Members Tejas Posted July 23, 2018 Members Report Posted July 23, 2018 27 minutes ago, DJole said: For security, you can't go wrong with the bowline .... The bowline is reliable under load but does have limitations. According to wikipedia: "Although the bowline is generally considered a reliable knot, its main deficiencies are a tendency to work loose when not under load, to slip when pulled sideways[3] and the bight portion of the knot to capsize in certain circumstances.[4] To address these shortcomings, a number of more secure variations of the bowline have been developed for use in safety-critical applications." Among more reliable bowline variants are the cassock bowline, double or triple bowline, water bowline and Yosemite tie-off bowline. https://knowpreparesurvive.com/survival/skills/bowline-knots/ Quote
Members mdawson Posted July 23, 2018 Members Report Posted July 23, 2018 6 minutes ago, Tejas said: The bowline is reliable under load but does have limitations. According to wikipedia: "Although the bowline is generally considered a reliable knot, its main deficiencies are a tendency to work loose when not under load, to slip when pulled sideways[3] and the bight portion of the knot to capsize in certain circumstances.[4] To address these shortcomings, a number of more secure variations of the bowline have been developed for use in safety-critical applications." Among more reliable bowline variants are the cassock bowline, double or triple bowline, water bowline and Yosemite tie-off bowline. https://knowpreparesurvive.com/survival/skills/bowline-knots/ Also, a clever dog can undo a bowline if it's far enough from the collar to get their canines into it, when we tied our dog to her kennel we had to make sure the knot was close to the collar otherwise she'd undo the knot and jump the 6 foot fence :-( Quote
Members Tejas Posted July 23, 2018 Members Report Posted July 23, 2018 I should have mentioned that a simple, pleasing looking and reliable knot that might fit the OP's application is the figure-eight loop, aka figure-eight follow thru, figure-eight on a bight, flemish-eight or flemish loop. https://www.animatedknots.com/fig8follow/ Quote
Members DJole Posted July 23, 2018 Members Report Posted July 23, 2018 2 hours ago, mdawson said: Also, a clever dog can undo a bowline if it's far enough from the collar to get their canines into it, when we tied our dog to her kennel we had to make sure the knot was close to the collar otherwise she'd undo the knot and jump the 6 foot fence :-( Your dog is too smart! Give her a merit badge! Quote \D. Jole \ --> <http://djole.altervista.org/djole/Publications/Leather/Lindex.htm>
Members Raksha Posted August 8, 2018 Author Members Report Posted August 8, 2018 I forgot this one, I went with the hangman on my first to half choke collars. But I'll have a look at bowline andt figure-eight loop - thanks you! <3 On 23.7.2018 at 10:23 PM, mdawson said: Also, a clever dog can undo a bowline if it's far enough from the collar to get their canines into it, when we tied our dog to her kennel we had to make sure the knot was close to the collar otherwise she'd undo the knot and jump the 6 foot fence :-( Reminds me of my late rough collie, he untied every knot he could reach My new collie does not seem so smart, thank god. Quote
Members Stetson912 Posted August 8, 2018 Members Report Posted August 8, 2018 @Nuttish, thanks for the post! Awesome stuff! Quote
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