EP5: Ashley Bend
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Named after Clifford W. Ashley, author of The Book of Knots. It's number 1452 in that magnificent book. This beautiful bend is the optimal bend, and for a variety of reasons. One is that when drawn up, it has a perfect lead. It's sticking out at other than a right angle, so you can drag it back and forth over things and it won't hang up.
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EP6: Double Becket Bend
What happens if you have one end and an eye splice? You bend it together with a knot called a Double Beckett Bend. It's structurally the same as a Double Sheet Bend, but you just weave the end around and around through the eye splice, and then dried up. Here's how you tie it.
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EP7: Double Sheet Bend
Great though the Ashley Bend is, it does have limitations. If you have two different sizes or even two different consistencies of rope, you want to tie a Double Sheet Bend, and it's adapted to two different rope sizes. Here's how you make it.
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EP8: Slipped Becket Bend
Sometimes quick release knots are handy. For instance, if you have an eye splice with a Beckett Bend, you can weave the end around as from a Single Sheet Bend. But instead of passing the end through, you just pull a bite through. That way it'll hold in light duty situations, but you can clear it ...
