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Pipe Hitch
A pipe hitch is a hitch-type knot used to secure smooth cylindrical objects, such as pipes, poles, beams, or spars. According to ''The Ashley Book of Knots'', a pipe hitch is "used to lower a pipe or hoist one" and as "another method of tying to a rectangular timber." Information The pipe hitch will not slip when tied correctly to a pipe or pole. This knot is a variation of the Round turn and two half-hitches.Ashley (1944), p.332. This knot can be used with a rope to pull a pipe or spar out of the ground, or to hoist a pipe or beam. Instructions The pipe hitch is started by wrapping four or more coils around a pipe or pole. It is finished by tying the working end around the standing part with a clove hitch, and less commonly with a cow hitch or a buntline hitch. See also *List of knots This list of knots includes many alternative names for common knots and lashings. Knot names have evolved over time, and there are many conflicting or confusing naming issues. The overhand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolling Hitch
The rolling hitch is a knot (see also Magnus hitch) used to attach a rope to a rod, pole, or another rope. A simple friction hitch, it is used for lengthwise pull along an object rather than at right angles. The rolling hitch is designed to resist lengthwise movement for only a single direction of pull.Clifford W. Ashley, ''The Ashley Book of Knots'' (New York: Doubleday, 1944), 292. A common usage while sailing is for rigging a Stopper knot#Nautical usage, stopper to relax the tension on a sheet (sailing), sheet so that a jammed winch or Block (sailing), block can be cleared. Naming At the turn of the 19th century the knot now known as the "rolling hitch" was called the "Magnus hitch" or "Magner's hitch", and the name "rolling hitch" referred to Round turn and two half-hitches, two round turns and two half-hitches. In 1841 Richard Henry Dana, Jr. used the present-day names in his work ''The Seaman's Friend'', and subsequent authors have continued to use this terminology.Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |