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Replaces the common <a href="/wiki/Overhand_knot" title="Overhand knot">overhand knot</a> in many uses.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/The_Ashley_Book_of_Knots" title="The Ashley Book of Knots">ABoK</a></th><td class="infobox-data">#420 #520 #570</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Conway_notation_(knot_theory)" title="Conway notation (knot theory)">Conway Notation</a></th><td class="infobox-data">2 2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Knot_theory#Alexander–Briggs_notation" title="Knot theory">A/B notation</a></th><td class="infobox-data">4<sub>1</sub></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instructions</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.animatedknots.com/fig8_/">[1]</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>figure-eight knot</b> or <b>figure-of-eight knot</b> is a type of <a href="/wiki/Stopper_knot" title="Stopper knot">stopper knot</a>. It is very important in both <a href="/wiki/Sailing" title="Sailing">sailing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rock_climbing" title="Rock climbing">rock climbing</a> as a method of stopping ropes from running out of retaining devices. Like the <a href="/wiki/Overhand_knot" title="Overhand knot">overhand knot</a>, which will jam under strain, often requiring the rope to be cut, the figure-eight will also jam, but is usually more easily undone than the overhand knot. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The figure-eight or figure-of-eight knot is also called (in books) the Flemish knot. The name figure-of-eight knot appears in Lever's <i>Sheet Anchor; or, a Key to Rigging</i> (London, 1808). The word "of" is nowadays usually omitted. The knot is the sailor's common single-strand <a href="/wiki/Stopper_knot" title="Stopper knot">stopper knot</a> and is tied in the ends of tackle falls and running rigging, unless the latter is fitted with monkey's tails. It is used about ship wherever a temporary stopper knot is required. The figure-eight is much easier to untie than the <a href="/wiki/Overhand_knot" title="Overhand knot">overhand</a>, it does not have the same tendency to jam and so injure the fiber, and is larger, stronger, and equally secure.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ashley_Book_of_Knots" title="The Ashley Book of Knots">The Ashley Book of Knots</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Stevedore_knot" title="Stevedore knot">stevedore knot</a> is an extension of simple figure-eight knot with an additional turn before the end is finally tightened.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Different_types">Different types</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Figure-eight_knot&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Different types"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Figure-eight_loop">Figure-eight loop</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Figure-eight_knot&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Figure-eight loop"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Figure-eight_loop" title="Figure-eight loop">figure-eight loop</a></div> <p>The <b>figure-eight loop</b> is used like an <a href="/wiki/Overhand_loop" title="Overhand loop">overhand loop</a> knot. This type of knot can be used in <a href="/wiki/Prusik" title="Prusik">prusik</a> climbing when used in conjunction with a <a href="/wiki/Climbing_harness" title="Climbing harness">climbing harness</a>, a climbing rope, and locking <a href="/wiki/Carabiner" title="Carabiner">carabiner</a> designed for climbing, to ascend or descend with minimal equipment and effort. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Figure-eight_bend">Figure-eight bend</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Figure-eight_knot&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Figure-eight bend"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Flemish_bend" title="Flemish bend">Flemish bend</a></div> <p>The <b>figure-eight bend knot</b> is used to "<a href="/wiki/Rope_splicing" title="Rope splicing">splice</a>" together two ropes, not necessarily of equal diameter. This knot is tied starting with a loose figure-eight knot on one rope (the larger-diameter one if unequal), and threading of the other rope's running end through the first figure eight, starting at the first figure-eight's running end and paralleling the path of the first rope through the figure eight until the second's ropes running end lies parallel against first's standing end. The result is two figure-eight knots, each partly inside the other and tightening its hold on the other when they are pulled in opposite directions. This can be a permanent or temporary splice. While it precludes the ropes' slipping relative to each other, it is a typical knot in having less strength than the straight ropes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Offset_figure-eight_bend">Offset figure-eight bend</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Figure-eight_knot&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Offset figure-eight bend"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Offset_figure-eight_bend" title="Offset figure-eight bend">Offset figure-eight bend</a></div> <p>The <b>offset figure-eight bend</b> is a poor knot that has been implicated in the deaths of several rock climbers.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stein_knot">Stein knot</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Figure-eight_knot&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Stein knot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stein_knot_AKA_stone_knot.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Stein_knot_AKA_stone_knot.JPG/150px-Stein_knot_AKA_stone_knot.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Stein_knot_AKA_stone_knot.JPG/225px-Stein_knot_AKA_stone_knot.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Stein_knot_AKA_stone_knot.JPG/300px-Stein_knot_AKA_stone_knot.