-
required is a
smart pull on the end of the
rope,
which withdraws the loop and
causes the knot to
spill instantly. A
slip knot may be tied in the
bight as readily...
- the
strictest sense, to a
stopper or **** at the end of a
rope to keep that end from
slipping through a
grommet or eye.
Knots have
excited interest since...
- The blue
rope (right) is half-hitched
through and
around a
bight of the red
rope (left) in this
sheet bend. The
final tuck of this
slipped buntline hitch...
- The
rope-a-dope is a
boxing fighting technique in
which one
contender leans against the
ropes of the
boxing ring to draw non-injuring
offensive punches...
-
sheepshank so it will not
slip out, the
middle rope is sliced. This
allows climbers rappelling down
cliff faces to keep most of the
rope used for the rappel...
- does not
slip. If it
slipped, it
would not
function as an eye - it
would act like a noose. A
flake refers to any
number of
turns in a
coiled rope. Likewise...
- knot, p**** the
running end of the
rope through it, and tighten. A
lariat loop is
similarly constructed but will not
slip from the
running end. To tie a lariat...
-
rope is tied with a
slip knot that can be
quickly released if the
animal panics. However, in
cases where a non-
slip knot is tied, or if a soft
rope is...
- is an
ancient and
simple knot used to form a
fixed loop at the end of a
rope. It has the
virtues of
being both easy to tie and untie; most notably, it...
-
knots intended to stop a
rope from unravelling. As it can
slip off the
rope easily, the
common whipping should not be used for
rope ends that will be handled...
