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ABOK index – Part 24 of 59 (chapter 41)

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Chapter 41: Decorative Marlingspike Seamanship (Applied Knots)

ABOK # Page Text page Name
3463 550 Spun yarn
3464 550 Spanish fox
3465 550 Ordinary fox
3466 550 Nettle stuff or nettles
3467 550 Stirrup (footrope) †
3468 550 Roband
3469 550 Sea gasket
3470 550 Nettle tapered and seized †
3471 550 Nettle side spliced †
3472 550 Nettle stitched with sail twine †
3473 551 Double reef points
3474 551 Robands
3475 551 Single roband
3476 551 Single reef points
3477 551 Harbor gasket
3478 551 Harbor gasket with iron ring †
3479 552 Reef beckets
3480 552 Reef becket (around yard)
3481 552 Double tail block
3482 552 Sinnet earings
3483 552 Single tail block
3484 552 Railroad Sinnet (1)
3485 553 Railroad Sinnet (2) (baggy wrinkle)
3486 553 Railroad Sinnet (3)
3487 553 Sallie tucks ("sallies")
3488 553 Thrummed marline †
3489 553 Heavy thrummed chafing gear †
3490 554 Prolong Knot (basket weave mat)
3491 554 Flemish flake door mat †
3492 554 Door mats †
3493 554 Shouldering a woven or sword mat †
3494 554 Punch mat (wrought mat)
3495 554 Crown and wall mat
3496 554 Crowned mat
3497 554 Thrummed canvas mat †
3498 555 Mouse or mousing
3499 555 Mouse on a stay
3500 555 Puddening an anchor ring
3501 555 Pudding
3502 555 Dolphin
3503 555 Bow fender (towboat)
3504 555 Dolphin (series of fenders)
3505 555 Fisherman's fender
3506 556 Crown Sinnet-covered boat fender
3507 556 Crown Sinnet boat fender (four-strand)
3508 556 Hitched fender
3509 556 Underhand Round-Turn Hitching" bumper
3510 557 Overhand Round-Turn Hitching (bumper)
3511 557 Footrope Knot fender
3512 557 Sinnet fender
3513 557 Turk's-Head fender
3514 557 Fender on wormed short rope †
3515 557 Flattened Turk's-Head fender
3516 558 Grommet fender
3517 558 Truck-tire fender
3518 558 Scotchmen
3519 558 Hide Scotchmen
3520 558 Automobile-tire Scotchmen
3521 558 Sewing punch or sword mats together (cobbler's stitch)
3522 558 Securing thread with Overhand Knot †
3523 558 Eyelet holes (small grommets)
3524 559 Hitched eyelet holes
3525 559 Thimbles on boltrope
3526 559 Thimble at right angles with sail
3527 559 Seizing in a square-sail reef point
3528 559 Fore-and-aft sail reef point †
3529 559 Reef point seized through sail †
3530 559 Crowfooting a reef point
3531 560 Flat seam
3532 560 Flat seam, second stage †
3533 560 Round seaming
3534 560 Roping stitches
3535 560 Cross stitches
3536 560 Sailor's stitch ("baseball stitch")
3537 560 Double sailor's stitch
3538 560 Herringboning, or herringbone stitch
3539 560 Round seam (1)
3540 560 Round seam (2)
3541 560 Invisible stitch
3542 561 Round-turn stitch
3543 561 Muffled oars
3544 561 Needle hitching
3545 561 Needle-hitched knife sheath †
3546 561 Needle hitching with extra turn †
3547 561 Rib stitch
3548 562 Fishline basket
3549 562 Hitched end
3550 562 Short Hawser Pointing, with an eye
3551 562 Underhand Round-Turn Pointing
3552 562 Overhand Round-Turn Pointing
3553 563 Overhand Round-Turn Grafting
3554 563 Underhand Round-Turn Grafting
3555 563 Half Knot Grafting
3556 563 Half Knot Grafting
3557 563 Pointing a rope in the early way
3558 563 Pointing with fishline over yarns †
3559 563 Needle-hitched pointing †
3560 563 Grafting three turns of the warp †
3561 563 Point with varied grafting texture †
3562 564 Pointed cable
3563 564 Cross-Pointing
3564 564 Coachwhipped point
3565 564 Pointing with Square Sinnet †
3566 564 Point over a stick †
