Originally Posted by
nanok
hmm, ok, on closer inspection, a more suitable (least confusing) way to describe it is a timber hitch on a bight, made with only one turn. in practice it does come down to that, when loaded. so would be good to look at the charachteristics and general pros and cons of the timber hitch, but again, having one strand loaded (or strands loaded separately) makes a lot of difference, even aside from the lack of extra wraps around the standing end, which is what the timber hitch relies on
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