Bend for slippery rope?

Knotting Concepts & Explorations
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Hello,

Just a bit of fun :smiley: …

I sometimes use ABOK #523, which is a stopper or terminal knot, as a noose like hitch, when the object is cylindrical and not to big in relation to rope/cord size. I mainly use it just because it is a handsome knot and quite strong :slight_smile:

It is not a fast knot to tie as it does require those racking turns and could be considered a semi-permanent hold-fast.

I usually use 4 turns/2 figure-8, to keep it simple, maybe one or two more depending.

It comes undone quite easily by rocking the knot a bit to free the jammed working end, which of course can be secured with a knot in it self.

Reading an old IGKT thread on trying to find strong bends (particularly for slippery rope) I tried using this as a bend and it seems to hold very very well on same rope size. Of course one can adjust the number of racking turns to ones liking.
Observe that the hitch and the bend are different in the way they work. The bend is reminiscent of a blood knot construct (refer to image).

One could call the bend ‘the flat larva bend’ due to it’s appearance :wink:

At some point I will do some comparative testing on it, but don’t have easy access to dyneema like rope, so cannot really test the slipping-ness. Maybe a forum member can help out here.

Enclosed a few images. Enjoy.

Kind regards,
Thor

larvabend_tight.jpg

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I beleive there is no such thing as a easy-to-tie magic bend for slippery ropes. The reason is that most slippery ropes have a different property from other kind of ropes exept from little friction. That is the “slippery rope” also use to be stiff, so when it is bended/pressed as a part of a tighten knot, it deforms in very little degree.

Therefore the universal solution is to use many turns to make it hold.

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May I submit the Vice-Versa as a candidate?

Is it easy to tie? Well, I find it so, having learned it well. I never seem to forget how to do it, as I do some other knots after a few months.