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ABOK index – Part 18 of 59 (chapter 33)
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Chapter 33: Tricks and Puzzles
| ABOK # |
Page |
Text page |
Name |
| 2534 |
406 |
|
Tom Fool's Knot |
| 2535 |
406 |
|
Slippery Hitch (precipice puzzle) |
| 2536 |
407 |
|
Overhand Knot, one hand |
| 2537 |
407 |
|
Noose, one hand |
| 2538 |
407 |
|
Overhand Knot, lariat trick |
| 2539 |
407 |
|
Figure-Eight or Pretzel Knot, lariat trick |
| 2540 |
407 |
|
Ring or Bale Sling Hitch, one hand |
| 2541 |
408 |
|
Clove Hitch, one hand † |
| 2542 |
408 |
|
Clove Hitch with two fingers |
| 2543 |
408 |
|
Steamboat Hitch |
| 2544 |
408 |
|
Clove Hitch, bale hook method |
| 2545 |
408 |
|
Mislaid knot (no entry) † |
| 2546 |
409 |
|
Noose converted into Clove Hitch |
| 2547 |
409 |
|
Clove Hitch from two round turns |
| 2548 |
409 |
|
Series of hitches over left hand † |
| 2549 |
409 |
|
Two Half Hitches into Bowline (Left-Hand Bowline) |
| 2550 |
409 |
|
Left-Hand Bowline, alternative trick method |
| 2551 |
410 |
|
Right-Hand Bowline from Reversed Half Hitches |
| 2552 |
410 |
|
Square Knot capsized into Reversed Half Hitches |
| 2553 |
410 |
|
Granny Knot capsizes into Two Half Hitches |
| 2554 |
410 |
|
Jug or Jar Sling (also: Jug Sling²) |
| 2555 |
411 |
410 |
Magnus or Rolling Hitch (trick) |
| 2556 |
411 |
|
Pole descent puzzle knot † |
| 2557 |
411 |
|
Awning Knot |
| 2558 |
411 |
|
Tug-of-War Knot |
| 2559 |
411 |
|
Monkey Chain |
| 2560 |
411 |
|
Houdini tie (Constrictor Knot) |
| 2561 |
411 |
|
Bag Knot (Bread Bag Knot) |
| 2562 |
412 |
|
Sheet Bend to a short end |
| 2563 |
412 |
|
Masthead or Jury Mast Knot (also: Masthead Knot², Pitcher Knot²) |
| 2564 |
412 |
|
Spanish Bowline (trick) |
| 2565 |
412 |
|
Farmer's Loop |
| 2566 |
412 |
|
Sheepshank Knot, trick method (also: Sheepshank²) |
| 2567 |
412 |
|
Cut Sheepshank trick † |
| 2568 |
413 |
412 |
Sheepshank with an Overhand Knot (Sword Knot) |
| 2569 |
413 |
|
Theodore Knot (Fiador) (also: Bellyband Knot², Cinch Knot², Cincha Knot², Latigo Knot², Girth Knot², Cinch²) |
| 2570 |
413 |
|
Threading a loop |
| 2571 |
413 |
|
Rabbit in the Hole |
| 2572 |
414 |
|
Whirling Ring |
| 2573 |
414 |
|
Elusive knot (Carlsen trick) † |
| 2574 |
414 |
|
Christopher's vanishing knot trick † |
| 2575 |
414 |
|
Reef Knot into two Overhand Knots |
| 2576 |
415 |
|
Fourth-Dimensional Knot (handkerchief puzzle) |
| 2577 |
415 |
|
Spilling a Reef or Square Knot |
| 2578 |
415 |
|
Untying a Clove Hitch (table leg trick) |
| 2579 |
415 |
|
Whatnot (also: Grass Bend², Grass Knot², Reeving-Line Bend²) |
| 2580 |
415 |
|
Square Knot in the bight |
| 2581 |
416 |
|
Magical Knot (Fireman's or Philadelphia Knot) (also: Fireman's Knot²) |
| 2582 |
416 |
|
Vanishing series of knots † |
| 2583 |
416 |
|
Figure-Eight or Stevedore Knot series |
| 2584 |
416 |
|
Unrecognizable knot (puzzle) |
| 2585 |
416 |
|
Eye Splice in the bight (crowfooting) |
| 2585½ |
417 |
|
False Braid |
| 2586 |
417 |
|
Removing Bowline on the bight (puzzle) |
| 2587 |
417 |
|
Bowline on the bight back into Bowline |
| 2588 |
418 |
|
Pentagon from Overhand Knot |
| 2589 |
418 |
|
Pentalpha from Overhand Knot |
| 2590 |
418 |
|
Octagon |
| 2591 |
418 |
|
Overhand Knot with scissors |
| 2592 |
418 |
|
Ellipse with cord and brads |
| 2593 |
419 |
418 |
Snare (1) |
| 2594 |
419 |
|
Snare (2) |
| 2595 |
419 |
|
Nailed to the Mast |
| 2596 |
419 |
|
La Garrotte |
| 2597 |
419 |
|
Fingering the Nose |
| 2598 |
420 |
|
Cutting the Fingers (1) |
| 2599 |
420 |
|
Cutting the Fingers (2) |
| 2600 |
420 |
|
Cutting the Fingers (3) |
| 2601 |
420 |
|
Cutting the Fingers (4) |
| 2602 |
420 |
|
Cutting the Fingers (5) |
| 2603 |
421 |
|
Freeing cord from spectator's finger † |
| 2604 |
421 |
|
Cutting off the Chair Knob |
| 2605 |
421 |
|
Remove string from buttonhole † |
| 2606 |
422 |
|
Remove ring from doubled string † |
| 2607 |
422 |
|
Replace the ring † |
| 2608 |
422 |
|
Knot ring to string tied at wrists † |
| 2609 |
422 |
|
Figure-Eight Knot in bight, wrists tied |
| 2610 |
423 |
|
Remove circular cord from arm † |
| 2611 |
423 |
|
Remove pencil fast to coat † |
| 2612 |
423 |
|
Separate two interlocked Bowlines † |
| 2613 |
423 |
|
Insecure Shackles † |
| 2614 |
423 |
|
Russian Escape |
| 2615 |
424 |
|
Remove cord from card puzzle † |
| 2616 |
424 |
|
Two Sailors Out on the Yardarms |
| 2617 |
424 |
|
Oriental Ladder Trick † |
| 2618 |
424 |
|
Disentangle scissors † |
| 2619 |
424 |
|
Remove the button † |
| 2620 |
424 |
|
The Pirate and the Jolly Boat |
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