The Arch Loop looks very much like the Farmer's Loop once drawn up,
is that correct? In the pictures shown, I haven't noticed a picture of the
Arch Loop in it's final form, so I hope I'm tying it correctly.
Hi, I think it's ABoK 1055, similar to he Farmer's Loop 1056.
Wow your right I feel like an idiot for not seeing that.
When you tie it it looks a little different but when you pull it
in a different direction it clearly is the same.
I think we need a little more confusion : firstly, there
are various ways to dress & set these knots (including
the
farmer's loop) --along with which end to be
loaded opposite the eye (the "directional" aspect ;
not to say that these are (only) directional knots).
I see that #1055 = #533 = OP's knot ; and there
is the quite similar #1056 = #330, in which the
tucked bight goes through that end nip in the
opposite direction.
And with a slight variation of tucking --sending the
2-b-eye bight down through that loop vs. across
it through the opp. end's nip, one gets a sort of
tugboat bowline which won't satisfy qua eye knot
but works fine qua
directional eye, fully loaded
(which I see is just a dressing-&-setting difference
from the
artilleryman's loop !). So many options!
--dl*
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