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The Angler’s Loop is an easy to tie fixed loop. It is also known as the Perfection Loop, a name it earned for the ability to tie the loop perfectly in line with the standing end. It’s [...]

The Spanish Bowline contains two adjustable loops, joined by the same rope. It was originally used as a rescue knot, where the person being rescued would hold on to the loops while the rescuer [...]

The Englishman’s Loop (also known as the Fisherman’s Eye) is a fixed loop made with two varieties of the Overhand Knot and is essentially a looped version of the Fisherman’s [...]

The Portuguese Bowline is essentially a Bowline with two loops. It can be used with two equal sized loops as a reinforced Bowline. Another option is to have either two different sized loops or [...]

The Lanyard Knot (also known as Diamond Knot or Friendship Knot) is a decorative knot that’s used, as the name suggests, to add grip to a lanyard. It can be tied to join two separate ropes, [...]

The Bowline is the first knot anyone should learn before going out to sea (or life for that matter). It’s great for attaching lines to sails, hooks, clips, poles and harnesses just to name [...]