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Japanese Lashing Hunters Bend

A quick alternative to a square lashing, used when Named after its inventor, this knot is used for tying
there is weight bearing down a pole. two ropes together. It is good for synthetic ropes.

• Begin in the middle of the


lashing rope. Secure as 1. Lay the ends of the
shown. two ropes side by
side as shown.
• Do two or three turns like a
square lashing - under and 2. Make this double
over, under and over as half hitch. The quickest
way is to bring your hand
shown. from above with the fin-
gers in front of the strands
• Begin the frapping turns as and the thumb behind.
shown. Work both ends of Twist the two ends clock-
the rope at once. wise into the shape.

• Do two frapping turns. 3. Thread the two ends


Make sure the lashing is through as shown.
tight. 4. Carefully pull the
• Finish off the lashing with a standing ropes to
reef knot. tighten the knot.

Fisherman’s Knot Filipino Lashing


Used to tie together two wet or slippery lines. A quick alternative to a diagonal lashing when
there is a tendency for poles to spring apart.

Thumb knot Thumb knot • Begin in the middle of the


lashing rope. Secure as
shown.
• Do two or three turns
diagonally across the poles
in one direction and then
A thumb knot is the first step in tying a reef knot across the other way.
or shoelaces. Tie thumb knots as shown in the
first diagram. • Begin the frapping turns as
shown. Work both ends of
When you pull on the two ropes, the thumb knots the rope at once.
will slip together. The tighter you pull the more
• Do two frapping turns.
better they lock the knot together.
Make sure the lashing is
tight.
• Finish off the lashing with a
reef knot.
Alpine Butterfly Knot Eye Splice
Used to make a loop in a synthetic rope. Also called the Eye splices stop unravelling and provide a
lineman knot. handy loop in the end of the rope at the same
time. It is easiest if you get someone to show
you first time.
Make a loop in the
rope 1. Unlay the end of the
rope. Place two
Make two twists as 1
strands across the
shown. top opposite the lay.
2
Take the bottom of the 2. Starting with the
loop up and over the middle strand,
top. thread the strands as
shown.
Continue to take the 3
loop through the space 4 3. Turn the splice over.
as shown.
4. Thread the third
Carefully work the strand as shown.
loop down to tighten 5. Thread each strand
up the knot. 5 under the next
6
The knot looks like strand in the
these from front and standing part.
back. 6. Completed splice.

Back Splice - 1 Back Splice - 2


Any rope with multiple strands must be treated The best way to learn to splice is to have
to stop it unravelling. Splices are very effective. someone show you and then practice a lot.

Make a crown knot at the top of Look closely at the crown knot
the rope first. and you will see that the free
ends of the strands are facing
Unlay the strands of rope. against the direction of the lay
Take each strand and loop it of the rope.
across as shown. Each free end must go over a
The third strand is passed strand and under the next.
through the first loop. In the coloured example the green goes over the yellow and under the green,
the yellow goes over the pink and under the yellow, the pink goes over the
green and under the pink. Twist the standing part of the rope to unlay it a

Slowly and evenly tighten the little and then tuck a loop of the strand through. Don’t poke the end through
all the time or the strand will fray.

strands until the crown knot sits


Repeat this twice. Cut off the
neatly on top of the rope.
unused ends.
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