this version is TIB , quick and easy, i like it
The last variation (Reply #19) of the Yoke hitch can be improved if we pull the second end so that its segment goes over itself, not side to side (look at the multi-picture improvedYoke.jpg).
If we want to release it, we can push the segment towards the surface of the pole and so, unlocking the lock, we are able to loosen the wrap, but if we want to release it more easily we can tie a slipped variation of the Yoke hitch (look at the multi-picture SlippedYokeHitch.jpg). From the first diagram of the picture we can draw a simple TIB method.
BUT if we want to release it more more easily we can tie a doubly slipped variation of the Yoke hitch. In this variation we have to pay attention to the position of the tail end of the bight (look at the multi-picture Doubly slipped Yoke hitch.jpg). There is a simple TIB method for this variation too.
bye
s.
(p.s. Thanks to Xarax for his contribution.)
Here’s an application of the Yoke hitch
ciao,
s.
Here come the TIB methods for the slipped and the “doubly slipped” Yoke hitch.
bye,
s.
p.s. Find the wraps in the second diagram!
WHAT?!!! How is this an application? Please explain what is the purpose? I would guess that less complex (read easier to build) hitches would preclude it’s use in any application.
I mean an example of use…
The purpose is explained by the name of the picture: Yoke-sax-ligature.jpg
A ligature clamps the reed to the mouthpiece, sometimes I used two constrictor knots, but I think the Yoke hitch performs the task better.
Ciao,
s.
Have you tried a multi-wrap Strangle Hitch? It looks a sight better, too.
WHAT?!!!
are you joking?
I think we can’t compare these two hitches (in general and) in this sax-ligature specific application (the reed can move and we have to keep it in a specific position).
With a strangle (as with a constrictor) in order to tighten the hitch (the ligature) with both hands you lose control of the reed. With the Yoke you can use one hand to control, contemporaneously, the reed and the (slipped) end of the hitch and with the other hand you can tighten the hitch itself.
The perpendicular pull (with respect to the mouthpiece/pole) is an important factor too!
I was thinking about the TackleClamp gripping hitch for a multi-wrap hitch, but there are a lot of them.
Maybe we have to handle with care the whole mechanism of the Yoke hitch, but I think it’s a very good knot, please, try the TIB slipped version!
ciao,
s.
Ahh, I see - after Googling - and understand now that the reed is an external piece which is fixed to the mouthpiece just prior to playing.
Noope
Is the German String Ligature not to your liking?
Question… are you able to remove the reed by sliding the intact ligature off the end of the mouthpiece? A Common Whipping might work, allowing you to tighten the ligature with one hand, one end at a time.
Alpineer,
I was able to catch your attention with the sax ligature, but, I see, you don’t like the Yoke hitch! (I insist, please, try to tie the slipped version!)
About the sax ligature, the german string ligature and the whipping work (maybe they are a little bit more string consuming), but I’m a knot tyer 
and I like to use other methods, (by the way, I usually use a metal ligature).
bye,
s.
Hi all,
I often tie a 2 wraps Yoke Hitch with a Bowline at one end, but if you want to adjust the Yoke mechanism you can use an Adjustable Yoke Hitch (3 wraps!). Please look at the attached pictures and try to tie the hitch!
(Please notice that in order to tighten the Hitch you have to break the simmetry of the 2 tackles in the AdjYoke_tying.jpg pictures)
ciao,
s.
p.s. Thanks to Xarax (for pictures, ideas…)
…
Has anyone noticed that the previous hitch is TIB!
In the attached pictures (AdjYoke_3wraps_TIB.jpg) the TIB method…
I’ve left the TIBness out for a moment and, mixing the mechanism of an adjustable loop (the Honda Knot, ABoK #1024) and the mechanism of the Adjustable Yoke Hitch, I’ve tied a 2 wraps Adjustable Yoke Hitch! 8)
I will add some pictures later…think about it!
Ciao,
s.
…pictures of the 2 wraps Adjustable Yoke Hitch
Please notice that if you want to untie it, you should use the slipped version (frame bottom right in the picture).
…
another variant of the 3 wraps adjustable Yoke Hitch
(using the locking mechanism showed at
http://igkt.net/sm/index.php?topic=3104.msg39608#msg39608 )
“For the initiated only”
Ciao,
s.
