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BINDING KNOTS

1229. The BUNTLlNE HITCH serves well as a JAM KNOT. It consists

of a CLOVE HITCH tied around its own standing part in the opposite

way to which Two HALF HITCHES are taken.

1230. The MAGNUS or ROLLING HITCH may be tied in the way

pictured with the round tum outside and the HALF HITCH within

the encompassing circuit of the knot. This is the reverse of the MID-

SHIPMAN'S HITCH. Cotton brokers used to carry their samples in a

large roll of paper tied about with either this or a worse knot,

this being the best for the purpose.

The knot, having been placed around the roll, was pulled snug

and there it stayed until it was time to open, when all that was

required to slacken it was to grasp the knot and slide it down the

cord. When the package was rewrapped the knot was once more

slid into position to tighten it.

1231. An original knot which answers the same purpose as the

fanner. It is simple to tie and easy to untie. , '230

1232. Another which belongs in the class with $ 1228 and $ 1229

but is not so secure as $ 1230 and $ 123 I.

BUTCHER's KNOTS belong among the knots given here. They have

the general characteristics of KNOTS $ I 228-$ 1232. They do not,

however, hold fast until the standing part has been half hitched

around the end. The method of doing this, and a number of the

knots, are to be found among the vocational knots of Chapter 2.

1233. We have now come to the second variety of BINDER KNOTS 1"23'

in which the rope passes twice or more around an object or objects

and the ends are tucked under the turns.

The "DIPLOMA KNOT" is tied around an object of cylindrical

form, mainly for decorative purposes.

Take three turns around the cylinder, the second and third turns

crossing the first in left diagonals.

Lead the working end across the standing end. Tuck to the ri ht

under the second and third turns and then to the left under the rst

turn. The cord is further tucked as shown in the doubled line of the

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second drawing. As it stands now it is an excellent BINDER KNOT.

1234. Continue from $ 1233 and tuck the ends as indicated by the

single line arrows in the second drawing to form the double lines

of the third drawing. Then tuck both ends again across the knot as

shown by the arrows in the third drawing.

Draw up the knot carefully and tautly. The ends may be left long

and knotted or else tasseled, or they may be trimmed flush. If tied

in soft wire of gold or platinum a handsome ring is formed.

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