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A stopper knot (or simply stopper) is a knot that creates a fixed thicker point on an otherwise-uniform thickness rope for the purpose of preventing the rope, at that point, from slipping through a narrow passage, such as a hole in a block. To pass a rope through a block, or hole, is to reeve it.
The slip knot is a stopper knot which is easily undone by pulling the tail (working end). The slip knot is related to the running knot , which will release when the standing end is pulled. Both knots are identical and are composed of a slipped overhand knot , where a bight allows the knot to be released by pulling on an end; the working end for ...
Ashley's stopper knot, also known as the oysterman's stopper, is a knot developed by Clifford W. Ashley around 1910. It makes a well-balanced trefoil-faced stopper at the end of the rope, giving greater resistance to pulling through an opening than other common stoppers.
Slip knot; Stevedore knot; U. Underwriter's knot; W. Wall and crown knot This page was last edited on 24 April 2013, at 23:39 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
A slipped half hitch [1] [2] is a knot in which the weight of the load the rope carries depresses the loop sufficiently to keep it in place until the load item is placed in its location. When no longer required the free end may be pulled and draw the loop through and so release the load.
The halter hitch is topologically the same knot as the Falconer's knot, i. e. a slipped overhand knot around the main part. [3] The falconer has to tie the same knot one handed, throwing the end around the anchor object (the perch), gripping it with a scissoring fingers act, pulling the bight from opposite side of the main part using the back of the thumb.