(Brian Grimley) wrote in message . com...
I have also seen this knot call the
"Three Quarter Figure of Eight Loop". However, it seems to me the
"Inline Figure of Eight Loop" is now the most commonly used name.


hi John,

I remember another name for this knot:
"directional figure eight on a bight"
from tests on:
http://www.xmission.com/~tmoyer/test...sts_11_98.html

The test results are interesting too
(look for "11/23 test #4" and following 3 tests).

I take the test results as a warning; the loop may seem very "secure",
but it is not all that "safe" to use it, since: "the bight had grown
much smaller".

So I repeat after Tom Moyer:
"Discussion: Wrong again - the conventional wisdom seems either to be
in error or not to matter for this knot".

ben