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KNOTIED

SHEEPSHANK

Thisknothasthe

advantageoverthe

ordinarysheepshankthatit

doesnotcomeundonebut

thedisadvantagethatitis

moredifficulttoundo.Itis

notusedmuchbyseamen,

asthetwooverhandknots

thatholdtheknottogether

jamwhensubjectedto

greatstrain.makingitvery

difficulttountie.Itis.

however,aninteresting

andusefulknotwhena

permanentshorteningis

needed,

Method
Makea simplerunning
knot,leavingalongend
(1),Doubletheendback
totherightandforman
overhandknotintheend
oftheloop(2),Tighten
theknotbypullingthe
ends(3),

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