A wall and crown knot is a

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kind of rope

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. The original use of the

knot A knot is an intentional complication in cordage which may be practical or decorative, or both. Practical knots are classified by function, including hitches, bends, loop knots, and splices: a ''hitch'' fastens a rope to another object; a ' ...

was to put at the end of the

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s on either side of a

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leading onto a ship as stoppers. A wall and crown knot consists of a wall knot and a crown knot with doubled strands..The strands of the wall knot go over, under twice, and over, while the strands of the crown knot go under, over twice, and under. In the wall and crown knot they are tied in opposite directions. This knot is often confused with a

Turk's head knot A Turk's head knot, sometimes known as a sailor's knot, is a decorative knot with a variable number of interwoven strands forming a closed loop. The name refers to a general family of knots, not an individual knot. While this knot is typically ma ...

, as both knots have a basket weave pattern. A Manrope knot(Double wall and crown, #847) is same knot as wall and crown knot but with little changes - crown strands doubled or tripled. in Verrill's book it is made from three-strand and crown strands doubled, in Ashley's book it is made from four-strand and crown strands tripled. File:Double wall and crown.PNG, Double wall and crown

A crown knotAshley, Clifford W. (1944). ''The Ashley Book of Knots'', p.116. Doubleday. . is a simplest of the fancy knots is known. Created from three strand. Recommended for finishing off an eye seizing File:Crowning.png, crown (top view) File:Single crown tucked.PNG, crown tucked File:Double crown.png, double crown

A wall knot is a simplest as crown knot but reversed Williams, Laura and Mann, Elise (2011). ''75 Chinese, Celtic & Ornamental Knots'', p.66. . File:Double wall.png, double wall File:Wall crowned.PNG, wall crowned
(unfinished "wall and crown knot")

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Knob knots

File:Single crown.PNG, Crown knot File:Wall knot.png, Wall knot File:Manrope knot.gif, Wall and crown knot File:Shroud knot.png, Shroud knot File:French shroud.png, French shroud File:Matthew Walker knot.gif,

Matthew Walker knot A Matthew Walker knot is a decorative knot that is used to keep the end of a rope from fraying. It is tied by unraveling the strands of a twisted rope, knotting the strands together, then laying up the strands together again. It may also be tied ...

File:Rosenknoten,4-kardeelig (1).jpg, Rose knot File:Rosenknoten.wiki.(1).jpg, tying of Rose knot

External links

Manrope Knot
, ''Marinews.com''. Accessed: March 2013. Decorative knots Stopper knots

References

Knob knots

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