Dave wrote:


Guess you didn't spend time in the Navy.

I never heard it called anything else until I came across it in a book. It
was called a stopper knot because it's used to "pass a stopper" when you
need to take a line under load to another location. The line carrying the
load while the line is being shifted is called a stopper, and was generally
made up by separating the three strands and braiding them, taking a few
strands out with each braid to create a taper to the tail.


Agreed, I use the stopper knot as I would a peliSo can hook. A way to
hold another line/chain...... or stop it from runing.

names of knots and other stuff was, long ago, very dependent on
geographical location or industry. While a logger adn a commercial
fisherman used the same knots neither knew what the other was talking
about.


can anyone tell me the definition of a "red dog?"

Bob



Bob