slipover clovehitch - sucking eggs

[dylanwinter]

I am sure you all know this one.....

 

[VicS]

NOw .... without looking it up ... film a "bowline on the bight"

 

[skip50]

NOw .... without looking it up ... film a "bowline on the bight"

Please sir, please sir, I could. But I'm not clever enough to post a video, demonstrating said skill.

 

[dylanwinter]

NOw .... without looking it up ... film a "bowline on the bight"

 

[Uricanejack]

Can you slip one over an egg?

 

[robertj]

Can you slip one over an egg?

Impressed with self saving bowline not seen it that way.
Try a parachute not for lifting someone in the upright position. It's better than a bowline on the bight.

 

[VicS]

Bowline on the bight

 

[dylanwinter]

Bowline on the bight

I can see that it would not slip

but am amazed that it will not tighten

must have a play and put some strain on it

D

 

[VicS]

I can see that it would not slip

but am amazed that it will not tighten

must have a play and put some strain on it

D

According to Grog it does not slip or bind. He says because the method of tying is not obvious it was one of the knots responsible for him compiling the animations.

Can be used as an emergency bosuns chair ... one leg in each loop!

Known how to tie it for a long time... never used it though.

http://www.animatedknots.com/bowlin...ge=LogoGrog.jpg&Website=www.animatedknots.com

 

[rob2]

I believe the trad term is a Cast Clovehitch - particularly useful if you are easing a line around a bollard, once adjusted you simply cast a second turn over the bollard.

Rob.

 

[Graham_Wright]

That's a left-handed one.

 

[Ruffles]

From memory there are two other knots you can make in the same way. They differ by the way you twist the loops over. One is the Italian hitch which is useful for abseiling if you only have a carabiner. The other is a larks foot.

 

[DaveS]

One is the Italian hitch which is useful for abseiling if you only have a carabiner.

The "classic" abseil requires only the rope - no need for any hardware, harness, etc. OTOH you must wear a shirt with a collar or you can get a nasty rope burn on your neck. (Why do I know this?)