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1704" data-file-height="2272" /></a><figcaption>Stein knot</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>stein knot</b> (also known as a <b>stone knot</b>) is a variation of the figure-eight knot. It is used to secure a rope that is already passed around a post or through a ring. It is quick and easy to tie and untie. It is a device rigging rather than a true knot. In <a href="/wiki/Canyoneering" class="mw-redirect" title="Canyoneering">canyoneering</a>, it is used to isolate rope strands to allow one person to <a href="/wiki/Abseiling" title="Abseiling">rappel</a> while another is getting on the rappel, or allow rappellers the option of using a single or a double rope. It is also used in <a href="/wiki/Basketmaking" class="mw-redirect" title="Basketmaking">basketmaking</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Symbolic_use">Symbolic use</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Figure-eight_knot&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Symbolic use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In <a href="/wiki/Heraldry" title="Heraldry">heraldry</a>, this knot is known as <a href="/wiki/Savoy_knot" title="Savoy knot">Savoy knot</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a>, a figure-of-eight badge was formerly worn by enlisted men who had successfully completed the apprentice rating.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/The_Scout_Association" title="The Scout Association">The Scout Association</a> in the United Kingdom, awards for gallantry and long service are represented by a cloth figure-of-eight knot emblem in various colours.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Figure-eight_knot&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Figure-eight_knot_(mathematics)" title="Figure-eight knot (mathematics)">Figure-eight knot (mathematics)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_knots" title="List of knots">List of knots</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Figure-eight_knot&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ashley, Clifford W. (1944). <i>The Ashley Book of Knots</i>, p.85. 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(2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://user.xmission.com/~tmoyer/testing/EDK.html">"Pull Tests of the 'Euro Death-Knot'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Pull+Tests+of+the+%27Euro+Death-Knot%27&rft.date=2011&rft.au=Moyer%2C+T.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fuser.xmission.com%2F~tmoyer%2Ftesting%2FEDK.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFigure-eight+knot" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTurnerVan_de_Griend1996" class="citation book cs1">Turner, John Christopher; Van de Griend, P C, eds. (1996). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ODtqDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA390"><i>History and Science of Knots</i></a>. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Company. p. 390. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-9810224691" title="Special:BookSources/978-9810224691"><bdi>978-9810224691</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=History+and+Science+of+Knots&rft.place=Singapore&rft.pages=390&rft.pub=World+Scientific+Publishing+Company&rft.date=1996&rft.isbn=978-9810224691&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DODtqDQAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA390&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFigure-eight+knot" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=fJQtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA62"><i>Uniform Regulations: United States Navy</i></a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 April</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=heritage.scouts.org.uk&rft.atitle=A+guide+to+the+Medals+and+Awards+of+The+Scout+Association+%28UK%29&rft.aulast=Ford&rft.aufirst=Peter&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fheritage.scouts.org.uk%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F07%2FAwards-Decorations-and-their-Emblems-of-The-Scout-Association-formerly-the-Boy-Scout-Association.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFigure-eight+knot" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Figure-eight_knot&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAdams1994" class="citation book cs1">Adams, Colin C. (1994). <i>The knot book: an elementary introduction to the mathematical theory of knots</i>. W. H. Freeman.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+knot+book%3A+an+elementary+introduction+to+the+mathematical+theory+of+knots&rft.pub=W.+H.+Freeman&rft.date=1994&rft.aulast=Adams&rft.aufirst=Colin+C.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFigure-eight+knot" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output 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colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_bend_knots" class="mw-redirect" title="List of bend knots">Bends</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adjustable_bend" title="Adjustable bend">Adjustable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albright_special" title="Albright special">Albright special</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashley%27s_bend" title="Ashley's bend">Ashley's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butterfly_bend" title="Butterfly bend">Alpine butterfly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basket_weave_knot" title="Basket weave knot">Basket weave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beer_knot" title="Beer knot">Beer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blood_knot" title="Blood knot">Blood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrick_bend" title="Carrick bend">Carrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double_fisherman%27s_knot" title="Double fisherman's knot">Double fisherman's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fisherman%27s_knot" title="Fisherman's knot">Fisherman's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flemish_bend" title="Flemish bend">Flemish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grief_knot" title="Grief knot">Grief</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halyard_bend" title="Halyard bend">Halyard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harness_bend" title="Harness bend">Harness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heaving_line_bend" title="Heaving line bend">Heaving line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunter%27s_bend" title="Hunter's bend">Hunter's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nail_knot" title="Nail knot">Nail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/One-sided_overhand_bend" class="mw-redirect" title="One-sided overhand bend">One-sided overhand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Racking_bend" title="Racking bend">Racking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheet_bend" title="Sheet bend">Sheet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoelace_knot" title="Shoelace knot">Shoelace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shroud_knot" title="Shroud