Anyone know the name of this knot?

Here's your knot:

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It's a variation of the sliding eight knot. Not the best in my opinion. for a smoother sliding i would prefer this one:

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Or this one (ABOK #1116):

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dantzk.
 
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Looks like an alpine butterfly. Used to make loops mid rope, very helpful for climbing and hanging gear or stopping an ATC or grigri from sliding down past it. Good knot
 
not a butterfly, the ends should be coming out of each side of the know, not 90 degrees. Other than that its some kind of sliding knot, I'm knot much more help...... sorry
 
Definitely not a butterfly. Used to use those for rope bridges and zip lines in my Army Recon days.
Best...
 
LG&M - animatedknots does have an app for that.


This is definitely not a Figure Eight knot, nor a variation of it. It is tied completely different. Figure Eights all have the loop enter and exit the main knot together (in the same spot). The knot in the first post does not.
 
Easy enough to re-tie it based on your pics. But try this alternate version:


Make a loop, twist it 2 full times. Pass the loop over itself making a ring. Extend it past the standing end. Grab one of the loop halves (not the one leading to the standing end) and open it up to make its own loop.
 
ISKski said:
and how I could tie it again??
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How did you come upon this knot? Were you just playing around a bit, did you accidentally tie it trying to tie something else, or did you find it already tied in some line?



dantzk8 said:
Here's your knot:

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It's a variation of the sliding eight knot. Not the best in my opinion. for a smoother sliding i would prefer this one
Or this one (ABOK #1116):

dantzk.
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Quick to answer and to the point! I agree that's it, but I'm curious whether it was spilled from an attempt at something else.


Daniel Koster said:
This is definitely not a Figure Eight knot, nor a variation of it. It is tied completely different. Figure Eights all have the loop enter and exit the main knot together (in the same spot). The knot in the first post does not.
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There are many knots in the figure of 8 family:

stopper
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bend (aka flemish bend)
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hitch (aka Siberian hitch or evenk hitch or evenk knot or hammock ridgeline knot) also aka sliding 8 (slipped in this case)
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there are some climbing variations that have both ends enter at the same spot

loop (aka figure 8 on a bight)
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follow through method of tying the loop
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and this kind of quirky one that I just found when doing a quick pic search

in line or directional
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There are lots of great places to learn how to tie knots. Ashley's Book of Knots (ABOK) that dantzk showed is the bible and it's available in the original English, so don't worry! Lots of other great books out there as well as many websites (animatedknots.com, youtube, etc).

Be careful, it's addictive!
 
chopchop said:
There are many knots in the figure of 8 family
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Chopchop,

Thanks for showing the main uses of the figure 8 which is more a pattern used in the making of many knots than a knot by itself.

And yes, you are right, it's highly addictive!

dantzk.
 
Still - if you look, it is not a Figure 8 knot, or even in the family. If you try to re-tie it, you don't start with a figure 8.
It's more of a bastardized double-half-hitch-turned-back-on-itself, than a figure-8-ish knot.

I was getting close when I was trying to classify it as an unfinished Zeppelin loop. But gave up finally.

Would love to put a name to it.

Dan
 
Daniel Koster said:
Still - if you look, it is not a Figure 8 knot, or even in the family. If you try to re-tie it, you don't start with a figure 8.
It's more of a bastardized double-half-hitch-turned-back-on-itself, than a figure-8-ish knot.

I was getting close when I was trying to classify it as an unfinished Zeppelin loop. But gave up finally.

Would love to put a name to it.

Dan
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Let's see how we can find an agreement about that knot. First of all be sure i don't claim to learn you anything, i just follow the path.

Basiclly a knot is made of bights, loops and elbows. A single loop can be completed by putting the working end through the loop and you get an overhand knot or an half hitch according to the direction you give to the working end. If you make an elbow ( or, it's the same thing, two alternated loops) and then put the working end through the first loop you get a figure 8.

For making the Iskski's knot (give it this name) i first make a bight and then, with the working end, a figure 8 which wraps the standing end and gives a sliding loop, thus a "sliding figure 8 knot". There where you see a "bastardized double-half-hitch-turned-back-on-itself" i see a figure 8. But we could define the figure 8 that way although it lacks of precision.

The Zeppelin loop's structure is very different, roughly said, it's made of two intricated overhand knots that i can't see in the Iskski knot. By the way the Zeppelin knot is a fixed loop.

dantzk.
 
i cant remember the name of it but there is a name for this knot,
this is how i was taught
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It could be different, but what i can remember i is used for strapping down items. I think it has the same purpose as a taught line
 
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