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Richard Norman
Bell ringers' 'Knot'
I guess you all know that bell ringers 'tie' the bell ropes up else they languish on the floor   Tie is a euphemism as it is not a knot in a ‘tied’ sense   It is as it is so that it can be easily 'untied'    I have been looking for a replacement for the knot(s) in use     Has anyone any...
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Kaspars Vandāns
Advances in rigorous knot identification and classification.
Hey all. I've spent some time browsing the old forums and I can't quite understand the present state of things in regards to knot identification. It seems surprising to me that people still, after tying a knot, have to ask for expert opinion to try and figure out if it's a new knot or not. We all...
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Paul Eppleston
Knots in other formats
Confectionary knot! https://www.tumblr.com/ludmila199/756902288206053377?source=share
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Charles Kenyon
Length of tail in working end when tying knots - any authority for six or twelve times circumferance?
I teach Marlinespike Seamanship at the Hoofer Sailing Club at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.   I have been told by people I trust that for most knots there should be a tail in the working end of six times the diameter of the line. For bowlines, the tail should be twelve times the working...
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Juergen Sartor
JSa Pulley Block
JSa Pulley Block resp. JSa Tackle A pulley block or tackle without pulley or block. 😉 Yesterday I saw a post about how someone used a Spanish Windlass with a lot of effort to pull a bush with roots out of the ground. To do this, he had to twist the ropes umpteen times with an iron rod in order...
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Shaun Moen
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Shaun Moen
Traditional knotwork around a wheel
I just wanted to post some recent knotwork around a boat wheel.  It seems the old forum is still active, but I'm not sure how to engage with the community since it's not excepting new registrations.   There doesn't seem much activity on the new forum either.  Am I missing something? ... Anyway...
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David J Perry
A terminal end loop knot similar to a bowline
I  am trying to find a terminal end loop knot that I have used for years in place of a bowline.  However, I cannot find it in any books on knots and knot tying that I have ever seen.  Is there somewhere I can go to find a very extensive collection of terminal end loop knots that includes more than...
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Christoph Mangutsch
@ my "Worrisome Bend" post
Deer Moderators,   Have I posted my first attempt at a forum article  - ("Worrisome Bend" in "Chit Chat") - correctly or should I have tried so in the OLD forum's archive? It DID say "successfully posted", so I'm confused. You see "Worrisome Bend" doesn't show up on my screen no matter how...
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Steve Drew
Creating a Catalogue of Knots?
Based on a letter from Frank Brown in KM161, I decided to posit his question regarding the catalogue and identification of knots.  With apologies to Frank, I will try to summarize the main points and questions below. Is it time to form a formal body to examine new knots? What would be the form...
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Dave Root
KnotMaker 2.3
KnotMaker is a free Windows program for drawing knots. Version 2.3 is now available at https://daveroot.neocities.org/knotmaker/, which fixes a bug that caused an error message when saving a drawing. Also, the Layer Inspector (read only mode) icon is now a toggle. Why didn't I think of that...
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Dario Abdulrehman
ABOK #643
I tried to tie it using Ashley's cork board method. However the end result doesn't have a disc shape as in the book, instead it is just a spherical shape. Did anyone try to tie this knot and get the disc shape?  
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James Garnett
Radium Release Hitch
Hello IGKT members, this is my first post in the forum.  I am a Search & Rescue volunteer, so I have a keen interest in practical knotwork and hitches.  I hope that this post is acceptable for this forum.  I write to inform you about a relatively new hitch (it's only about 25 years old) that...
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Christoph Mangutsch
Worrisome Bend
Hi Call me "james". I'm new to the forum, still feeling very self-conscious. What with all these experts rendering verdicts on all these intricate knots... Recently, I've "invented" a decorative new bend I derived from an extension of a popular modern bend. I so wanted to share this with...
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Charles Trépanier
Knob keyguard
A other small project for a big day at work this time it a Knob keyguard the line is the same as the sailor ring it was fun to do ! The knot at the end is a doubled footrope knot. ABOK # 3739 page 581. Charles.
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Marvin Eng
Can't get the new forum to work
I don't know what I am doing (wrong) but I can't see any of the forum posts. When I click on any of the categories I get a result that "There are no topics in this category. If subcategories display on this page, they may contain topics." I'm not sure what will happen to this post - or if I will...
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George Grubb
If you only know 3 knots...
Hello everyone. I teach technical theatre at a university which includes the work of stagehands and riggers. For many years, I have taught 3 basic knots in any class I could squeeze it in to. In my professional experience, a stagehand who can tie a few knots will be the one who gets hired back. I...
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Dan Lehman
What's wrong with The New Forum --"There are no topics in this category. "
So far, The New Forum has been a bust for some of us :: i.e., any attempt to read the apparent few topics per sub-forum is met with this nastygram: >> "There are no topics in this category. "<< What's up? )-:
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Charles Trépanier
Sailor Ring
Hi it me again it as been a busy day so a small projet this time a sailor ring made with 2mm polyester solid braided cord yellow and blue. It a carrick bend in two separate rings which interlock harmoniously. ABOK #2427 page 388  it might redo it at a other time with some gold wire Charles.
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Jamie Hunt
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Morning all. Where to members in the UK buy their cord and rope? TIA
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