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THIEFKNOT

Thethiefknotisvery

similarinappearance

tothereeforsquare

knot.Themain

differenceisthatit

doesnotconsistoftwo

halfknots.Accordingto

legend,sailorson

whalingshipsusedthis

knottotietheir

clothesbags,which

werethenretiedby

thieveswitha reefknot.

Method
Thislittle-usedknot
beginsinthesameway
asthesheetbend.Form
abightontheendof
oneropeandintroduce
intoit theendofthe
other(1).Makea turn
aroundthebightand
passtheendback
throughtheoriginal
loop(2).Pullthe
standingpartsto
tightentheknot.