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ABOK index – Part 2 of 59 (chapter 2)
Unofficial page-lookup index for The Ashley Book of Knots (1944, corrected-edition page numbering). Names verified against page scans. † = descriptive label, not a name printed in the book. Page = page with the figure; Text page is filled only when the numbered text paragraph is on a different page. Contains no text from the book.
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Chapter 2: Occupational Knots
| ABOK # | Page | Text page | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 149 | 32 | Clove Hitch for bowstring † | |
| 150 | 32 | Bow grip † | |
| 151 | 32 | Bowstring Knot (also: Honda Knot²) | |
| 152 | 32 | Bowstring Knot Doubled | |
| 153 | 32 | Artillery Loop (also: Man-Harness Knot², Harness Loop², Man-Harness Loop², Harness Knot², Single Harness Loop²) | |
| 154 | 32 | Picket-Line Hitch | |
| 155 | 32 | Bowline Knot (artist's easel) | |
| 156 | 32 | Killeg Hitch (artist's easel) (also: Kellig Hitch², Slingstone Hitch², Kellagh Hitch², Kellick Hitch², Killock Hitch², Killick Hitch²) | |
| 157 | 32 | Easel guy with Bowline and Adjustable Hitch † | |
| 158 | 32 | Carrying wet canvases † | |
| 159 | 32 | Angler's line to ring hook † | |
| 160 | 33 | Towrope hitch to an axle † | |
| 161 | 33 | Towrope hitch, doubled end † | |
| 162 | 33 | Axle Hitch | |
| 163 | 33 | Lashing luggage to door handles † | |
| 164 | 33 | Buoy Rope Hitch on door handle † | |
| 165 | 33 | Bale Sling Hitch on a knob | |
| 166 | 33 | Stick secured to door handle † | |
| 167 | 33 | Rolling Hitch on tapered handle † | |
| 168 | 34 | Pretzel Knot | |
| 169 | 34 | Overhand Knot pretzel | |
| 170 | 34 | Figure-Eight Knot pretzel † | |
| 171 | 34 | Slath or Slarth Knot (also: Slath Knot²) | |
| 172 | 34 | Bell Ringer's Knot | |
| 173 | 34 | Bell Ringer's Knot, two hitches † | |
| 174 | 34 | Sallies, Sally Tufts, Sallie Tufting | |
| 175 | 34 | Balloon basket toggled to eye splices † | |
| 176 | 34 | Constrictor Knot on dynamite cartridge † | |
| 177 | 34 | 35 | Bookbinder's Knot |
| 178 | 35 | Securing thread to bristles † | |
| 179 | 35 | Split-bristle method of threading † | |
| 180 | 35 | Securing loose end after sewing † | |
| 181 | 35 | Securing loose end after sewing † | |
| 182 | 36 | Threading a bristle, split-tip method † | |
| 183 | 36 | Butcher's Knots | |
| 184 | 36 | Butcher's Knot | |
| 185 | 36 | Square Knot capsized into Reverse Half Hitch † | |
| 186 | 37 | Granny Knot | |
| 187 | 37 | Packer's Knot | |
| 188 | 37 | Butcher's knot based on Packer's Knot † | |
| 189 | 37 | Butcher's knot, easy to tie † | |
| 190 | 37 | Butcher's knot with Overhand noose † | |
| 191 | 38 | Corned Beef and Salt Pork Knot | |
| 192 | 38 | Corned Beef Knot | |
| 193 | 38 | Tightening a scroll saw with twisted cord † | |
| 194 | 38 | Candle wicks tied to a stick † | |
| 195 | 38 | Timber Hitch | |
| 196 | 38 | Slinging a hammer with Slip Knot † | |
| 197 | 38 | Two Single Hitches | |
| 198 | 39 | Clove Hitch on a hammer † | |
| 199 | 39 | Sash Weight Knot | |
