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	Knot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Knots have been the subject of interest both for their ancient origins, common use, and the mathematical implications of knot theory.
		For example, loop knots share the attribute of having some kind of an anchor point constructed on the standing end (such as a loop or overhand knot) into which the working end is easily hitched to using a round turn.
		Constricting knots often rely on friction to cinch down tight on loose bundles; an example would be the clove hitch.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Knot (972 words)

	reef - definition by dict.die.net
		Reef knot, the knot which is used in tying reef pointss.
		Reef line, a small rope formerly used to reef the courses by being passed spirally round the yard and through the holes of the reef.
		Reef tackle, a tackle by which the reef cringles, or rings, of a sail are hauled up to the yard for reefing.
	dict.die.net /reef (315 words)

	The Reef Knot Family (Reef, Thief, Granny & Grief)
		The square knot or reef knot should only be used as a binding knot where it lies tightly against the surface of that which it binds and cannot move.
		The reef knot is handy as a binding knot and can often be undone by firmly jerking in opposite directions the free end and standing part of one of the "U" shapes that interlock to make this knot.
		This knot is supposed to fool a thief into retying a square knot after plundering a sack, thus alerting the owner.
	www.geocities.com /roo_two/reefknot.html (516 words)

	Reef knot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		If you pull on one end, at right-angles to the knot, it will loosen and invert (turning into a lark's head knot), hence its original purpose: it secured the furled-in sails, and is easily undone one-handedly by a sailor who is holding on with the other hand.
		The reef knot is one of the key knots of macrame textiles.
		To tie a reef knot, tie a left-handed overhand knot and then a right-handed overhand knot or vice versa.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Reef_knot (596 words)

	Merlin's Pyramid Guide Knots (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It is a knot to use with thin material like string because it weakens the material that it is tied in and it is often difficult to untie without damaging the string.
		This is the same as the previous knot except that it is tied in the doubled end of the rope or cord producing a non slipping loop.
		This is a reef knot with the second half knot tied with two bights or loops to make it into a bow.
	www.pyramid3.demon.co.uk /knot/gaknot.html (681 words)

	Reef knot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Comments: The working ends of the reef knot must be cis (that is both at the top both at the bottom); the other lines to the full rope.
		The International Guild of Knot Tyers warn this knot should never be used to bend two ropes together even though many troops and other organisations around the world on teaching it for this very purpose.
		The reef knot is one of the knots of macrame textiles.
	www.freeglossary.com /Square_knot (437 words)

	18th GT(N) Online > Explore
		They are the reef knot, the bowline, the sheet bend, fisherman's knot, clove hitch, round turn and two half hitches and the timber hitch.
		While tying the knot, the feel of the knot and how your hands move in its construction is as much part of the process of learning to tie, as is the watching of the knot tying.
		The prusik knot is a climbers device for attaching slings to rope in such a way that they slide when the knot is loose, but seize and hold solid under a sideways load.
	www.18gtn-scout.org /scouts/extras_3.html (1795 words)

	Home of the Ergh Pirate Fleet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		You see, the reef knot only became known as the square knot in America, presumably for one of two reasons: because it is square-shaped, when tied, or because it was used on square-rigged ships.
		n Europe, this knot was known as a reef knot, because it was used by sailors, to "reef" the sails.
		Typically it would be that three knots were tied and that the untying would release the winds: one knot would produce a moderate wind, the second a bit more potent, and the third a hurricane.
	www.ergh.fatcake.com /square_knot.shtml (567 words)

	Knots
		As the two half knots are tied in the same direction (right over left twice) and not opposite as in the Reef Knot, it tends either to slip or to jam, or both.
		This is a reef knot with the second half knot tied with two bights to make it into a bow.
		A knot form that anchors a rope to an object and collapses to form to the shape of the object, especially one that readily unties after use.
	kspark.kaist.ac.kr /knots.htm (1301 words)

	Knots \| Reef Knot \| 4th Tyldesley Scouts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		An excellent general purpose knot for tying two pieces of string or twine together, the reef knot is possibly the most commonly used knot for the job, and is easy to learn.
		However, it cannot be overly stressed that the Reef knot is not a long term or secure knot, and it should only be used to finish parcels or bindings.
		The reef knot can easliy be undone by gripping one loose end, and pulling it back over the knot, in the opposite direction, thus straightening the rope which is pulled.
	www.4thtyldesley.co.uk /skills/knots/knot007.htm (354 words)

	Knots
		A chant used by many to remember this knot is “The rabbit comes out of the hole, round the tree, and back down the hole again”, where the hole is the small lop, and the rabbit is the running end of the rope.
		Reef Knot (Square Knot) An excellent general-purpose knot for tying two pieces of string or twine together, the reef knot is possibly the most commonly used to knot for the job, and is easy to learn.
		If the ends are knot pull through all the on the last half of the knot, then the knot is called a slippery square knot or a shoestring tie.
	www.angelfire.com /ca4/SnugglyBug/outdoorskills/knots.html (1033 words)