knot">Shroud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simple_Simon_under" title="Simple Simon under">Simple Simon under</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Single_carrick_bend" title="Single carrick bend">Single carrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surgeon%27s_knot" title="Surgeon's knot">Surgeon's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surgeon%27s_loop" title="Surgeon's loop">Surgeon's loop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triple_fisherman%27s_knot" title="Triple fisherman's knot">Triple fisherman's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/True_lover%27s_knot" title="True lover's knot">True lover's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_knot" title="Water knot">Water</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zeppelin_bend" title="Zeppelin bend">Zeppelin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_binding_knots" title="List of binding knots">Binding</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boa_knot" title="Boa knot">Boa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bottle_sling" title="Bottle sling">Bottle sling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constrictor_knot" title="Constrictor knot">Constrictor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corned_beef_knot" title="Corned beef knot">Corned beef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granny_knot" title="Granny knot">Granny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ground-line_hitch" title="Ground-line hitch">Ground-line hitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamming_knot" title="Jamming knot">Jamming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miller%27s_knot" title="Miller's knot">Miller's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Packer%27s_knot" title="Packer's knot">Packer's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reef_knot" title="Reef knot">Reef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strangle_knot" title="Strangle knot">Strangle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thief_knot" title="Thief knot">Thief</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transom_knot" title="Transom knot">Transom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_climbing_knots" title="List of climbing knots">Climbing</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Autoblock" title="Autoblock">Autoblock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bachmann_knot" title="Bachmann knot">Bachmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beer_knot" title="Beer knot">Beer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowline_on_a_bight" title="Bowline on a bight">Bowline on a bight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butterfly_loop" title="Butterfly loop">Alpine butterfly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Directional_figure_eight" title="Directional figure eight">Directional figure eight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double_bowline" title="Double bowline">Double bowline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farmer%27s_loop" title="Farmer's loop">Farmer's loop</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Figure-eight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Figure-eight_loop" title="Figure-eight loop">Figure-eight loop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Figure-of-nine_loop" title="Figure-of-nine loop">Figure-of-nine loop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_friction_hitch_knots" title="List of friction hitch knots">Friction hitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Klemheist_knot" title="Klemheist knot">Klemheist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munter_hitch" title="Munter hitch">Munter hitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noose" title="Noose">Noose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overhand_loop" title="Overhand loop">Overhand loop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prusik" title="Prusik">Prusik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trident_loop" title="Trident loop">Trident loop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yosemite_bowline" title="Yosemite bowline">Yosemite bowline</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Coiling" title="Coiling">Coils</a> &<br /> shanks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chain_sinnet" title="Chain sinnet">Chain sinnet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheepshank" title="Sheepshank">Sheepshank</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_decorative_knots" class="mw-redirect" title="List of decorative knots">Decorative</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carrick_mat" title="Carrick mat">Carrick mat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_button_knot" title="Chinese button knot">Chinese button</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_button_knot" title="Celtic button knot">Celtic button</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diamond_knot" title="Diamond knot">Diamond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiador_knot" title="Fiador knot">Fiador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friendship_knot" title="Friendship knot">Friendship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knotted-pile_carpet" title="Knotted-pile carpet">Ghiordes & Senneh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Walker_knot" title="Matthew Walker knot">Matthew Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turk%27s_head_knot" title="Turk's head knot">Turk's head</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wall_and_crown_knot" title="Wall and crown knot">Wall and crown</a> (triple crown knot)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Angling" title="Angling">Fishing <br />(angling)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angler%27s_loop" title="Angler's loop">Angler's loop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arbor_knot" title="Arbor knot">Arbor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bimini_twist" title="Bimini twist">Bimini twist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blood_knot" title="Blood knot">Blood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fisherman%27s_knot" title="Fisherman's knot">Fisherman's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Improved_clinch_knot" title="Improved clinch knot">Improved clinch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knotless_knot" title="Knotless