I was just about to post this point – in questioning how some of these
“most useful” knots ever actually are used. Mundane things such as
tying ones shoes or this bag-closing operation tend to be “most…”
in frequency but find no respect in the lists of “useful” knots.
(Interesting question is how to classify this bag-closing knot:
gripping the bag in hand makes it a stopper, but when the
bag’s lying with e.g. apples wanting to roll in many directions,
it’s more of a joining knot --but joining what, not “ends”?!)
- Bowstring Loop (a.k.a. Honda Knot)
NB, a bowlinesque “around the tree and back into the hole”
finish makes for a nice knot.
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