I saw this tie down knot on an installation in an art museum. I assume it is some kind of slide and grip knot in order to put tension on the rope, but I don’t recognize it. Can you identify it? Thanks for your help.
Hi, and welcome to the forum.
Looks like an ordinary hangman’s noose to me.
It does look like it, but it doesn’t seem to make sense. If the line is put under any kind of tension, the loop will close and the line will go slack, so how could it function as a hold down? Thanks for your response.
You certainly wouldn’t get many members of the IGKT recommending such a use.
Perhaps the only knot with a loop he knew.
Is it possible it is there for ‘looks’ as part of the installation, not as an actual functional knot?
I concur in the surmise that it’s some sort of
hangman’s noose. That it might hold is the result
of tight wraps, cotton(?) cord (friction), a hard turn
(more friction, & bending resistance), and then
not great load on the line!?
–dl*
Wysper - I can’t find a picture of the installation itself, but yes it’s possible the actual load on the rope was not great
Dan Lehman - yes, that may be exactly the situation
Again, thanks to all for your comments.
Reviving this.
This knot looks like one that an Aussie YouTube guy named “Field Days” used for guy lines on his tent. I’m trying to hunt down the video.
Blake’s Hitch (Prohaska Hitch)
https://notableknotindex.webs.com/blakeshitch.png
https://notableknotindex.webs.com/blakeshitch.html
Is it the same?
Hi Kanzan, and welcome to the forum.
It is hard to tell without a partial deconstruction, but I would suspect that it is a ‘Sliding Grip Hitch’ commonly used by campers to make adjustable tent lines that can be tightened or slackened to suit the weather. It is very reliable and would definitely be on my need to know list.
Noose like loops are often very effectively used in sliding/gripping situations - think of the Prussic or the KC or the VT as examples of highly functional ‘noose’ like adjustable hitches.
Derek