knot">Knotless</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nail_knot" title="Nail knot">Nail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palomar_knot" title="Palomar knot">Palomar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snell_knot" title="Snell knot">Snell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trilene_knot" title="Trilene knot">Trilene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triple_fisherman%27s_knot" title="Triple fisherman's knot">Triple fisherman's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turle_knot" title="Turle knot">Turle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uni_knot" title="Uni knot">Uni</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_hitch_knots" class="mw-redirect" title="List of hitch knots">Hitches</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adjustable_grip_hitch" title="Adjustable grip hitch">Adjustable grip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anchor_bend" title="Anchor bend">Anchor bend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Axle_hitch" title="Axle hitch">Axle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bachmann_knot" title="Bachmann knot">Bachmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bale_sling_hitch" title="Bale sling hitch">Bale sling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barrel_hitch" title="Barrel hitch">Barrel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Becket_hitch" title="Becket hitch">Becket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackwall_hitch" title="Blackwall hitch">Blackwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blake%27s_hitch" title="Blake's hitch">Blake's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boom_hitch" title="Boom hitch">Boom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buntline_hitch" title="Buntline hitch">Buntline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cat%27s_paw_(knot)" title="Cat's paw (knot)">Cat's paw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clove_hitch" title="Clove hitch">Clove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cow_hitch" title="Cow hitch">Cow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Distel_hitch" title="Distel hitch">Distel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double_overhand_noose" title="Double overhand noose">Double overhand noose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falconer%27s_knot" title="Falconer's knot">Falconer's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farrimond_friction_hitch" title="Farrimond friction hitch">Farrimond friction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_friction_hitch_knots" title="List of friction hitch knots">Friction hitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garda_hitch" title="Garda hitch">Garda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ground-line_hitch" title="Ground-line hitch">Ground-line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Half_hitch" title="Half hitch">Half</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halter_hitch" title="Halter hitch">Halter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highpoint_hitch" title="Highpoint hitch">Highpoint</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highwayman%27s_hitch" title="Highwayman's hitch">Highwayman's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hitching_tie" title="Hitching tie">Hitching tie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icicle_hitch" title="Icicle hitch">Icicle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Improved_clinch_knot" title="Improved clinch knot">Improved clinch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killick_hitch" title="Killick hitch">Killick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knute_hitch" title="Knute hitch">Knute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lobster_buoy_hitch" title="Lobster buoy hitch">Lobster buoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marlinespike_hitch" title="Marlinespike hitch">Marlinespike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munter_hitch" title="Munter hitch">Munter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ossel_hitch" title="Ossel hitch">Ossel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pile_hitch" title="Pile hitch">Pile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pipe_hitch" title="Pipe hitch">Pipe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sailor%27s_hitch" title="Sailor's hitch">Sailor's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snuggle_hitch" title="Snuggle hitch">Snuggle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swing_hitch" title="Swing hitch">Swing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taut-line_hitch" title="Taut-line hitch">Taut-line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timber_hitch" title="Timber hitch">Timber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trucker%27s_hitch" title="Trucker's hitch">Trucker's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tumble_hitch" title="Tumble hitch">Tumble</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Loop_(knot)" class="mw-redirect" title="Loop (knot)">Loop</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angler%27s_loop" title="Angler's loop">Angler's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artillery_loop" title="Artillery loop">Artillery loop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bale_sling_hitch" title="Bale sling hitch">Bale sling hitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowline" title="Bowline">Bowline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bumper_knot" title="Bumper knot">Bumper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrick_bend_loop" title="Carrick bend loop">Carrick bend loop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cossack_knot" class="mw-redirect" title="Cossack knot">Cossack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cowboy_bowline" title="Cowboy bowline">Cowboy bowline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diamond_knot" title="Diamond knot">Diamond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double_bowline" title="Double bowline">Double bowline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dropper_loop" title="Dropper loop">Dropper loop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eskimo_bowline" title="Eskimo bowline">Eskimo bowline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiador_knot" title="Fiador knot">Fiador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fireman%27s_chair_knot" title="Fireman's chair knot">Fireman's