A nipper hitch
This thread stems from a post on two loops based on ABOK #1032 where I point out that a hitch is feasible using the rackings turns technique.
https://igkt.net/sm/index.php?topic=7356.msg47953#new
This hitch works wonderfully to seize a rope (host) wherever you see fit.
Two bights are formed in the hosting rope in order to create a space where the racking turns achieve their gripping power.
I have not seen this done in Ashley’s maybe someone can point out a hitch using the same principle?
I see two features that are welcome
The system is not prone to jamming (it is very hard to jam a helicoid structure),
thus it is easy to slacken in order to access the bights making it possible to set out an exact position on the host cable.
The term nipper refers to no 3118 in Ashley’s.
Here is a cute definition found on the web;
nipper
A short rope used to bind a cable to the “messenger” (a moving line propelled by the capstan) so that the cable is dragged along, too (used where the cable is too large to be wrapped around the capstan itself). During the raising of an anchor, the nippers were attached and detached from the (endless) messenger by the ship’s boys. Hence the term for small boys: “nippers”.
Pictures
1-Nipper Hitch steps
frame one;Two bights,
frame two; the exploded form; here you see that is easy to change the positioning on the host cable (adjustability)
frame three; safety measure.
2-Nipper Hitch
Recto verso and mnemonics; the going out leg always points in the direction where the force is applied and the centre strand is the host cable. (It seems obvious now but I had to buy yellow 7mm cord in order to be clear for the viewer.)
3- Nipper Hitch access
It is where you realize that even after a very strong pull the number 1 access point is not jammed.
4- Abok 1462 and friends.
My effort to find something similar in Ashley’s
