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Reindeer knot.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...313#post158013
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...172#post141611
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...220#post145920
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...573#post139468

Or the Sampan Hitch...

Eek. I was taught never to cross line over your body when tying. If something heavy or strong, think horse or cargo, were to move suddenly, it could be surgical.

[QUOTE=Jon;158604]Reindeer knot.

but from here it looks rather like tying a bowline one handed

with a release hitch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H85cMlvwwXA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H85cMlvwwXA


youtube link isn't working....?

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Originally Posted by neilbourjaily

Eek. I was taught never to cross line over your body when tying. If something heavy or strong, think horse or cargo, were to move suddenly, it could be surgical.

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I was going to say, I've never been fond of rope-tying techniques that require even the briefest entrapment of body parts – and for that very reason.