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Brian Grimley:
Willeke,

Tonight, on TV, I saw an application of the hitched loops that you brought to center stage. I was watching Bull Riding from Jacksonville, Florida, USA.  There, on TV, was the "Spliced Eye and Slipped Half Hitch"!

For readers who aren't familiar with Bull Riding, it is basically a cowboy trying to remain seated on the back of a bull for 8 seconds.

Around the bull are two ropes. Just behind the front legs is a rope, called the "Bull rope", to which the cowboy hangs on with one hand (can't touch the bull with the other hand). This rope has no knot. It must immediately release the bull and the cowboy's hand when the cowboy is thrown from the bull's back. There are no graceful dismounts from a rodeo bull!

The second rope is just in front of the bull's rear legs. It is irritating to the bull and contributes to its attitude to get rid of the cowboy.  I am 99.9% sure that, on TV tonight, this rope was tied with the "Eye Splice and Slipped Half Hitch".  When the bull leaves the arena, the hitched loop is immediately spilled.  It seems, from the internet, that this rope is called the "Bull Flank".

I thought that you might be interested in a different application of the hitched loop and that this application might be new to you. I hope I am correct.  :)

Best wished - Brian.

SenecA:
Didn't read what everyone else rope but from your original post it sounds like a rolling hitch through an eye like a trucker's hitch and then some half hitches or clove hitch... but if you're just staking down a tent just bring the line around the wedge of the stake, then double it back and add 1 or 2 rolling hitches and then 2 half-hitches... KIS (keep it simple)

Douglas Varney:
The knot you ask about is called the packers  knot.  It consists of a slipped figure eight knot tied around the standing part like is done on a timber hitch. The camp gear is inserted into tne loop produced and the standing part is pulled to tighten the loop onto the gear.  When you need to undo the camp gear simply pull the tail on the slipped figure eight knot. If you use these knot knot you should use the free end/s to tie a "safety" (half hitch) to ensure that they do not slip due to rough handling or unintentional tugging on the free ends.

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