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The chonmage (丁髷) is a type of traditional Japanese topknot haircut worn by men. It is most commonly associated with the Edo period (1603–1868) and samurai, and in recent times with sumo wrestlers. It was originally a method of using hair to hold a samurai kabuto helmet steady atop the head in battle, and became a status symbol among ...
All of the maneuvers to tie this knot are generally in the opposite (or 'anti' direction) relative to the bowline. After forming the 'nipping loop' with C & D (which can be formed as 'S' or 'Z' chirality) the working end is fed through that loop from the same side A as the outgoing eye leg C.
A stopper knot, while serving to keep the loose end tidy, will only help to prevent failure of the primary knot, and does not act as a secondary safety knot by itself. It is sometimes said that if enough of a tail is left to tie a stopper knot, the stopper becomes unnecessary.
The loop may pass around or through an object during the making of the knot. The knot tightens when loaded at (pulled by) the standing part of the line. The bowline is commonly used in sailing small craft, for example to fasten a halyard to the head of a sail or to tie a jib sheet to a clew of a jib. The bowline is well known as a rescue knot ...
This knot can be used to provide a toe hold in the middle of a rope; to make an emergency bosun's chair; [5] [6] and to create an upper rope "block" to make a crude purchase by threading the rope round an anchor point and then back up through the loop.
Useful for fine or slippery line, it is one of the few loop knots which holds well in bungee cord; Arbor knot – attach fishing line to the arbor of a fishing reel; Artillery loop a.k.a. a Manharness knot – a knot with a loop on the bight for non-critical purposes; Ashley's bend – used to securely join the ends of two ropes together
The double bowline is one of the typical tie-in knots used in climbing, along with the figure eight follow through [3] [4] and the Yosemite bowline. [5] The advantage of the double bowline over the figure 8 is that it is easier to untie after being weighted in a fall, [3] [4] and so is used by sport climbers who take multiple lead falls and then have trouble untying their figure eights.
Tie a bowline in the end of a line with a small loop, and by appearance one then passes the standing part through the loop to form the noose. However, this method of forming the noose is practicable only for a short piece of line.