A wall and crown knot is a
decorative
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kind of rope
button
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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
rope
A rope is a group of yarns, plies, fibres, or strands that are twisted or braided together into a larger and stronger form. Ropes have tensile strength and so can be used for dragging and lifting. Rope is thicker and stronger than similarly ...
s on either side of a
gangway
Broadly speaking, a gangway is a passageway through which to enter or leave. Gangway may refer specifically refer to:
Passageways
* Gangway (nautical), a passage between the quarterdeck and the forecastle of a ship, and by extension, a passage th ...
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 knot
[Ashley, 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
A wall and crown knot is a decorative kind of rope button. The original use of the knot was to put at the end of the ropes on either side of a gangway leading onto a ship as stoppers.
A wall and crown knot consists of a wall knot and a 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")
References
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Knob knots
File:Single crown.PNG, Crown knot
A wall and crown knot is a decorative kind of rope button. The original use of the knot was to put at the end of the ropes on either side of a gangway leading onto a ship as stoppers.
A wall and crown knot consists of a wall knot and a 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 Rope#Twisted Ropes and Hawsers, twisted rope, knotting the strands together, then laying up the strands toget ...
File:Rosenknoten,4-kardeelig (1).jpg, Rose knot
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 knot, for example, is also known as the thumb knot. The ...
File:Rosenknoten.wiki.(1).jpg, tying of Rose knot
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 knot, for example, is also known as the thumb knot. The ...
*
Eye splice
The eye splice is a method of creating a permanent loop (an " eye") in the end of a rope by means of rope splicing.
The Flemish eye is a type of circular loop at the end of a thread. There are several techniques of creating the eye with its k ...
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Underwriter's knot — two-strand wall knot
External links
Manrope Knot, ''Marinews.com''. Accessed: March 2013.
Decorative knots
Stopper knots