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Default knots that'll stay tied using poly rope ?

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Courtney Thomas wrote:
What is the best knot that not only will stay tied but is easy to
untie and where can I find an example of how to tie it, please ?

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Courtney




PDF Document: Army-Riggers-Rigging-Handbook-TM-5-125.pdf

http://igor.chudov.com/projects/manuals/


Interesting reading, thanks for the link.

But, as I mentioned before, books that are written with natural fiber
rope in mind are not much use for picking a knot appropriate for
polypropylene.
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On Sun, 14 Jan 2007 13:10:35 -0500, Courtney Thomas wrote:

What is the best knot that not only will stay tied but is easy to untie
and where can I find an example of how to tie it, please ?


Figure 8 in a bight, like rock climbers use. Similarly, a water knot.

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Halter hitch knot.
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Sorry, you wanted to use a locked hitch knot.
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