Real Knots - Pole Shift Survival Information
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Roper's Knot Pages - Bends - Reef knot<br />
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The Bends<br />
Standard copyrights and disclaimer.<br />
The Reef Knot<br />
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Ropers Knot Page<br />
The reef-knot is a bend. There is a page on bends.<br />
The Reef Knot or Square Knot General<br />
The reef-knot is only useful in simple applications. Ashley says "it is a true<br />
Binder Knot, for which it is admirable, but under no circumstances should it be<br />
used as a bend." It is easy tied and will not jam, so it is always easy to untie. It is<br />
used to tie packages, and as a base for he shoe-bow. Sailors used it for binding<br />
rolled sails or better reefed sails. And that is where it got its english name from.<br />
Americans call it the square knot. Probably because it looks square, or because it was much used on<br />
square-rigged-ships, but that is a total guess of me.<br />
Its relatives, the granny, the thief-knot and the what-knot all have their purposes, but not as a trustful<br />
knot.<br />
The reef-knot on the WEB.<br />
Related knots<br />
The Granny.<br />
This knot is dangerous, and untrustful. One moment is slips the other it jams. It<br />
is best to ban it out from your habits.<br />
The granny on the WEB.<br />
The Thief Knot.<br />
http://www.realknots.com/knots/reefk.htm (1 of 2) [7/1/2004 12:30:50 PM]
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