	Knotcraft by Stuart E. Grainger
		Netting, like other forms of knotted fabric, can be made either by using a single strand, usually with a netting needle, or by knotting togather a number of strands in parallel rows of knots.
		The knot is here refered to as a Reef Knot, is arguably something else, the problem being that it is not a Square Knot or a Thief Knot either, although it is closest to the last.
		A Reef Knot is, strictly speaking, tied with two ends, as also is a Square Knot, but most of my readers are likely to be familiar with the Reef Knot and it's appearance, so pedantry will be abandoned and a knot that looks like a Reef Knot shall be known as one.
	www.troop54.com /knots/Netting.htm (1181 words)

	Knot & Lashing
		The overhand knot is commonly tied in a bight formed at the end of a rope, forming the Overhand Loop.
		A chant used by many to remember this knot is "The rabbit comes out of the hole, round the tree, and back down the hole again", where the hole is the small loop, and the rabbit is the running end of the rope.
		The Lark's Head knot is used to loosely attach a rope to a spar or ring.
	www.geocities.com /kinta_ke_19/skill/knot.htm (1790 words)

	Scouting Resources - Knots - R-Z (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Surgeon's Knot - This is a variation of the Reef Knot in which an extra turn is taken at the start to help prevent the knot from tending to loosen while being completed.
		Thief Knot - A variation of the Reef Knot in which the ends are on opposite sides.
		True Lover's Knot - There are a number of knots which have been given this name from time to time, including the Middleman's Knot, but the on shown here, also known as the Shamrock Knot, appears to have the best claim to the title.
	www.scoutingresources.org.uk /knots_az03.html (1600 words)

	Knots: This site describes how to tie over 35 knots
		Knots are intertwined loops of rope, cord, string or other flexible material, used to fasten two such ropes to one another or to another object.
		Knots, Bends, Hitches, Splices and Seizings are all ways of fastening cords or ropes, either to some other object such as a spar, or a ring, or to one another.
		The knot is formed to make a knob on a rope, generally at the extremity, and by untwisting the strands at the end and weaving them together.
	www.2020site.org /knots (480 words)

	Boy Scout/Square Knot
		SQUARE KNOT (a joining knot, also known as a Reef Knot) An excellent general purpose knot for tying two pieces of string or twine together, the reef knot is possibly the most commonly used knot for the job, and is easy to learn.
		However, it cannot be overly stressed that the Square (Reef) knot is not a long term or secure knot, and it should only be used to finish parcels or bindings.
		The square knot is also known as a joining knot because it can join together two ropes and because it is the first knot Scouts learn when they join the BSA.
	www.scouttroop.org /nj/bsa/23/scout_square_knot.htm (169 words)

	Reef Knot (Square Knot (A.E.)) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The reef knot is not to be used as a bend(a knot to join two pieces of rope).
		The reef knot here IS a bend, it does join the two ends of ropes (and other material--particularly good w/rubber bands, btw), no matter how well or desireable you might find it--a bend, but one needing limits on use.
		Also a response to the fellow who stated this is not a reef knot shown here: It is. The type to which he referred is a "slipped" reef knot or Single Bow, and that is the form often used for reefing sails to allow for a quick release.
	www.korpegard.nu /knot/index.php?knot=14&hideComments=&showInt=1 (2507 words)

	Shoelaces - TheBestLinks.com - 20th century, Granny knot, Reef knot, Aglet, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		One addition of a half knot to a half knot forms a square or reef knot, an altogether uninspiring knot for the knot aficionado, but a fairly effective one for the purpose of tying shoelaces.
		The second combination of half knot to half knot gives a granny knot, a knot not good for much at all.
		A simpler explanation is that if one ties shoelaces first by tying a half knot and then by forming two loops and tying another (as opposed to some speedier technique), and if one consistently puts one hand over the other (left over right or right over left) one gets a granny knot.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Shoelaces.html (700 words)

	IRL Boater's Guide: Practice Makes Perfect (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This particular knot is not suitable for joining ropes together because of the chance of the ropes slipping.
		A reef knot is formed with two overhand knots tied in opposing directions so that the ends lie flat against parts of their same sides.
		This knot is used to temporarily secure a boat to a piling or similar structure.
	sjr.state.fl.us /programs/outreach/pubs/irl_guide/practice.html (506 words)

	Miscellaneous Knots
		When the second Overhand Knot is tied in picture 2, notice that the end of rope which is coming from the right has crossed over the end of rope which is coming from the left.
		Many knots can be "slipped," meaning that instead of bringing the end of the rope through the last part of the knot, you actually push a bight (a doubled rope) through instead.
		Using a single loop knot such as an Alpine Butterfly or a Slip Knot makes a sharp bend for the rope to go around as you pull on it, which can lower the breaking strength of the rope and shorten the life of the rope.
	www.layhands.com /knots/Knots_Miscellaneous.htm (4507 words)

