Is there a name for this knot?

ben wrote:

"Icarus" wrote in message
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That testing site is quite interesting - thanks for the URL.
The 'figure eight on a bight' knots seem to hold up quite
well according to the comment at the end (not that I'm likely
to ever subject a rope to anything near its breaking
strength!).


hi

the 'figure eight on a bight' seem to hold up quite bad when:
"the load was applied not to the knots, but to the rope ...
Result: The "correctly" tied knot had also slipped
considerably by the
time it failed..."

OK, when in use as an end loop knot, it seems to hold up

ben

Thanks for the clarification ben.