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.
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Tying onto a ring. -
| Overhand knot with draw-loop | |
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| Category | Hitch |
| ABoK | 52 |
The Overhand Noose[3] is sometimes used as a Slip Knot to form the loops of a Trucker's Hitch, or as a Stopper. Double Noose is used in arboriculture to fix a rope to a carabiner. Today this knot is mistakenly named like Barrel Hitch.
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Make an eye, the working end is shown on the right. -
Bring the eye left and down, in front of the standing part. -
Pull the standing part through the eye, forming a bight. The working end is shown below the standing end. -
Tighten
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Day, Cyrus (1986). The Art of Knotting and Splicing, 4th Edition. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. pp. 36 (Knot #15). ISBN 0-87021-062-9. [first edition 1947]
- ^ Ashley, Clifford W.. The Ashley Book of Knots. Published by Faber and Faber, 1993 — #52 — p14 — ISBN 9780571096596
- ^ Day. The Art of Knotting and Splicing, 4th Edition. pp. 84 (Knot #88).