Re: [Paddlewise] A knot that is adjustable, but holds under tension?

>  holds under tension, yet can be slid
> more open or closed when the line is slack...sort of a hangman's knot-looking
> thing

for the mother of all knot lists:
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/knotlink.htm

try searching on "prusik" or "prussik"
here is a page illustrating couple of variations:
http://www.climbing.ie/knots.html


in general a multiple fisherman knot is the basis of a prusik.
try making a fisherman knot, then try making a double fisherman knot, then a
triple, a quadruple, and so on.
when you do a variation of a fisherman knot with multiple wraps around, you'll
have something which can hold under tension but be slid when slack
a good animation of a double fisherman knot is at
http://www.une.edu.au/~unemc/dbfish.htm

Cheers,
Richard Culpeper

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