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stopper knots

Astheirnamesuggests,stoppersareknotsmadein theendof

a ropetopreventitsslippingthroughaneyeorotheraperture

whentheropeisbeingused.Theyarealsousedtobindthe

strandsofa rope.

Stopperknotsareusedatseaattheendsoftherunning

riggingandtoweightheavinglines,aswellasinclimbing,

camping, and fishing. These knots can also be used

decoratively,thoughin thiscasetheymaybemade inthe

centralpartoftheropeaswellasat theend.

Themostimportantknotsofthistypearetheoverhandknot,

whichisasoldasmanhimselfand isusedasthebasisfor

countlessotherknots;the figure-eightknot,which isthe

stoppermostused bysailorsand alsothe lovers'knotin

heraldry;andtheheavinglineandmultipleoverhandknots,

whichareusedtoweighttheendsofropesandasdecorative

knots.

~1.Overhandknot 2.Multipleoverhandknot
3.Figure~eightknot 4.Heavinglineknot.

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