It consists of a triple

crown and a double wall.

Crown three strands, and wall below them. Follow both the crown

8SS and wall once around on the outside. Then lead the ends parallel

again to the outside of the crown, and tuck down to the stem. This

knot is very frequently tied but is usually unrecognized, being taken

for the MANROPE KNOT. Taper, fay, and serve the ends as in ~846.

857. Bushell, in speaking of the DOUBLE WALL KNOT, says: "Some

people will crown them, but there is no need of it." This shows the

DOUBLE WALL crowned and then the whole knot doubled as a unit.

The DOUBLE WALL is first tied as ~67 5, and the crown is super-

imposed. If the CROWN KNOT is undoubled, the result is a ROSE KNOT.

Doubled, this knot has a triple wall and a double crown. Compare

it with the preceding knot (~856). In the former the crown is triple

and the wall is double.

858. A distinctive RECTANGULAR KNOT of four strands. Crown the

four strands to the right, and then wall them to the left. After this

tuck each end to the right, through the bight of the original crown,

and finally down to the stem. Like many another good knot, this

one must be gentled into shape. Work slowly, and tighten each part

a little only at a time.

859. First crown three or four strands, and then tie a SINGLE MAT-

THEW WALKER KNOT. Follow the lead above the initial crown and

8S1 tuck the ends down at the center.

Ends of MULTI-STRAND BUTTONS are generally tucked out at the

stem and cut off flush; but on occasion, if a large lanyard is wished

with a small knot, three or four loose strands may be seized together

and the knot tied, after which the ends and standing part are laid up

together, making six or eight strands (or any even number), and a

SIX- or EIGHT-STRAND SINNET is formed of the aggregate, leaving no

ends to be trimmed.

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