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Рыбацкий узел | Fisherman’s Knot

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Рыбацкий узел | Fisherman’s Knot

A fisherman's knot is used to semi-permanently join the ends of two ropes together.

Pros: Creates a good strong connection between two ropes of approximately the same diameter.

Cons (...or possibly Pros in this case...:) It will bind (be very difficult to undo), but that is kind of the point, so no worries.

Rope Needed

Two 30′ (~9m) piece of Natural and Blue 6mm

Prerequisites

Steps

01

Start with the ends of the rope you wish to join

02

With the first rope, tie a double overhand knot around the other rope, thus…

03

Continue to wrap the end around the rope

04

…and tuck it through both wraps

05

Tighten

06

Do the same thing with the other end

07

Pull the two lines together so that the over hand knots meet. Now pull very, very hard to lock down the fisherman’s knot. This will form a very secure join between the two ends of a knot.

This kind of knot, the fisherman’s bend, is subject to binding. Meaning that it will get very difficult to undo. But you typically only use this knot when you’re trying to semi-permanently join the ends of two ropes together so binding is ok. This is great to create the loops I use in the Prusik Anchor and the Redmayne Catch.

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