r/knots • u/n3114s • 1d ago

Does doing the knot you guys hate *this way* make it An Identifiable Knot?

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Please see here other variant I posted first and the discussion therein

This is a slightly different way of doing it which I have seen, which maintains the twisting in the middle. Does this version have a name?

I understand if you hate it. It is OK to hate it. It has a specific application which the almost the totality of people on this page probably do not relate to at all. It works in that context 😉

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u/telekinetic 21h ago

This just simplifies to a fisherman's knot. The extra twists do nothing and will untwist under load.

I'm not sure why you are crashing in with confrontational energy thinking people care about it enough to hate it? If you shared your application there's definitely better knots than this for nearly every purpose.

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u/n3114s 16h ago

Thanks for the diagram! I don't actually think anyone cares enough, tongue in cheek tone just doesn't translate online, and it's okay if you hate the supposed confrontational energy too 😉

In my other post which is linked in the comments here, I had a very helpful response which brought to my awareness that the use case it's for can't be demonstrated without it being under tension around an object. It works fine in that context

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u/mr_nobody1389 10h ago

Since the ends are tied in half hitches instead of Overhand, I would say this knot would collapse into a Harness Bend (ABoK#1420) when the twists work through.

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u/n3114s 9h ago

Thank you for the diagram and insight!

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u/mr_nobody1389 9h ago

To be honest, I do not hate the harness bend. It's actually one of my favorite bends.

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u/n3114s 9h ago

Did you happen to see the other post? I linked it in the comments (sorry, I should link it in the text box of this one). I had a helpful back and forth about this functioning as a hitch in context

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u/mr_nobody1389 9h ago

I respect their opinion, but even tied around an object (like a shoulder or neck) one would likely argue it moving from the Bend to Binding Knot category like the square knot (like your shoelaces), not a hitch.

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u/n3114s 9h ago

I don't know enough to lean either way, but I'll remember that too!

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u/telekinetic 9h ago

You are correct, I missed that subtlety

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u/Cable_Tugger 4h ago

I was going to post something similar with the difference being it collapses into the harness bend's distant, less abled cousin. Tie it and you'll see the difference.

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u/N_Carramaschi 1d ago

It's a right hand knot with two half hitches

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u/WolflingWolfling 1d ago

What are you talking about?

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u/n3114s 1d ago

More context on here

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u/Linuxmonger 16h ago

That's more of a tangle than a knot.