Figure Four Bend
Hi All,
This is a text file that will be crossposted to both rec.crafts.knots and to alt.binaries. In alt.binaries, it will have the scans of the knot attached. That is why there are tying instructions in this file. I've updated the scans to include text on tying the knots with the scan, but the text in this article may assist you in grasping the method of tying the knot. I have announced this knot here before, but am doing so again to coincide with a general posting of all my knots to alt.binaries. The scans of this knot on alt.binaries are some newer, smaller, and updated versions of the ones on Peter Suber's web site http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/knotgrfx/gallery.htm. If your news server does not get binary groups, let me know by e-mail and I'll send you a package with all the knots. I've "rediscovered" (one supposes) this knot that I think will prove most valuable. At any rate, I have not seen it in any of my references, though they do not include the book on symmetrical bends. This knot is, I believe, the strongest bend that can be untied by hand after the rope has been stressed to the breaking point. The knot is composed of two interlinked figure eights with only the two outer loops interconnected. In destructive testing, a Hunter's bend always failed, when tied in series with what I call a 'Figure Four' bend (half of a figure eight bend). After the Hunter's bend failed, the Figure Four was capable of being untied by hand. It's as easy to untie as a Zeppelin Bend, but much stronger. Start by tying a figure eight knot in the left-hand rope with the end pointing down or away from you. Then feed the right-hand end down and through the outermost loop of the left-hand figure eight, passing around the left-hand end 'B' as in fig. 1. Complete the right-hand figure eight as shown by passing end 'A' over end 'B', under 'C', around and through the center loops from below. Ends 'A' and 'B' will then pass through the center loops in opposite directions as in fig. 2. Tighten and dress the knot and the result will be the finished knot as shown in fig. 3. Regards, O J Gritmon |
Oh, Your Gallery is Excellent! Thank You!
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