But the important steps here, which Brion omitted, are that 1 the "slipknot" should be a marlingspike hitch, kept open, because otherwise it will not dependably roll over the collar that is formed 2 by holding the end away while drawing up, so that the TurNip may roll into place easily.
Perhaps this tying process would be better named "the
Marlinespike Bowline "
which avoids the ambiguity of "Slip-knot" (but perhaps only for many by
obscurity in what "M." means)!?
... there is a choreography involved, planting the movements to make the knot correctly into the body memory.
The foregoing considered, I still find this method needlessly involved,
and think that it is preferable to simply draw out the appropriately sized
eye material with the right hand over the left,
and then begin the knot formation by a quick, inwards (left-towards-right)
turn of the left hand over the span of eye material,
immediately then reaching & seizing the SPart below;
thereafter, the completing steps are pretty much as is
shown above. This avoid any need of the right hand to
position the eye-span material vis-a-vis the SPart,
and it incorporates the same sort of hand-turn that is
used in another quick-tie method for the
bowline to
form the knot's nipping loop.
And my experience is that this method of making the "slipknot" bowline, will not fail.
What does "fail" signify? A concern we have indicated with at
least Brion's maybe overly closed "slip-knot" is that the needed
capsizing to cast the tail into the locking bight will not occur.
But another concern is that the finished knot's collar will be
too loose, leading to a capsizing seen often around trawlers
at Cape May (at least). The quickness of rough formation slows
for some dressing to ensure proper loaded behavior (but one
can see in yachting-magazine photos often enough some pretty
big/loose
bowline collars (and also some
Eskimo bowlines )).
--dl*
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