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Double overhand knot.  Essentially the running end of one line is used
to tie an overhand knot around the other line's standing part, and vise
versa.  With the double overhand, you just need to go around twice
before threading the running end through the loop(s) to complete the
knot.  You will know if you get this one right, because when you pull
it tight all four loops will lay in the same direction ( i.e. it will
look "clean").

-Sean


On Sun, 19 Dec 1999 09:33:31 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time), Art
Greenberg wrote:

>On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Sean T. Stevenson wrote:
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>> The barrel, or double fisherman's knot, as used for tying prusiks, is
>> the more appropriate knot for joining braided cave or wreck line to
>> itself.
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>Sean,
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>I don't see "double fisherman's knot", "barrel" or "prusik" mentioned in
>"Chapman's Knots", the only knot book I have here. Is there another name
>(perhaps the "technical" name) for it? Or can you suggest a different
>(better?) book on knots?
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>Thanks.
>
>-- 
>Art Greenberg
>artg@ec*.ne*
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