| 200 | 39 | Slinging a plank for staging † | |
| 201 | 39 | Slinging a plank on edge † | |
| 202 | 39 | Slinging a ladder † | |
| 203 | 39 | Sash Cord Hitch | |
| 204 | 40 | Dry Weather Hitch | |
| 205 | 40 | Wet Weather or Take-Up Hitch (also: Wet Weather Hitch²) | |
| 206 | 40 | Crossing Knot | |
| 207 | 40 | Euphroe block and Crow's-Foot | |
| 208 | 40 | One-Length Hitch | |
| 209 | 40 | Wrap Hitch | |
| 210 | 40 | Quarter-Pole Twist | |
| 211 | 40 | Quarter-Pole Hitch | |
| 212 | 40 | Harness-Chain Anchor | |
| 213 | 41 | Jumper Hitch | |
| 214 | 41 | Center-Pole Hitch | |
| 215 | 41 | Camel Hitch | |
| 216 | 41 | Net Pole Knot | |
| 217 | 41 | Net Pole Knot | |
| 218 | 41 | Balancing-Pole Hitch | |
| 219 | 41 | Slip Tackle Knot | |
| 220 | 41 | Breaking out tent stakes † | |
| 221 | 41 | Spitting and trussing a fowl † | |
| 222 | 42 | Hoop fastening for barrels † | |
| 223 | 42 | Split wood hoop joint † | |
| 224 | 42 | Split wood hoop joint † | |
| 225 | 42 | Split wood hoop joint † | |
| 226 | 43 | Hobble Knot | |
| 227 | 43 | Honda Knot (also: Bowstring Knot²) | |
| 228 | 43 | Overhand Knot (honda security) | |
| 229 | 43 | Eye Splice (honda) | |
| 230 | 43 | Half thimble † | |
| 231 | 43 | Oval thimble † | |
| 232 | 43 | Braided rope eye, riveted † | |
| 233 | 43 | Spliced Eye served with wire | |
| 234 | 43 | Cinch, Cincha, Latigo, Bellyband, or Girth Knot (also: Bellyband Knot², Cinch Knot², Cincha Knot², Latigo Knot², Fiador², Theodore Knot²) | |
| 235 | 43 | Drayman's Knot | |
| 236 | 44 | Dressmaker's stitch knot † | |
| 237 | 44 | Two-strand Wall Knot in pull socket † | |
| 238 | 44 | Half Sheepshank for hauling wire | |
| 239 | 44 | Lineman's whipped end † | |
| 240 | 44 | Lineman's eye with Single Half Hitch † (also: Single Half Hitch²) | |
| 241 | 44 | Jess † | |
| 242 | 44 | Manger Hitch (also: Slipped Ichabod²) | |
| 243 | 44 | Halter Hitch (also: Slip Noose²) | |
| 244 | 44 | Cow Hitch (also: Deadeye Hitch², Lanyard Hitch²) | |
| 245 | 45 | Binder Knot | |
| 246 | 45 | Overhand Bend with bights (also: Overhand Bend Slipped²) | |
| 247 | 45 | Flail Knot | |
| 248 | 45 | Flail joint, Bristol County † | |
| 249 | 45 | Flail fastening (Strap Hitch) † | |
| 250 | 45 | Flail joint, Chester County † | |
| 251 | 45 | Flail joint with X turns † | |
| 252 | 45 | Flail joint with frapping turns † | |
| 253 | 46 | Attaching a fly to an ox whip † | |
| 254 | 46 | Whip fly with Half Knots † | |
| 255 | 46 | Whip fly, slit thongs † | |
| 256 | 46 | Whip fly with Two-Strand Matthew Walker † | |
| 257 | 46 | Ox whip lash stowed in Multiple Overhand † | |
| 258 | 46 | Neck halter † | |
| 259 | 46 | Grass Knot (also: Water Knot²?, tape knot²) | |
| 260 | 46 | Jar or Jug Sling (also: Jar Sling², Jar Sling Knot²) | |
| 261 | 47 | Foil handle, half hitched helix † | |
| 262 | 47 | Fencing button of waxed twine † | |
| 263 | 47 | Sheet Knot | |
| 264 | 47 | Fire-Escape Knot (also: Philadelphia Knot²?) | |
| 265 | 47 | Spanish Bowline Knot for rescue | |
| 266 | 47 | Ladder slung with Bowline † | |
| 267 | 47 | Ladder slung with Clove Hitches † | |
