per Derek:
I believe to use any other lexicon, it would be first necessary to produce a case which faults the Ashley statements.
I think this is known as the reversal of the onus of proof.
That is, who bares the onus to prove if something is correct (or not)?
Ashley wasn't perfect - he made mistakes.
For example, he apparently awarded the title of 'Bowline' to illustrations #1057 and #1058.
In my opinion, this is wrong.
I am not suggesting that everything Ashley wrote is wrong. I am simply saying that he is a product of his time - and he (like you and me) was human and therefore susceptible to errors.
Budworth (in my view) tried to add clarity to various knot structures.
Budworth appears to suggest that a 'loop' is created when a
helix is formed - by the overlap of one rope segment over the other.
NOTE: I use the term 'overlap' to describe the point of intersection where one rope crosses over the other to form the helix.
Note also that Budworth
did not elaborate if a 'loop' could have S or Z chirality.
And a further note: Budworth did not use the term 'helix' to describe a 'loop' - but it is strongly implied.
Harry Asher (The Alternative Knot Book) is unclear and his book (in my opinion) leaves it open to interpretation.
For example, Asher (at page 19) attempts to define various structures.
He shows the following drawings:
[ ] open loop
[ ] closed loop
[ ] turn
[ ] round turn
His explanation of what a 'turn' is, in comparison to a 'round turn', leaves the reader scratching their head.
His explanation of what a 'bight' is - is also fluid and dilute. On page 17 (Fig 6) he implies that a 'bight' takes the same form as the image on page 19 (Fig 8 ).
I have a pocket book on 'Knots and Splices' from Cyrus Day (original 1953 edition). In his Glossary, he
does not have an entry for the word 'loop'.
He does have an entry for the word 'bight' where it can have 2 different meanings as follows:
1. "The middle of a line"; or
2. "A
loop or curve in a line".
In my view, Ashley, Asher and CL Day do not provide sufficient
precision in their explanations of 'bight', 'turn' and 'loop'.
In contrast, Budworth
attempts to clear the murky waters.
NOTE: In my view, there are 4 noteworthy knot book authors who have had significant influence:
1. C Ashley
2. H Asher
3. CL Day
4. G Budworth
I am currently looking at some of the works of Brian Toss (eg The complete riggers apprentice).