3567 564 Cloth-covered point tip †
3568 564 Canvas-covered manrope point †
3569 565 Sailmaker's taper point, or rattail
3570 565 Rough Pointing
3571 565 Cloth cap on yoke rope
3572 565 Shroud cap
3573 565 Thistle-shaped yoke rope cap †
3574 565 Yacht shroud cap with Turk's-Head †
3575 565 Pigtail on davit tackle hook
3576 565 Queue (rattail) †
3577 565 Queue (platted sinnet) †
3578 566 Swab (Swab Hitch) †
3579 566 Swab through a grommet †
3580 566 Grommet swab with Turk's-Head †
3581 566 Grommet swab, ends as center †
3582 566 Tassel through a metal ring †
3583 566 Deck swab with lanyard †
3584 566 Table and dish swab †
3585 566 Swab on grooved wooden handle †
3586 566 Hitched-over mop †
3587 567 Swab with Figure-Eight Knot †
3588 567 Needlework-covered swab †
3589 567 Tassel with Wall and Matthew Walker †
3590 567 Shroud Knot tassel †
3591 567 Chinese tassel
3592 567 Chinese priest cord tassel †
3593 567 Simple card-wound tassel †
3594 568 Leather bridle tassel †
3595 568 Shoestring tassel (Matthew Walker) †
3596 568 Flat silk sash tassel †
3597 568 Shoestring tassel (Diamond Knot) †
3598 568 Pompon
3599 568 Curtain holdback (Two-Cord Lanyard Knots) †
3600 568 Curtain holdback with tassel †
3601 568 Formal curtain holdback †
3602 569 Ringbolt Hitching
3603 569 Double Hitching
3604 569 Kackling, or keckling
3605 569 Ringbolt Hitching (three-strand)
3606 569 Five-Strand Ringbolt Hitching
3607 569 French Sinnet Ringbolt Hitching †
3608 569 Two-Ply Hitching
3609 569 Two-Strand Ringbolt Hitching
3610 569 Zigzag Hitching
3611 570 Buttonholing
3612 570 Rib Stitch Hitching
3613 570 Single-Strand Ringbolt Hitching
3614 570 Single-Strand French Sinnet Hitching
3615 570 Wider Single-Strand French Sinnet Hitching
3616 570 Commercial window-shade rings
3617 571 Loop Hitching
3618 571 Ridged ring hitching †
3619 571 Ringbolt hitched harpoon mounting
3620 571 Grafted harpoon mounting †
3621 571 Ringbolt Hitching on toggle iron
3622 572 Selvagee bail for chest becket †
3623 572 Becket cleat †
3624 572 Rope bail with Eye Splices †
3625 572 Pinked washers †
3626 572 Moused becket grip †
3627 572 Becket bolt †
3628 572 Assembling the becket †
3629 572 Officer's chest becket †
3630 572 Double beckets
3631 572 Pine chest becket †
3632 572 Brassbound teakwood chest becket †
3633 572 Chinese camphor chest becket †
3634 572 Chart chest double beckets †
3635 572 Officer's chest becket (Wood) †
3636 572 Ship's papers chest becket †
3637 572 Small chest becket with fringe †
3638 572 Teak chest becket, wormed grommets †
3639 572 Mahogany chest becket †
3640 572 Pine officer's chest becket †
3641 573 Chest becket, Six-Strand Manrope knobs †
3642 573 Chest becket, Four-Strand Manrope knobs †
3643 573 Chest becket, Three-Strand Manrope knobs †
3644 573 Chest becket, Five-Strand Manrope knobs †
3645 573 Miniature chest becket (Acushnet) †
3646 573 Grafted chest becket †
3647 573 Needle-hitched chest becket †
3648 573 Unusual chest becket pattern †
3649 573 Grafted becket, Ten-Strand Round Sinnet †
3650 573 Ringbolt-hitched chest becket †
3651 573 Toggle grip becket
3652 573 Chest becket, Five-Strand Manrope knobs (2) †
3653 573 Bedroom knocker †
3654 573 Star Knot becket †
3655 573 Grafted becket (bedroom knocker)
3656 574 Satchel or suitcase handle (cringle)
3657 574 Suitcase handle, selvagee-fashion †
3658 574 Drawer pulls
3659 574 Knob for a swing door
3660 574 Knotted Eye
3661 574 Umbrella strap †
3662 574 Scuttle lift †

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