Hand Tools Archive

Subject:
Re: any nautically inclined that can name that kno

TomD
That isn't a bowline, the bitter end is not trapped. It has some similarity, but I wouldn't want to take a whipper on that one. If you look at the pigtail on the left it doesn't cross over itself, so it won't constrict the tag end.

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