chair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friendship_knot_loop" title="Friendship knot loop">Friendship knot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halter_hitch" title="Halter hitch">Halter hitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handcuff_knot" title="Handcuff knot">Handcuff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honda_knot" title="Honda knot">Honda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jury_mast_knot" title="Jury mast knot">Jury mast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overhand_loop" title="Overhand loop">Overhand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_bowline" title="Portuguese bowline">Portuguese bowline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rigid_double_splayed_loop_in_the_bight" title="Rigid double splayed loop in the bight">Rigid double splayed loop in the bight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slippery_eight_loop" title="Slippery eight loop">Slippery eight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Span_loop" title="Span loop">Span</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_bowline" title="Spanish bowline">Spanish bowline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_fool%27s_knot" title="Tom fool's knot">Tom fool's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trident_loop" title="Trident loop">Trident</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triple_bowline" title="Triple bowline">Triple bowline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_bowline" title="Water bowline">Water bowline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yosemite_bowline" title="Yosemite bowline">Yosemite bowline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zeppelin_loop" title="Zeppelin loop">Zeppelin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Slip_knot" title="Slip knot">Running<br /> (slip)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hangman%27s_knot" title="Hangman's knot">Hangman's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Running_bowline" title="Running bowline">Running bowline</a></li> <li>Running highwayman's hitch</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarbuck_knot" title="Tarbuck knot">Tarbuck</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Rope_splicing" title="Rope splicing">Splices</a> &<br /> splicing</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eye_splice" title="Eye splice">Eye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fid" title="Fid">Fid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marlinspike" title="Marlinspike">Marlinspike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rat-tail_splice" title="Rat-tail splice">Rat-tail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T-splice" title="T-splice">T</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Union_splice" title="Western Union splice">Western Union</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Stopper_knot" title="Stopper knot">Stopper</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ashley%27s_stopper_knot" title="Ashley's stopper knot">Ashley's stopper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Button_knot" title="Button knot">Button</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double_overhand_knot" title="Double overhand knot">Double overhand</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Figure-eight knot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monkey%27s_fist" title="Monkey's fist">Monkey's fist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overhand_knot" title="Overhand knot">Overhand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stevedore_knot" title="Stevedore knot">Stevedore</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Whipping_knot" title="Whipping knot">Whipping</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Common_whipping" title="Common whipping">Common</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overhand_knot_with_draw-loop" title="Overhand knot with draw-loop">Overhand knot with draw-loop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_whipping" class="mw-redirect" title="Portuguese whipping">Portuguese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sailmaker%27s_whipping" title="Sailmaker's whipping">Sailmaker's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Country_whipping" title="West Country whipping">West Country</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Lists_of_knotsRelated_topics" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Lists of knots</li><li>Related topics</li></ul></div></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lists of knots</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_bend_knots" class="mw-redirect" title="List of bend knots">Bends</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_binding_knots" title="List of binding knots">Bindings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_decorative_knots" class="mw-redirect" title="List of decorative knots">Decorative knots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_hitch_knots" class="mw-redirect" title="List of hitch knots">Hitches</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_friction_hitch_knots" title="List of friction hitch knots">friction</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mathematical_knots_and_links" title="List of mathematical knots and links">Mathematical</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_knotting" title="Chinese knotting">Chinese knotting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knot_density" title="Knot density">Density</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_knotting" class="mw-redirect" title="History of knotting">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Guild_of_Knot_Tyers" title="International Guild of Knot Tyers">International Guild of Knot Tyers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macram%C3%A9" title="Macramé">Macramé</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mizuhiki" title="Mizuhiki">Mizuhiki</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Norigae" title="Norigae">Norigae</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ropework" title="Ropework">Ropework</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lashing_(ropework)" title="Lashing (ropework)">Lashing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rope_splicing" title="Rope splicing">Splicing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seizing" title="Seizing">Seizing</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sennit" title="Sennit">Sennit</a></li></ul> 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