Clove hitch bites a bite

[Dos]

anyone seen this or used this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx-iTvVZK4M

[BackpackerGuy]

Pretty slick!

[Redoleary]

Yes, I've tried that before, but found a conventional truckers hitch easier to tie, possibly b/c I'm more familiar with it.

[njredneck]

Looks like sheepshank to me.

[HamMike]

HAHA, "I've seen it online several times but I invented it". I'll play around with it, looks interesting. I need to expand my knot knowledge.

[mudsocks]

I think what he said was (and these are my words) he thought he invented it but had since seen where others had used it at least two years prior.

Regardless, it's a cool knot and I also need to expand my knot knowledge.

[Alamosa]

This is a variation of the truckers hitch. My dad taught me to use it 40 years ago, so I am sure it has been around forever. Never seen it tied in quit this complicated of fashion.

He is calling it a clove hitch, but it is actually two half-hitches. The only real difference in the two knots is that clove hitches are tied to something (post, rail, etc.) and half-hitches are tied to the cordage. No idea why they have different names for the same knot for different usages.

The main advantage this has over the truckers hitch is that it comes apart easily regardless of how tight it was pulled (the overhand in a truckers hitch can be very hard to untie). The disadvantage is that because the bite and the half-hitches are only "slippery" knots, if you do not keep pressure on the bite the knots will release and the bite will disappear.

You can use a single half-hitch in most circumstances, but the two half-hitches are important for extremely tight pulls or slippery cordage (like we use).

[packeagle]

Looks like sheepshank to me.

I thought the same thing? Whats the difference. With out rope in hand its hard for me to visualise what he's doing.

https://www.netknots.com/files/4713/...sheepshank.jpg

It looks like a sheepshank used in a truckers hitch. Not something I've thought about.

[Alamosa]

Here is another variation of a slippery truckers hitch. He is using a the loop from a slippery overhand for the loop in his truckers hitch. Normally you would not want to put pressure on this loop because it will simply pull through and grow by pulling its tail through. In this case, it works because there will be equal pressure on the tail and the loop, so it will not pull through.

[halfastronomical]

I learned this knot before the actual clove hitch! it is quite useful.

My dad called that a clothesline knot. He invented it before the internets took over the world and possibly 5 years before he was born.