| 268 | 47 | Fireman's ax sling † | |
| 269 | 48 | Stringing fish through the gill † | |
| 270 | 48 | Stringing fish with a toggle stick † | |
| 271 | 48 | Killeg Hitch (also: Kellig Hitch², Slingstone Hitch², Kellagh Hitch², Kellick Hitch², Killock Hitch², Killick Hitch²) | |
| 272 | 48 | Slingstone Hitch | |
| 273 | 48 | Buoy Rope Hitch | |
| 274 | 48 | Net Line Knot (also: Net Line Looe Knot²) | |
| 275 | 48 | Net Line Knot (also: Net Line Clovelly Knot²) | |
| 276 | 48 | Ganging Knot | |
| 277 | 49 | Ground Line Hitch | |
| 278 | 49 | Ground Line Hitch tied with the end † | |
| 279 | 49 | Cork reel with hooks † | |
| 280 | 49 | Swordfisherman's iron, eye splice † | |
| 281 | 49 | Swordfisherman's iron on pole † | |
| 282 | 49 | Homemade gaff † | |
| 283 | 49 | Fisherman's litter † | |
| 284 | 49 | Dory hoisting hooks † | |
| 285 | 49 | Dory stern becket with Matthew Walker † | |
| 286 | 49 | Angler's Loop (also: Waterman's Knot Perfection Loop²) | |
| 287 | 49 | Bowline Knot (leader loop) | |
| 288 | 49 | Fisherman's, Waterman's, Englishman's, or True-Lover's Knot | |
| 289 | 49 | Made eye † | |
| 290 | 50 | Loop Knot (also: Overhand Loop²) | |
| 291 | 50 | Leader Loop | |
| 292 | 50 | Gut Knot (also: Gut Knot Proper²) | |
| 293 | 50 | English Knot (also: Fisherman's Knot², Englishman's Knot², Angler's Knot², True-Lover's Knot², True-Love Knot²) | |
| 294 | 50 | Grapevine Knot (also: Double English Knot²) | |
| 295 | 50 | Barrel Knot (also: Blood Knot², Double Overhand Knot²) | |
| 296 | 50 | Water Knot | |
| 297 | 50 | Becket Hitch | |
| 298 | 50 | Becket Hitch, slipped † | |
| 299 | 50 | Lorn Knot | |
| 300 | 50 | Leader to reel line, alternative † | |
| 301 | 50 | Leader to reel line, alternative † | |
| 302 | 51 | Swivel Hitch | |
| 303 | 51 | Swivel Hitch | |
| 304 | 51 | Cast or whip (fly line terminology) | |
| 305 | 51 | Turtle, Major Turle's Knot, or Turl Knot (also: Turtle Knot²) | |
| 306 | 51 | Jam Knot | |
| 307 | 51 | Half Hitch (hook) | |
| 308 | 51 | Figure-Eight Knot (hook) | |
| 309 | 51 | Double Overhand Knot (hook) (also: Barrel Knot², Blood Knot²) | |
| 310 | 51 | Tag Knot or Ring Hitch (also: Water Knot²?) | |
| 311 | 51 | Noose on a hook eye † | |
| 312 | 52 | Double Becket Hitch on hook † | |
| 313 | 52 | Salmon Knot (also: Other Fish Knot²) | |
| 314 | 52 | Clove Hitch on flatted hook † | |
| 315 | 52 | Securing a flatted or eyed hook † | |
| 316 | 52 | Securing a flatted hook, neater † | |
| 317 | 52 | Snell laid up by twisting † | |
| 318 | 52 | Hand-line hook fastening † | |
| 319 | 52 | Hook fastening with hitches † | |
| 320 | 52 | Hook Hitch | |
| 321 | 52 | Grand Banker's cod hook † (also: Grand Banker's Cod Knot²) | |
| 322 | 52 | Izaak Walton hook whipping † | |
| 323 | 53 | 52 | Modern hook whipping without collar † |
| 324 | 53 | Mounting a tapered hook † | |
| 325 | 53 | Eye on a flatted hook † | |
| 326 | 53 | Two hooks made up together † | |
| 327 | 53 | Whipping with a hairpin † | |
| 328 | 53 | Plaited wire hook leader (Four-Strand Square Sinnet) † | |
| 328½ | 53 | Elastic span with rubber band † |