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| Names | Hunter's bend, Rigger's bend |
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| Category | Bend |
| Related | Overhand knot, Zeppelin bend |
The Hunter's bend (or Rigger's bend) is a knot used to join two lines. It consists of interlocking overhand knots, and can jam under moderate strain. It is topologically similar to the Zeppelin bend.
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History
In 1978 a front page story in the The Times presented it as a newly invented knot credited to Dr. Edward Hunter. He had used it for years to tie broken shoelaces before discovering its originality through a friend in the 1970s. When it appeared on the front page, it led to much publicity for the knot and also to the formation of the International Guild of Knot Tyers. However, the knot had already been presented in Knots for Mountaineering by Phil Smith in 1975. He had devised the knot in 1943 while working on the San Francisco waterfront and had called it simply a "Rigger's bend".[1]
When the International Guild of Knot Tyers assisted with revisions and corrections to The Ashley Book of Knots in 1979, the Hunter's bend (ABOK #1425A) was one of the additions.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Budworth, Geoffrey (2002), Much Ado About Knotting: A History of the International Guild of Knot Tyers (2nd ed.), Needham Market, UK: Gipping Press, p. 5, ISBN 0951550659
- ^ Ashley, Clifford W. (1993) [1944], The Ashley Book of Knots, New York: Doubleday, p. Edition notice & 260-261, ISBN 0385040253
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