Hello all,
After much consideration and consternation, I find that the diagram (actually, the middle of three) is wrong!
I'm referring to the "Doubled Ring Hitch" thrown by loop eversion (this is my nomenclature -- the denotation
is obvious by context) as shown by what method CWA indicates as his own discovery. This is significant insofar
as casting a knot utilizing loop eversion -- as indeed is expressed by CWA himself -- is especially practical,
secure, and interesting.
I hope it is sufficient to describe the problem (I know, a diagram equals at least 1000 words in this context):
Instead of reaching through the bight as indicated by the arrow (from the _bottom on up_), it really should
be shown with the arrow going from the _top on down_. In other words, the direction through the bight
is indicated with the wrong direction.
The edition I have is the Bantam Doubleday Dell 1993 edition (40th printing?): the one with the cover showing
a seaman having tied the "Fool's Knot." Unfortunately, I don't have it in front of me as I write this.
I would especially like the opinion of Geoffrey Budworth, insofar as his amendments specifically include the new
knot (IIRC!) #1385a: what Brion Toss calls the "Strait Bend." Ironically, CWA indicates in the accompanying
text the specific appellation to tie it "in the direction indicated." No, I don't think so!
Can the IGKT forum confirm my observation? Is there an IGKT-recognized errata for the ABOK?
As a postscript, I have been trying for several weeks to locate the New York Times (?) article in 1979 (?) that
publicized the "newest" knot to be included in the canon, referred to above, for research involving a film project.
Does anyone have the paper and date for this article, or a link to it?
Thanks, all!
=Brian
