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The Surgeon’s Knot is a easy to tie knot and a slight modification of the Reef Knot. It has an extra twist (or you could throw in even more twists if you like) making it a bit more secure [...]

Sailmaker’s Whipping is an easy way the whip the ends of laid rope that doesn’t require a needle or palm. Loops are used to “embrace” and hold down each strand, making it a very [...]

The Icicle Hitch is a knot used to hang a load off a pole. As long as the load is constant and hanging parallel to the pole, you could even use a tapered pole and hitch should hold, hence the [...]

The Oysterman’s Knot (also known as the Ashley’s Stopper Knot) is a stopper knot developed by knot expert Clifford Ashley. It is quite a bulky knot, good for stopping a rope from [...]

The Sheepshank Knot is a knot used to shorten a length of rope or to protect a damaged section of rope by keeping tension off it. The Sheepshank Knot is highly likely to slip and come undone. It [...]