# Oblique sheetbend

**URL:** <https://discourse.igkt.net/t/oblique-sheetbend/3502>\
**Category:** Practical Knots\
**Created:** [13 January 2010 13:38 UTC](https://discourse.igkt.net/t/oblique-sheetbend/3502 "2010-01-13T13:38:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![ton\_den\_boon](https://discourse.igkt.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@ton\_den\_boon](https://discourse.igkt.net/u/ton_den_boon)\
**Post date:** [13 January 2010 13:38 UTC](https://discourse.igkt.net/t/oblique-sheetbend/3502/1 "2010-01-13T13:38:27Z")

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I found the discription Oblique sheetbend int the book of van de Griend ea “history and science of knots” but I cannot find what this knot looks like.  
Can anybody help me out?

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**Author:** ![Dan\_Lehman](https://discourse.igkt.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Dan\_Lehman](https://discourse.igkt.net/u/Dan_Lehman)\
**Post date:** [14 January 2010 02:21 UTC](https://discourse.igkt.net/t/oblique-sheetbend/3502/2 "2010-01-14T02:21:45Z")

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On what page?

“Oblique” is a modifier (possibly introduced by Rob Chisnall) to distinguish  
a different loading of the common Sheet Bend; he uses it to denote the  
case where the ends of the joined ropes lie on opposite (vs same) sides  
of the rope. In this form, the knot sets more squarely, and seems to be  
more ready to slip, though Rob did some testing with mixed results over  
different cordage. It is a form that would correspond to the version of  
the Bowline where the end (tail) lies visually outside of the eye of the  
knot – a less commonly seen form. (Of course, the Bowline, an eye knot,  
loads three of the four parts, not just two, for different effect.)

# –dl\*