Clearly.
Your Fixated Griper Not hex on #1452 jumps off the page from
that Not-able Knot Index – to wit:
. . . the jam-prone Ashley Bend* ... *Clifford Ashley did not name this bend. He merely listed it in his book as entry #1452. He remarked that it was more complicated than could be wished.
Maybe you could cite Cyrus Day, who did name the knot,
and quote his extolling its (apparently yet to be realized by you)
virtues of seeming “to jam less than any other bend than the
Carrick bend (no. 51).” As to what Ashley says, it is that “the
method of tying is more complicated than could be wished,
but this can probably be remedied.” He shows a “d/p” method;
hmmm, what complicated knot does that bring to mind?!
And re the BushWalkers reference, that is to a knot that someone
(& echoes) took to labeling “the Butterfly” in contradistinction
to then “the Alpine Butterfly” (the muddle thickens),
and which is a Slip-Knot w/bight having the slipping end cast
a Half-hitch nipper over it. Not everyone is as afraid of this
mid-line eyeknot as the words of warning would suggest.
(Testing would probably show that the perceived problem
only obtains with greater force than one should want to
experience – and maybEven the feared capsizing would
serve to ameliorate impact force, a benefit (!).)
–dl*
ps: Re
Interesting. ABOK 1409 is precisely I call the “inverted Ashley bend” on my page on Ashley’s bend,
???
1452 when pulled by tails inverts to … itself.
There is a “lanyard knot” that is a mid-capsized equivalent.
And 1408 inverts similarly to itself, by that way.