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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 >> > >> > __________________________________________________ >> > Do You Yahoo!? >> > Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. >> > http://personals.yahoo.com >> > -- >> > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >> > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. >> > >> >> -- >> Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >> Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Paul B. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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