There are various arrangements of these loopknots. I found one version to be too
vulnerable to ring-loading failure. Locktight II I think works a little better in stiff rope.
One can try to make the SPart take a gradual wrap into the knot, and to have it nip
and draw the end (which should be relatively soft/compressible) rather than turn
against a firmly loaded eye leg. And the number of wraps is variable. (One could
regard what the
Ency.of Knots&Fancy Ropework calls the "Twist Bowline" [pp.36-7. #197]
as the first member of this pseudo-bowline set; though it should then be seen as a
degenerate member, lacking any overwrap (a similar difference between the
Overhand & mutiple Oh.s in the Strangle orientation).)
I work with Adobe Illustrator every day so I am well aware of the huge amount of work that you have had to put
in to create these lovely diagrams. Many many times harder than just drawing the thing with a pencil and paper.
Good GRIEF !!!?? If Illustrator is that encumbered, what's the point of paying $$$ for it, then?
(I've mused about what I might do with the CSE suite, e.g., or which components of it I should get.)
Seems indeed that, esp. for me who is now adept with a pen, it is much better to simply draw
the knot and photograph/scan the drawing. (And the camera makes good recording of Knots
In The Wild!)
--dl*
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