	Scouting/Knots/Bends/Reef knot - Wikibooks, collection of open-content textbooks
		This knot is the first knot most Boy Scouts learn, and in fact mastery of the knot is listed among the joining requirements in several countries.
		The Reef knot is only useful in basic applications.
		It should be used to bind small laces or ropes together, provided not to much force is applied on it, but should not be used as a bend knot.
	en.wikibooks.org /wiki/Scouting/Knots/Bends/Reef_knot (379 words)

	CPCN - The Canadian Prostate Cancer Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The distinctive reef knot design symbolizes the strength, unity and courage required to prevail in both the individual and collective struggle with prostate cancer.
		Although the Reef Knot Pins originated with a regional group, the intention has always been to use the pins to raise awareness on a national level.
		The Reef Knot Pins are also being sold on a cost recovery basis.
	www.cpcn.org /arch_nov7_2002.htm (317 words)

	Decorative Knots
		Like the Braid Knot, this can be used as a decorative "pull" at the end of a rope or string, or as a "friendship braid," or as a decorative handle, and so on.
		To tie this knot, first lay out the rope on a table and form a bight facing to the left (which will become the loop for this lanyard knot), then form a small loop with the upper end of the rope (picture 1).
		This is a decorative knot which is often asked about, and it has a practical purpose as a way to add weight to the end of a rope for throwing it to someone else (as in heaving a line from one boat to another).
	www.layhands.com /knots/Knots_Decorative.htm (4627 words)

	Roper's Knot Pages - Bends
		Ashley says "it is a true Binder Knot, for which it is admirable, but under no circumstances should it be used as a bend." It is easy tied and will not jam, so it is always easy to untie.
		It is self evident the Josephine knot is not seized nor pulled tight.
		This knot is related with The (Flemish) Eight.
	www.realknots.com /knots/bends.htm (682 words)

	Reef
		But it should be observed that I had during the two previous years been incessantly attending to the effects on the shores of South America of the intermittent elevation of the land, together with denudation and the deposition of sediment.
		Seaward, glimpsed through a fringe of hundred-foot coconut palms, was the ocean; beyond the reef a dark blue that grew indigo blue to the horizon, within the reef all the silken gamut of jade and emerald and tourmaline.
		The flying-jib and the jib were taken in, and a reef put in the fore-staysail.
	www.cooldictionary.com /words/Reef.word (461 words)

	Bends
		Instructions: 1) Tie a left-handed overhand knot and then a right-handed overhand knot or vice versa.
		Notes: The working ends of the square knot must be cis (that is, both at the top or both at the bottom); the other lines lead to the full rope.
		It is also called a reef knot because it was used to "reef" or tie up sails.
	www.bsatroop542.org /Knots_SquareKnot.htm (323 words)

	Ian's Shoelace Site - Slipping Shoelace Knots? Crooked Bows?
		In simple terms, this means that in the secure "Reef" knot the adjacent bits pull from the same side and actually tighten the knot.
		In true knotting terminology, a properly tied shoelace bow is called a "Slipped Reef Knot", whilst an incorrectly tied shoelace bow is called a "Slipped Granny Knot".
		In fact, because I've used the same Starting Knot for all of the knots on this site, I actually drew some of the knots in reverse to the way I was shown in order to ensure that all of the finished knots would end up secure.
	www.fieggen.com /shoelace/slipping.htm (1314 words)

	How To Tie Ten Most Useful Knots (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Actually, the square knot is simply two overhand knots—one on top of the other—with the second tied in the opposite direction from the first.
		In the complete knot, the leading end should remain sticking out 10 inches or so and should have a figure-eight knot tied to its end to prevent it from accidentally slipping through the loop of the taut-line hitch, should that knot ever become loose.
		This knot can also be used to bypass an area in a rope that's been weakened by excessive chafing.
	www.motherearthnews.com /library/1979_May_June/How_To_Tie_Ten_Most_Useful_Knots (1649 words)

	Marine Knots
		The Surgeon's Knot is a modified form of the reef knot, and the extra turn taken in the first tie prevents slipping before the knot is completed.
		This knot is very useful for hoisting and towlines, and holds well without slipping or jamming.
		This knot is used at the end of a rope to temporarily prevent the strands from unlaying.
	www.lehighgroup.com /KNOTS.HTM (231 words)

	Tying Shoes: Math May Make Case for How We Lace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The problem, he said, is that many people use a "granny knot," which they form by passing first one end of the lace around the other and then the second around the first from the same angle.
		Better than the granny knot, Polster said, is the reef knot, which is commonly used by sailors.
		The reef knot, also called a square knot, is similar to the granny knot except that its two half-knots are oriented in opposite directions.
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2002/12/1204_021204_Shoelaces_2.html (732 words)

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