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Thanks, Paul.  This cleared it up.  The URL is interesting because it refers
to a figure 8 know while the picture clearly mentions a figure 8 loop knot.
The figure 8 is the knot I was thinking about.  It has no loop and is
generally used to make a section or end larger, so that it will not pass
through something.  The version with the loop is different and your
reference is the first time I've seen it or at least teh first time I've
seen it under this name.  I think it's a common terminal knot using in
fishing, but It'll take me some time to figure out if, for fishing purposes,
if it has the same name.

It's pretty obvious that the knot would be very secure.  A bowline is a very
secure loop so long as it's under tension but quite easy to untie when it's
not.  This one looks like it would be secure under any conditions but not
quite as easy to untie.

Lee

> http://www.troop9.org/knots/figure8.htm
>
> Lee Bell wrote:
> ~
> >  > Probably not DIR but here's what I use...(to connect reel to
hardware)
> >>  Figure eight. Very fast to tie, secondary in strength only to figure
nine.
> >You can tie
> >>  the eight easily underwater even without seeing it.  It will not
unravel
> >or
> >>  creep like other knots will.  If it does not look pretty and clean you
did
> >>  something wrong - retie it.  An added bonus is that it is easy to
untie if
> >>  needed, even after being loaded.  If you are uncomfortable with that,
you
> >>  can always back it up with a fishermans knot.
> >>  I rock climb and vertical cave and use several types of knots, this is
one
> >>  knot you can bet your life on.
> >>  There are a lot of knot sites on the web...
> >
> >The figure eight knot I'm familiar with is not, to the best of my
> >recollection, used to attach things to other things.  It's used to
increase
> >the diameter of a line so that it will not pass through a snug fitting
> >space.  This suggests either than I am underestimating what the knot can
do
> >or that we're not thinking of the same knot.  Can you point to a picture
of
> >one somewhere on the internet or, if you have a digital camera, take a
photo
> >of one?
> >
> >Lee
> >>
> >>  Erik
> >>  sumpcaver@at*.ne*
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>  > Can someone point me to the DIR knot for attaching
> >>  > reels to its hardware (i.e. snaps)?  Maybe a picture
> >>  > or a name of the knot?
> >>  >
> >>  >
> >>  > Chris Brown
> >>  > Suffolk, VA
> >>  >
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