# Double Dragon vs. Double-tucked Angler

**URL:** <https://discourse.igkt.net/t/double-dragon-vs-double-tucked-angler/2378>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [18 December 2004 18:47 UTC](https://discourse.igkt.net/t/double-dragon-vs-double-tucked-angler/2378 "2004-12-18T18:47:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![knudeNoggin](https://discourse.igkt.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/7ba0ec/32.png) [@knudeNoggin](https://discourse.igkt.net/u/knudeNoggin)\
**Post date:** [11 January 2005 21:17 UTC](https://discourse.igkt.net/t/double-dragon-vs-double-tucked-angler/2378/27 "2005-01-11T21:17:55Z")

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> At the risk of going well-off thread,

Let me assist in that--have a new Subject to itself!

> the Highwayman's Hitch could well do with being forgotten, IMO. It was taught to Commando Forces during WW2 for a specific purpose (nothing to do with horses). It was intended for use with a standard 6 foot toggle rope.

Where can one find this information? My recollection is that the knot is given by C.L.Day's [u][i]Art of Knotting & Splicing[/i][/u], with the myth(?) about being used by a notorious robber (himself somewhat of a myth). Day's work is ca. post-WWII by just a couple years--enough time to build a myth that passes him?

So, how did the commandos use it?

> Although taught as a 'Highwayman's Hitch', there are significant differences (use of a martyr and an overhand locking knot) so we might perhaps re-name the version shown in 'Get Tough'and elsewhere as the 'Commando Knot'.

I don't follow this: what are the differences with the knot (too) commonly shown.

_knudeNoggin_

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