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Posted: 18 Mar 2018


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TSC. Highwayman's knot

TSC.  Highwayman's knot
The highwayman's hitch knot is a quick-release draw loop knot used for temporarily securing a load that will need to be released easily and cleanly. The hitch can be untied with a tug of the working end, even when under tension. Pull one end and it gets more holding power. Pull the other end and the knot is released quickly. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highwayman%27s_hitch

The Clove Hitch (see PiP) is particularly useful where the length of the running end needs to be adjustable, since feeding in rope from either direction will loosen the knot to be tightened at a new position. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clove_hitch

The knot was attributable to the notorious 18th-century English highwayman Dick Turpin, but sadly this isn't so. The wire is part of an extension cable which has then been wound round a roll of packaging paper.

Clove Hitch

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 tiabunna
tiabunna club
You've got me all tied up here, Amelia. I never got beyond the clove hitch in the Cubs. :-)
6 years ago.
 Roger Bennion
Roger Bennion club
A well matched entry to 'Sight and Sound'. New music to me.....liking it :-)

Thank you, Amelia, for posting to Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music
6 years ago.
 Esther
Esther club
Impressive knot knowledge.
6 years ago.
 Stevia
Stevia club
You created this knot very impressive. He looks very special, like a work of art. But he does not look very stable. The upper loop can still slide down and out, right? I find it very interesting which varieties of knots there are in total.
6 years ago.
 Gillian Everett
Gillian Everett club
Cool, well illustrated
6 years ago.

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