> I have found the two types of climbing knots especially useful in >non-climbing contexts over the years: butterfly knot (a way of tying a loop in >the middle of a rope) and what I think is now commonly called the double water >knot (much better than the sheet bend for tying two ropes together). > I use the water knot for tubular webbing rather than rope. For that material it works better than any other knot I've tried. I also make extensive use of the family of knots based on the figure-eight knot. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Jan 08 2000 - 22:53:08 PST
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